Engineering Manager
Leads and develops a high-autonomy engineering team in Europe while remaining hands-on technically. The role emphasizes coaching, performance management, recruiting, organizational improvement, and helping engineers independently deliver complex projects.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build and manage a growing team of engineers in Europe.
- Focus on individual performance, process, and culture rather than running sprint planning or making product and technical decisions.
- Develop engineers so they can own and deliver large, loosely defined projects with minimal intervention.
- Provide feedback on product and technical specifications, helping engineers cut scope or improve quality.
- Coach engineers toward strong decisions while empowering them to retain ownership.
- Debug customer issues, ship small bug fixes, and improve developer experience.
- Improve data generation and simulation for demo accounts.
- Identify team patterns, improve operating practices, and build automation to support them.
- Recruit and grow exceptional engineers.
- Give difficult feedback, maintain high standards, and build systems that help engineers succeed.
- Facilitate individual and organizational change through empathetic communication.
Requirements
- Passion for both engineering management and hands-on technical work.
- Ability to hold in-depth technical conversations across infrastructure, backend, and frontend engineering.
- Enjoyment of management challenges, including coaching, feedback, and team development.
- Ability to maintain high standards and engage deeply with team details.
- Excellent, empathetic communication skills.
- Strong understanding of exceptional engineering talent, recruiting, and career growth.
- Product and business judgment, with a preference for empowering teams rather than making all decisions personally.
- Ability to thrive in a high-trust, high-autonomy startup environment.
- Willingness to stay current with technology and continue coding.
- Optimism about building engineering teams that operate with substantial ownership and autonomy.
Compensation
- Salary: £110,000–£200,000 per year.
Skills
Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Frontend Engineering, Backend Engineering, Infrastructure, Software Architecture, Test Automation, Data Generation, Debugging
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