Engineering Manager

Story Terrace Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a fast-growing company as an Engineering Manager, where you'll lead a talented team of software engineers and drive technical direction. This role offers the chance to shape the engineering culture, own delivery processes, and collaborate closely with product teams. With a focus on best practices and innovation, you'll ensure the team thrives while maintaining high standards. Enjoy a supportive work environment with generous leave, private health insurance, and opportunities for professional growth. If you're passionate about technology and leadership, this is your chance to make a significant impact.

Benefits

26 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Birthday Leave

Early Finish on Fridays

Private Health Insurance

Access to Perkbox

Matched Pension Contributions

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave

Frequent Company Social Events

Learning & Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an engineering leadership role.
• Deep technical expertise in architecture discussions and code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team.
• Manage engineering delivery process and translate product priorities into technical plans.

Skills

Engineering Leadership

Technical Expertise

DevOps

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

Job description

Location – London

Salary – £80,000 – £90,000

At Blink Payment, we provide payment technology powered by people. We innovate and use the latest technology. We aim to make keeping track of payments and getting paid as easy as possible for our clients.

What makes us different:

• Personal Touch - rated 4.5 on Trustpilot, you can talk to us anytime via online live chat, email, WhatsApp and phone.
• Platform - Our payment platform is secure and seamless, with every payment type your business will ever need.
• Simplicity - We like to keep things simple - your business payments and reconciliations all in one easy-to-use platform.

Our platform feels smart and savvy whilst helping businesses get paid quickly, easily, and securely. We provide a simple flow, facilitating multiple payment options, in-depth reporting and customisation, all in one place.

Our Core Values:

Proactive

️ Own the solution

Win with integrity

Ready to help

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our engineering team. Reporting directly into our Head of Technology, the Engineering Manager will lead a team of 6 software engineers, take ownership of technical delivery and work hand in hand with the Product team to make ideas happen.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, support, and develop a high-performing engineering team
• Define and drive technical direction alongside our Technical Architect and Lead Developer
• Ensure Clear accountability, role clarity and a strong team culture

• Own and manage the engineering delivery process, working closely with the Product team
• Translate product priorities into actional technical plans with clear timelines.
• Proactively identify risks and remove blockers to keep teams moving forward

• Champion engineering best practices including clean code, secure design, CI/CD, and test automation
• Oversee infrastructure resilience, observability, and incident response processes

• Act as the bridge between Product and Engineering teams.
• Provide transparency on engineering progress, challenges, and decisions to senior stakeholders.

Key Skills/Experience

• Proven experience in an engineering leadership role
• Deep technical expertise — comfortable diving into architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical decision making
• Solid understanding of modern backend and hands on DevOps experience
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple initiatives.
• A clear and effective communicator, able to engage both technical and non technical audiences

Why join Blink Payment?

• Come on board a fast growing privately owned business
• 26 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• An additional day of annual leave for your Birthday
• Early finish on a Friday at 3:30PM
• Private Health Insurance (Vitality)
• Access to Perkbox - our flexible benefits portal
• Matched pension contributions up to 6%
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Frequent company social events + quarterly company off-sites
• Learning & Development Opportunities