Engineering Manager – Partner Proposition

Utility Warehouse

Engineering Manager guiding technical decisions, delivery, and people development at UW. Supporting a utility platform combining energy, broadband, mobile, and insurance.

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

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in technical leadership, team management, and strategic alignment with company goals. Proficient in driving operational excellence, defining team objectives, and fostering a collaborative engineering culture.

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Technical DirectionTeam ManagementOKR SettingRisk MitigationEngineering Practices

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Hard Skills

GRPCGraphQLReactKafkaDockerKubernetesGoMetrics ReviewOperational ExcellenceSecurity Practices

Soft Skills

CollaborationConflict ResolutionCoachingCommunicationTeam Dynamics

Industry Keywords

SLOsOKRsKPIAgile PracticesCross-Functional Collaboration

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerGoGraphQLGRPCKafkaKubernetesReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the technical direction and development of a small engineering team
Collaborate with the Product Manager to shape priorities and balance new work with improvements
Connect with engineering leaders across the organisation to share practices and strengthen engineering culture
Make technical decisions aligned with company and technical strategy
Identify engineering practice improvements
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 team performance and communicate progress against OKRs, KPIs and milestones
Co-lead annual and quarterly squad planning
Staff the squad with required technical skillsets, including hiring as needed
Onboard, train, develop and coach reports
Participate in performance calibration and promotion reviews
Communicate company, department and pillar strategy to the squad
Resolve interpersonal conflicts and gather, share and act on feedback
Communicate company and department changes
Collaborate with UX, data and other cross-functional colleagues
Co-lead the squad with the Product Manager
Manage team OpEx and CapEx within budget

Requirements

What you’ll need

Knowledge of core tech stack: gRPC, GraphQL, React, Kafka, Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with Go preferred but not essential
Experience taking responsibility for technical decisions and aligning them with strategy
Understanding of engineering practices and ability to identify improvements
Experience defining team goals and driving prioritisation
Ability to work with Product Managers to set OKRs aligned with company goals
Ability to co-lead annual and quarterly planning
Experience identifying risks early and mitigating them
Experience identifying practices for security and service level objectives (SLOs)
Ability to drive operational excellence and lead metrics reviews
Experience managing a team of engineers
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 fostering a healthy team dynamic and resolving interpersonal conflicts
Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional colleagues
Successful candidates are subject to a background check

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance bonus: An annual discretionary bonus ranging from 15-40%
Flexible working: Remote-first business
Optional four-day working week (90% pay for 90% impact)
Work abroad for up to three weeks, twice every tax year
25 days plus bank holidays, increasing with tenure
Option to trade up to five holiday days each year
UW discounts on 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 awards