Engineering Manager – Researcher Pillar

Our Future Health UK

Engineering Manager responsible for mentoring technical teams and guiding software development processes. Joining a collaboration aimed at improving health outcomes through technology and research.

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £105,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudGrafanaJavaScriptNode.jsPrometheusPythonRubyRuby on Rails

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

- Join our Researcher Product Squads under the Engineering Manager role.
- Report to the Head of Engineering of our Researcher Pillar.
- Collaborate with the community of world-class health researchers and access governance- and commercial teams.
- Support the team with tools and resources for high-quality studies in a trusted research environment.
- Not a hands-on role but leverage engineering background to mentor engineers and guide technical discussions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

- Experience of managing engineers and engineering within cross-functional development teams in a growing organisation.
- You know how to communicate to and between technical and non-technical stakeholders as well as facilitate discussions within a multidisciplinary team including scientists, software engineers, product managers and other data engineers. You know how to manage different perspectives.
- You can listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders and interpret them, and effectively manage stakeholder expectations. You can support or host difficult discussions within the team or with diverse senior stakeholders.
- Experience of working in teams that build & own cloud-hosted applications. Our teams mostly use Ruby on Rails, Python and Node.js, and we’re on Azure for our cloud infrastructure. A comparable tech stack is entirely fine for this role.
- Experience working in an Agile development team following best practices including GitHub, code review, unit tests, TDD and CI/CD.
- You have experience line managing and coaching engineers in a successful, cross-functional development team.
- You have an understanding and working knowledge of information governance and data security approaches appropriate for sensitive health data.
- Experience in operationally managing software components/service once live, including: observability best practises, logging best practises, error reporting, debugging and live incident management. Experience using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic etc.

Benefits

Comp & perks

- Competitive base salary from £105,000
- Generous Pension Scheme – We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%
- 30 Days Holiday pro rata + Bank Holidays – Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you
- Enhanced Parental Leave – Supporting you during life’s biggest moments
- Cycle to Work Scheme – Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice
- Home & Tech Savings – Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice
- EV Scheme – Save up to 40% on a brand new electric vehicle all-inclusive package through salary sacrifice
- £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus – Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
- Wellbeing Support – Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family
- A Great Place to Work – We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools

Ruby on RailsPythonNode.jsAgile developmentGitHubcode reviewunit testsTDDCI/CDinformation governance

Soft Skills

communicationstakeholder managementfacilitationlisteninginterpretationcoachingmentoringmanaging expectationscollaborationproblem-solving