Engineering Manager

Wave Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-performance technology company in London is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead and mentor a team of engineers. This hands-on leadership role requires a strong background in microservices and modern backend stacks. The ideal candidate will be responsible for building core product services, driving technical initiatives, and ensuring performance and reliability in a fast-paced environment. A collaborative mindset and strong communication skills are essential for aligning engineering with product goals.

Qualifications

• Strong background building microservices for high-scale products.
• Previous technical leadership or direct people management experience.
• Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers responsible for building core product services.
• Manage and mentor engineers across different seniority levels.
• Drive sprint planning, delivery and technical direction.

Skills

Microservices development

Modern backend stacks

Technical leadership

Distributed systems understanding

Performance engineering

Strong communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Engineering Manager – £110,000–£140,000 + Equity – London (Hybrid)

The Opportunity 💻

Join a high-performance technology company building complex, real-time platforms used globally at significant scale.

The business operates mission-critical systems where performance, reliability and speed matter. It has a mature product with strong usage while continuing to evolve its architecture and engineering practices.

You’ll be stepping into a deeply technical environment where engineers work across modern distributed systems, event-driven architecture and high-throughput services.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who wants to shape both people and platform.

About the Role 💼

You’ll lead a team of engineers responsible for building and maintaining core product services.

• Manage and mentor engineers across different seniority levels
• Drive sprint planning, delivery and technical direction
• Partner closely with product and technical leadership on complex initiatives
• Improve engineering processes, quality and developer velocity
• Stay close to the code through reviews, pairing and technical guidance
• Help define future technology adoption and architecture direction

You’ll be accountable for outcomes, team health and technical standards.

What You’ll Be Working On 🚀

• Performance, scalability and reliability improvements
• Platform evolution and technical roadmap planning
• Hiring and growing a strong engineering team

You’ll balance people leadership with meaningful technical influence rather than stepping fully away from engineering.

Skills and Experience 📈

• Strong background building microservices for high-scale products
• Experience with modern backend stacks
• Previous technical leadership or direct people management experience
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and performance engineering
• Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments
• Strong communicator who can align engineering with product goals

Nice to have:

• Exposure to Kubernetes, event streaming or high-throughput systems
• Experience in commercially complex product environments

🏢 Team: High standards, collaborative, delivery focused

If you enjoy leading strong engineers while shaping complex systems that operate at scale, this is a role worth exploring.