Utility Warehouse

Engineering Manager

Utility Warehouse

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Tech Stack

CloudDockerGoGraphQLGRPCKafkaKubernetesPostgresTerraform

About the role

  • You’ll work closely with a small team of engineers, supporting both the technical direction and the people behind it.
  • This role blends hands-on involvement with leadership, helping guide delivery while staying connected to the details when needed.
  • You’ll collaborate with product manager to shape priorities, balance new work with ongoing improvements, and keep the team focused and supported.
  • You set direction, ensure high standards in both delivery and quality, and balance short-term goals with long-term sustainability.
  • You invest in people through coaching, feedback, and development, while fostering a positive team culture.
  • You communicate effectively across levels, manage complexity, and continuously grow as a leader in order to enable your teams to do their best work.

Requirements

  • Knowledge and experience in using Go, gRPC, GraphQL, Postgres and Kafka, Docker & Kubernetes, CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD), Terraform and cloud workflows.
  • Experience taking responsibility for technical decisions and aligning them with strategy.
  • A clear understanding of engineering practices and ability to identify improvements.
  • Experience defining team goals and driving prioritisation to achieve them.
  • 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 SLOs.
  • Ability to drive operational excellence and lead metrics reviews.
  • Experience of managing a team of engineers.
  • Proven ability to onboard, train, develop, and coach reports, as well as 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.
Benefits
  • An industry-benchmarked salary.
  • Share Options and Save as You Earn scheme.
  • Flexible working — remote-first with access to hot desks across the UK and a central London hub.
  • Work-from-anywhere policy for up to 2 weeks per year.
  • Discounts on our services and a free Cashback Card.
  • Matched-contribution pension scheme and life assurance up to 4x salary.
  • Family-friendly policies designed to help you and your family thrive.
  • Discounted private health insurance, Employee Assistance line and free Virtual GP.
  • Belonging groups helping shape an inclusive future.
  • A commitment to learning and progression through our Career Development Framework with regular review and promotion cycles.
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Hard Skills & Tools
GogRPCGraphQLPostgresKafkaDockerKubernetesCI/CDTerraformcloud workflows
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingcommunicationteam managementconflict resolutioncollaborationstrategic thinkinggoal settingoperational excellencefeedback