Engineering Manager

Monzo; City Of London, Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital bank is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead cross-functional teams, ensuring delivery and fostering engineering excellence. This role includes managing a group of engineers and collaborating with technical leads to drive innovation. The position offers a base salary range of £110,500 - £144,000 with stock options and flexible working arrangements, including remote work within the UK.

Benefits

Learning budget of £1,000 a year

Flexible working hours

Stock options

Visa sponsorship available

Relocation assistance

Qualifications

• Experience as a software engineer in previous roles.
• Strong technical background and delivery experience.
• Ability to guide squads in achieving outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Take accountability for delivery across squad.
• Foster engineering excellence within teams.
• Lead a group of around 7-10 engineers.

Skills

Team leadership

Technical expertise

Experience in delivery

Problem-solving

Coaching and mentoring

Job description

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award-winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo.

London or Remote (UK) | Base salary for this role is £110,500 - £145,000 (depending on experience) + stock options + Benefits

Engineering Management at Monzo:

Engineering Managers at Monzo are part of cross-functional, autonomous teams and groups. Our teams are mission-driven, and typically include Product Managers, backend, web and mobile engineers as well as data scientists, designers and subject matter experts relevant to that mission. Teams are organised into groups, and then collectives - we aim to keep our line management structure as shallow as possible, and for teams to directly own decision making relevant to their work.

The Engineering Manager role at Monzo is split into three pillars - people, product, and technical leadership. Engineering Managers are accountable for the technical and delivery outcomes for their area - that means supporting and developing best in class engineering talent, as well as creating an inclusive team environment for people to do their best work.

We're continuously hiring Engineering Managers as we continue to grow and build new teams. We hire on a pipeline based approach which means your application will be considered across all of our open EM positions. We use the interview process to assess your strengths and we'll match you to a role that best aligns with your experience.

You’ll spend your time:

• Taking accountability for delivery across your squad(s), collaborating with the Technical Lead and Product Manager.
• Actively fostering a high bar for engineering excellence within your teams. You’re accountable for the technical outcomes your teams deliver alongside individual engineer performance and growth, so holding a high bar (and clearly articulating your expectations) is key.
• You’ll initially lead a group of around 7-10 engineers (depending on the role) and support, coach and develop them through their career with regular 1:1s and continuous feedback.
• Partner with senior engineers in your area to drive technical initiatives that raise the bar for our engineering practices.
• Lead on communication with stakeholders from other teams, creating focus space for engineers to do their best work.
• Collaborate with the wider engineering organisation to contribute to company-wide best managerial and technical practices and standards.

You should apply if:

While this is not a role which requires hands-on-coding, we are looking for an experienced manager who has a strong technical and delivery background and has worked as a software engineer in previous roles.

We recognise that engineering managers lead in different ways, we’re looking for someone who:

• Is comfortable operating with ambiguous problem areas with a high degree of autonomy.
• It’s a bonus if you have experience working in an experimentation led environment.
• Has delivery experience and is able to guide the squads in achieving their outcomes.
• Focuses on outcomes over processes, who optimises for the highest impact and leverage.
• Is able to input, understand and challenge engineering decisions - but to empower the team to make those decisions themselves
• Has an understanding of what good looks like for a high-performing team of engineers and ability to chart a course to get there
• Is able to coach people to achieve their goals
• Has a natural ability to inspire and motivate a team

How we work:

Our main tech hub is in London, but our engineers live everywhere in the UK— from Brighton to the Western Isles.

We value meeting in person but there’s no pressure to come into the office, even if you're nearby. We believe you'll do your best work if you are where you want to be.

What’s in it for you:

Base salary range for this role is between £110,500 - £144,000 depending on experience + stock options & benefits

We can help you relocate to the UK

We can sponsor visas

We offer flexible working with no company mandate on how often you need to come into the office. You can be London based or remote within the UK (with ad hoc visits to our London office).

We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.

Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferences

Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.