Backend Engineering Manager | Hybrid, 4-Day Week

Atom bank; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working in Newcastle

4-day work week

Generous pension scheme (13% Atom end)

22.5 days annual leave + public HOL

Private Medical Insurance

Life Insurance & Critical illness

EV Scheme

£200 All about me fund

Job summary

Atom Bank is seeking an Backend Engineering Manager to lead a growing team in Newcastle, fostering psychological safety, high delivery cadence, and personal growth, while shaping scalable, secure backend architectures.

You will collaborate with Product, Architecture, UX/CX and Frontend, champion modern practices, and accelerate with AI-powered tooling and automated testing to boost velocity and reliability.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software engineers in Agile/DevOps.
• Strong backend architecture and microservices expertise.
• Experience delivering high-throughput, secure APIs.
• Excellent communication bridging tech and product goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and mentor a growing backend engineering team.
• Own backend guilds and capability roadmaps.
• Advance engineering excellence and reduce technical debt.
• Drive AI-powered tooling and automated testing to boost velocity.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, UX/CX, and Frontend teams.
• Ensure security, reliability, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

People-first leadership

Commercial acumen

Agile/DevOps

Backend architecture

Microservices

High-throughput API design

Tools

Go

Java

Kafka

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Atom Bank is seeking an Backend Engineering Manager to lead a growing team in Newcastle, fostering psychological safety, high delivery cadence, and personal growth, while shaping scalable, secure backend architectures.

You will collaborate with Product, Architecture, UX/CX and Frontend, champion modern practices, and accelerate with AI-powered tooling and automated testing to boost velocity and reliability.