Engineering Manager

via; City Of London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transit technology company is searching for an Engineering Manager in London. You will lead a high-impact backend team, ensuring accurate real-time transport data and supporting key user-facing features. This role involves mentoring engineers, overseeing backend systems, and improving data analytics capabilities. A background in software engineering, with experience in Python and cloud computing, is essential. Competitive compensation and benefits are included.

Benefits

Competitive compensation including stock options

Weekly team lunches

Comprehensive health scheme through AXA

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience managing a team.
• 8+ years experience in software engineering or data science.
• Experience working with large Python codebases.
• Enthusiastic about software engineering and knowledge expansion.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of backend and data engineers.
• Own the technical scope of team’s products.
• Contribute to the design and development of backend systems.
• Ensure data accuracy and reliability by monitoring data quality.

Skills

Team management

Software engineering

Data science

Python

Cloud computing

AWS

Kubernetes

Data warehousing technologies

Education

BSc in Computer Science or Mathematics

Job description

Overview

At Citymapper (powered by Via), we’re on a mission to help make cities easier to navigate. Our app helps millions of people around the world make the best decision on how they want to travel. Whether it's on foot or by bicycle, above ground or underground, or a combination of modes, our real-time data ensures that users have the most accurate and up-to-date information available.

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact Backend team responsible for the core data infrastructure and backend systems that power the Citymapper platform. Your team will ensure the accuracy of real-time transport data, support key user-facing features, and develop reliable systems used across the platform - including those for handling user data. This work is central to Citymapper’s integration into Via’s TransitTech solutions and directly shapes the experience of millions of users worldwide. Based in London, this role offers the opportunity to grow our engineering presence and guide the technical direction of a core function within the company.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend and data engineers, supporting their development and driving high performance.
• Own the full technical scope of your team’s products, setting direction and ensuring strong execution.
• Contribute hands-on to the design, maintenance, and development of scalable, efficient backend systems that process large volumes of transport data with high reliability.
• Build new features in our backend systems for routing and transport data.
• Strengthen our analytics capabilities by managing the flow of user data into the data lake - improving compliance and enabling new products and insights.
• Define and uphold technical standards for architecture, code quality, testing, and performance.
• Ensure data accuracy and reliability by monitoring data quality and proactively resolving discrepancies.
• Work closely with engineers, architects, data scientists, and product managers to align on goals and deliverables.
• Lead key projects - from launching new product initiatives to migrating systems and data to improve compliance and availability.

Who You Are

• 4+ years of experience managing a team
• 8+ years experience in software engineering or data science
• Experience working with large Python codebases
• Experience working with cloud computing platforms
• BSc in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related degree
• Independent, responsible, with a true desire to make an impact
• Passionate about software engineering and constantly expanding your knowledge
• Driven by tough challenges, and producing reliable and scalable solutions
• Enthusiastic about code quality, architecture, design, testing, and performance
• Great leadership and interpersonal communication skills, passionate about building and motivating teams to reach their potential
• Experience working with AWS and Kubernetes - Advantage
• Experience working with data warehousing technologies, such as Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Google BigQuery etc. - Advantage

Compensation and Benefits

• Becoming part of a company that was awarded for its commitment to social good:
  • We are one of 17 Ventures That Embody the U.N.’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals
  • Inc. Magazine’s “Best in Business” Awardee in the software category for Companies That Put Purpose Before Profit
• Competitive compensation including stock options
• A spacious office near Chancery Lane, where you can enjoy weekly team lunches
• Comprehensive health scheme offered through AXA

We’re Via, and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. We’re driven by a simple mission: to create modern and efficient public transportation systems that provide far greater access to jobs, healthcare, and education. With our best in class suite of products, we make transit thrive.

Our teams of world-class engineers, data-scientists, product managers, operations specialists, marketers, transit experts and more bring cutting-edge AI-powered software and innovative technology-enabled operations to our partners across the globe. Founded in 2012, Via builds solutions to digitize, automate, and enable data-driven decision making for entire transportation networks; fixed-route buses, microtransit, paratransit, school buses, autonomous vehicles, and more.

If you’re excited to be at the forefront of modernizing the future of transportation, are up for solving tough problems, and willing to become/already are a transit nerd, we are the place for you. Even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description for this role, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

Ready to join the ride?

Via is an equal opportunity employer.