Engineering Manager

Apply Digital; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global experience transformation partner is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead technical teams, ensuring delivery and nurturing talent. This role emphasizes collaboration and the integration of AI-driven solutions while maintaining a positive and empowering environment. You will coach engineers, shape practices, and support project delivery across various industries. The position offers a flexible hybrid work arrangement, promoting work-life balance and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Great projects with global impact

Generous training budgets

24 days of vacation plus bank holidays

Vitality benefits for health and well-being

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in leading engineering teams in agency or consulting environments.
• Confident in solution design and technical discussions.
• Experience with AI-driven solutions highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Provide coaching and development opportunities for engineers.
• Collaborate to improve engineering practices and integrate new technologies.
• Support team health across various projects.

Skills

Leadership in technical environments

Strong engineering foundation

AI Leadership & Innovation

People-first mindset

Strong technical expertise

Cross-functional collaboration

Comfort with ambiguity

Global teamwork

Growth mindset

Tools

React

AWS

GCP

SaaS platforms

Microservices architecture

Job description

ABOUT APPLY DIGITAL

Apply Digital is a global experience transformation partner. We drive AI-powered change and measurable impact across complex multi-brand ecosystems. Leveraging expertise that spans across the customer experience lifecycle from strategy design to engineering and beyond we enable our clients to modernize their organizations and maximize value for their business and customers.

Our 750 team members have helped transform global companies like Kraft Heinz NFL Moderna Lululemon Dropbox Atlassian AE Networks and The Very Group.

Apply Digital was founded in 2016 in Vancouver the past nine years we have grown to ten cities across North America South America the UK Europe and India.

At Apply Digital we believe in the One Team approach where we operate within a pod structure. Each pod brings together senior leadership subject matter experts and cross-functional skill sets all working within a common tech and delivery framework. This structure is underpinned by well-oiled scrum and sprint cadences keeping teams in step to release often and retrospectives to ensure we progress toward the desired outcomes.

Wherever we work in the world we envision Apply Digital as a safe empowered respectful and fun community for people every single day. Together we work to embody our SHAPE (smart humble active positive and excellent) values and make Apply Digital a space for our team to connect grow and support each other to make a difference.

Visit our Careers page to learn how we can unlock your potential.

LOCATION : Apply Digital is hybrid / remote friendly the successful candidate is expected to be in office 2-3 times a week from our London UK office.

THE ROLE :

At Apply Digital Engineering Managers are accountable for the success of our engineering talentand for ensuring that talent drives strong outcomes for our clients and our business.

This is a technical team leadership role focused on team effectiveness delivery health and career development. Youll work across multiple initiatives helping engineers stay effective through shifting priorities evolving processes and real-world delivery constraints. When pressure rises youll know when to shield your teamand when to push for more.

Apply Digital partners with globally recognized brands across a wide range of industries designing and building customer-facing platforms tools and experiences. From retail to B2B our projects are diversebut always focused on meaningful digital outcomes. As an organization increasingly driven by AI we seek leaders who can navigate and leverage these advanced capabilities.

Were looking for leaders who balance empathy with accountability and who can navigate peoples complexity and business realities with confidence. You might bring senior experiencebut youll still be expected to adapt listen and lead with humility. If you care deeply about talent thrive in fast-paced environments and know how to focus teams on meaningful impactwed love to hear from you.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role isnt about having all the answers on day oneits about showing up curious adaptable and invested in your team.

In the early months youll build strong relationships help engineers navigate complexity and bring calm clear thinking to shifting priorities. Over time youll grow into a key voice in talent development delivery health and shaping how we scale our engineering culture across Applyincluding how we evolve our delivery approaches technical practices and organizational structure. You wont just operate within systemsyoull help build and improve them.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supporting and growing engineers : Provide coaching feedback and development opportunities to help individuals thrive and progress in their careers.
• Shaping our practices : Collaborate with other EMs and leaders to improve how we grow support and scale engineering across the organization. Help define and evolve our approach to integrating emerging technologies particularly AI into our delivery capabilities.
• Fostering team health : Support a growing team of engineers across multiple customer experience projectstypically web and app buildsensuring workloads are sustainable and collaboration stays strong.
• Navigating ambiguity : Help your team stay focused through shifting priorities organizational change and evolving tech needs.
• Contributing to delivery : While you wont be hands-on with code youll help projects stay healthy by ensuring staffing is appropriate risks are surfaced early and engineers are supported in making sound consistent technical decisions. This includes guiding teams in the development and implementation of AI-driven solutions.
• Hiring and onboarding : Partner with our talent team to recruit evaluate and onboard great engineers.
• Working across regions : Collaborate with global peers to support distributed teams share practices and coordinate staffing needs across time zones and clients.
• Supporting performance : Provide regular feedback help resolve challenges and ensure expectations are clear achievable and aligned with Applys values.

REQUIREMENTS

• Leadership in technical environments : Youve led engineering teamsbig or smalland understand how to guide them through delivery growth and change. Experience in an agency or consulting environment is a strong asset especially if youve balanced delivery needs with people support.
• Strong engineering foundation : Youre confident operating at the solution design level and can engage deeply enough with technical discussions to support decision-making hiring and team guidance. You understand modern software practices and know how to assess technical choiceseven if youre not the one writing the code.
• AI Leadership & Innovation : You bring demonstrated experience in leading teams that have successfully developed or integrated AI-driven solutions or you bring experience accelerating the adoption of AI tools processes and techniques for delivery of software testing and project delivery is highly desired.
• People-first mindset : You care about growing individuals and teams. Youve given feedback mentored engineers and helped people navigate both opportunity and challenge.
• Strong technical expertise : proficiency in React AWS GCP SaaS platforms and microservices architecture is highly preferred.
• Cross-functional collaboration : Youre experienced in working with project managers other engineering leaders and internal stakeholders like client partners directors and People & Culture. While youre not client-facing day to day youre comfortable navigating organizational complexity and surfacing the right voices at the right time.
• Comfort with ambiguity : You can navigate evolving org structures shifting client needs and a whole lot of we havent figured that out yet without losing your footing. You know how to bring clarity when its missing surface tensions constructively and step into uncomfortable situations to keep people aligned and work on track.
• Global teamwork : Youve worked with distributed teamsor are confident in your ability to learn how to thrive in that environment. You value diverse perspectives and approach cross-regional collaboration with cultural awareness curiosity and respect.
• A growth mindset : Youre not here to coastyoure here to help shape something. Whether thats growing a team refining a process or contributing to org-wide efforts like hiring leveling or culture-building youre in it for the long game.

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LIFE AT APPLY DIGITAL

At Apply Digital people are at the core of everything we do . We value your time safety and health and strive to build a work community that can help you thrive and grow. Here are a few benefits we offer to support you :

Great projects : Broaden your skills on a range of engaging projects with international brands that have a global impact.

An inclusive and safe environment : Were truly committed to building a culture where you are celebrated and everyone feels welcome and safe.

Learning opportunities : We offer generous training budgets including partner tech certifications custom learning plans workshops mentorship and peer support.

Vacation policy : We value worklife balance so youll enjoy 24 days of vacation plus 8 bank holidays to rest recharge and focus on what matters most.

Benefits : We use Vitality benefits designed to enhance your health well-being and worklife balance.

Flexible work arrangements : We work in a variety of ways from remote to in-office to a blend of both.

Apply Digital is committed to building a culture where differences are celebrated and everyone feels welcome. Thats why we value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are recognized and valued.

For more information visit the Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process please inform us as soon as possible by emailing us at emailprotected .

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Hospitality Experience,Go,Management Experience,React,Redux,Node.js,AWS,Mechanical Engineering,Team Management,Leadership Experience,Mentoring,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1