Engineering Manager
Quantexa
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Work in partnership with multiple Engineering teams, supporting the delivery of new components and features for the Quantexa Platform, while maintaining a strong focus on quality
- Support, mentor and develop Engineers at all levels, contributing to recruitment, onboarding, learning and progression opportunities across the department
- Be based in the UK, with occasional travel to our European offices when helpful
- Bring sufficient technical experience to contribute to architectural and technical discussions and help teams consider the broader context of their decisions
- Encourage the thoughtful use of AI to support engineering effectiveness and product development, helping teams adopt tools and practices throughout the software development lifecycle
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Team Leads to plan upcoming work, supporting teams through Agile ways of working
- Partner with Product Management to understand market needs and align them with Engineering capabilities to create achievable and clear roadmaps
- Coordinate release activities across Engineering teams and communicate progress to stakeholders to support predictable and well‑paced delivery
- Help teams manage dependencies, identifying risks or blockers early and supporting their resolution
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, ways of working and collaboration across the department, with a focus on quality, sustainability and scale
- Work with stakeholders outside the department to understand and respond to their needs in a considered and transparent way
- Support the day‑to‑day operational activities of the department
Requirements
- Have experience delivering software across the full engineering lifecycle, from design and implementation through to testing and deployment in a live SaaS environment
- Enjoy identifying and supporting organisational changes that help Engineering teams work more effectively and deliver value
- Care about designing and delivering well‑engineered, high‑quality solutions to complex problems
- Have a background in software development and architecture, including experience with web applications and/or data‑intensive systems
- Are enthusiastic about developing others, with experience across people management practices
- Bring strong planning and delivery skills, with a good understanding of Agile processes and experience working across multiple teams
- **It would be helpful if you also have experience with:**
- Functional programming using Scala or Java, and/or modern front‑end frameworks such as Angular (2+)
- Infrastructure‑as‑Code, containerisation, Kubernetes and CI/CD
- Software delivered both on‑premise and as a service
- Automated testing, including functional, integration, performance and user acceptance testing
Benefits
- Competitive salary and Company Bonus 💰
- Flexible working hours in a hybrid workplace & free access to global WeWork locations & events
- Pension Scheme with a company contribution of 6% (if you contribute 3%)
- 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy up to 5 days) + birthday off! 🌴
- Work from Anywhere Scheme: Spend up to 2 months working outside of your country of employment over a rolling 12-month period
- Family: Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, or Shared Parental Leave
- Private Healthcare with AXA
- EAP, Well-being Days, Gym Discounts 🧘
- Free Calm App Subscription #1 app for meditation, relaxation and sleep 🧘♀️
- Workplace Nursery Scheme
- Team's Social Budget & Company-wide Summer & Winter Parties
- Tech & Cycle-to-Work Schemes
- Volunteer Day off
- Dog-friendly Offices
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
software developmentarchitectureweb applicationsdata-intensive systemsfunctional programmingScalaJavaAngularInfrastructure-as-CodeKubernetes
Soft Skills
mentoringpeople managementplanningdeliverycollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationorganizational changequality focusstakeholder management