Engineering Manager

With Wise; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the UK is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional Agile team. The ideal candidate has a technical background, experience in delivery and Agile methodologies, and a passion for mentoring engineers. Responsibilities include managing the team, facilitating Agile processes, and collaborating on product development. Join a dynamic environment focused on innovation and improvement.

Qualifications

• Technical background, ideally as a software engineer.
• Experience in delivery and Agile environments.
• Proven track record of mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead an Agile team to build products and features.
• Line-manage a team of around 8 engineers and SDETs.
• Work on scoping new features in collaboration with product teams.

Skills

Agile delivery expertise

Team management

Technical mentoring

Proactive approach

Tools

Go

Typescript/React

Flutter

AWS

Job description

We Improve Self Employment

How do we do it? With world-class products and unrivalled service. We are changing the landscape, giving the self-employment industry technology and benefits that they have never experienced before. Wise has seen exponential growth since it was founded in December 2019 and is now trusted by over 200 companies and some of the UK and Europe's biggest carrier networks.

Our Culture

Everyone in the Wise team is involved in our company’s vision and success. Building the best products means we need the best team; we’re proud of the team we’ve built so far and want to continue that growth. We’re looking for passionate and collaborative self-starters who enjoy getting things done and know how to have fun while doing so. In return, our team is rewarded, recognised, and celebrated!

The Engineering Manager Role

You will be leading a cross-functional Agile squad tasked with building new products and features. You will have primary responsibility for both delivery and management. You will be working closely with product owners and tech leads, who are responsible for product and tech choices respectively, but you will also contribute to those areas.

Delivery

• Facilitate an Agile delivery process.
• Keep the team focussed on delivery.
• Identify and work to remove blockers impacting the team.
• Measure and report on delivery metrics to senior leadership.
• Facilitate continuous improvement, including regular retrospectives.

Management

• Line-manage a team of around 8 engineers and SDETs.
• Coach engineers.
• Conduct performance reviews.
• Identify stars and help them to have maximum impact.
• Manage low performers.
• Hire as required.
• Build a culture of technical excellence.
• Promote learning & development

Product

• Work with product managers and product owners on scoping new features in advance of development.
• Ensure large projects are split into manageable deliverables.
• Write user stories.
• Ensure acceptance criteria are clearly specified.

Tech

• Pay attention to non-functional requirements.
• Make smart choices to control technical debt whilst moving quickly.
• Enable frequent deployments.
• Assist Tech Leads and the VP Engineering with engineering strategy and architecture.
• Learn new technologies as required.

Leadership

• Understand and clearly communicate business priorities to the team.
• Recognise and make appropriate tradeoffs, keeping in mind the needs of end users, team members and the business.

Requirements

• A technical background. You were probably a software engineer before (even if in the distant past!)
• Delivery & Agile experience. You are likely to have played a scrum master role or similar before.
• You have a track record of mentoring software engineers, and enjoy doing this.
• You bring a proactive, high-energy approach, and motivate your team to drive for success and have fun, taking pride in their work.

Nice to have (but not essential)

• Experience with some of these languages: Go, Typescript/React, or Flutter.
• Cloud experience (AWS ideally).
• Management experience with a team of 4+ engineers.
• An interest in Product.