Engineering Manager – Energy

Utility Warehouse

Engineering Manager co-leading autonomous energy technology squads at UW, which combines energy, broadband, mobile and insurance services. Driving technical strategy, delivery, operational excellence and engineer development.

Posted 9/10/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading engineering teams, driving technical decisions, and aligning team goals with company objectives. Proficient in fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams while ensuring operational excellence and adherence to security practices.

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GRPCGraphQLReactDockerKubernetes

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Hard Skills

Technical Design ProcessesEngineering Best PracticesAI Development ToolsOKR SettingRisk Mitigation

Soft Skills

Team LeadershipConflict ResolutionCommunicationCollaborationCoaching

Industry Keywords

Operational ExcellenceDelivery PredictabilitySecurity PracticesCross-Functional CollaborationDomain Knowledge

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerGoGraphQLGRPCKafkaKubernetesReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Co-lead an autonomous engineering squad alongside a Product Manager
Create clarity, consistency and momentum within the squad
Raise the team’s voice to senior leadership
Act as a bridge between the squad and business stakeholders
Take responsibility for technical decisions and alignment with company and technical strategy
Identify and improve engineering practices
Define team goals and drive prioritisation
Establish practices to meet security and operational SLOs
Coordinate organisation-wide on-call coverage
Lead regular metrics reviews for coverage and performance
Set OKRs with the Product Manager and team
Identify and mitigate risks and blockers
Measure and improve team performance and delivery predictability
Communicate progress against OKRs, KPIs and milestones
Co-lead annual and quarterly squad planning
Staff the squad with required technical skills and hire as needed
Onboard, train, develop and coach direct reports
Participate in performance calibration and promotion reviews
Communicate company, department and pillar strategy to the squad
Provide business insight and context to stakeholders
Foster a healthy team culture and resolve interpersonal conflicts
Communicate organisational changes to the squad
Collaborate with UX, Data and other cross-functional colleagues
Ensure team OpEx and CapEx expenditures align with budgets

Requirements

What you’ll need

Knowledge of core technology stack: gRPC, GraphQL, React, Kafka, Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with Go preferred but not essential
Experience leading technical design processes and facilitating design discussions
Ability to represent the team in cross-functional technical conversations
Ability to drive technical decisions to clear, documented outcomes
Experience validating designs and architecture against real-world edge cases and domain variations
Ability to own technical decisions aligned with product and engineering strategy
Strong understanding of engineering best practices
Hands-on experience with AI development tools
Experience defining team goals and driving prioritisation
Experience working with Product Managers to set OKRs aligned with company goals
Ability to co-lead annual and quarterly planning
Experience identifying and mitigating risks early
Experience improving delivery predictability
Experience identifying security and SLO practices
Ability to drive operational excellence and lead metrics reviews
Experience managing a team of engineers
Proven ability to onboard, train, develop and coach reports
Experience participating in performance calibration and promotion reviews
Intermediate awareness of customer and market insights
Ability to communicate strategy to the squad
Experience building deep domain knowledge beyond the happy path
Ability to identify ambiguity or incompleteness in requirements and designs
Experience with complex, multi-variant domains such as billing, pricing, identity or claims
Experience fostering healthy team dynamics and resolving interpersonal conflicts
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional colleagues
Successful candidates are subject to a background check

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual discretionary performance bonus ranging from 15-40%
Remote-first flexible working
Optional four-day working week at 90% pay for 90% impact
Work abroad for up to three weeks, twice every tax year
25 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with tenure
Option to trade up to five holiday days each year
Discounts on UW services and a free Cashback Card
Matched-contribution pension scheme
Life assurance up to 4x salary
Family-friendly policies
Flexible benefits allowance for private health insurance, dental insurance, or gym membership
Eight-week paid sabbatical after four years of service
Dedicated learning and development budget
Bi-annual promotion cycles
Belonging groups
Company-wide celebrations and events