Engineering Manager (12 Month FTC)

Trainline; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Dental insurance

Work from abroad policy

Share purchase plan

EV Scheme

Extra festive time off

Family-friendly benefits

Job summary

Trainline is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Customer Growth team in the UK. You will lead a cross-functional engineering group, partner with product and data, and own the team roadmap, balancing commercial priorities with engineering quality.

You will champion high standards, embed data-driven decision making and AB testing, and guide a mixed team of permanent staff and contractors while growing engineering talent in a fast-paced, product-led environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an engineering manager leading software teams.
• Strong people management skills and ability to foster psychological safety.
• Experience shaping and delivering roadmaps with product and data partners.
• Evidence of data-driven product development, AB testing and experimentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a cross-functional engineering team in a high‑performing environment.
• Co‑own the team roadmap with product and data partners, aligning with commercial priorities.
• Champion high quality engineering standards and maintain a thoughtful codebase.
• Drive data‑driven delivery, embedding AB testing and insights into daily work.
• Manage a mix of permanent staff and contractors with consistent practices.
• Advocate for AI tooling and integrate it into engineering workflows.
• Remove blockers, manage dependencies, and communicate with senior stakeholders.
• Build hiring, onboarding, and career development practices to grow talent.

Skills

Engineering management

People leadership

Roadmap ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

AB testing

AI tooling awareness

Stakeholder management

Contractor management

Tools

AI productivity tools

Job description

About us

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels.

Great journeys start with Trainline

Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 135 million monthly visits and £6.3 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, eco-friendly and affordable as it should be.

Introducing the Trainline Customer Growth Engineering Team

Trainline's Customer Growth engineering team sits at the heart of how we attract, engage, and retain the millions of people who book with us every day. We build the customer-facing features and experiences that make Trainline the go-to choice for rail travel across the UK and Europe, and our work is deeply tied to real commercial outcomes. This is a team where engineering, product, and data work in close partnership, and where the things you ship are seen, used, and felt by customers immediately.

As Engineering Manager, you will lead a cross-functional team of engineers, helping them do their best work while building a culture of quality, psychological safety, and continuous growth. You will co‑own the team roadmap alongside your product and data partners, bringing an engineering perspective to prioritisation and ensuring the team has the clarity and space to deliver with confidence. Our ways of working are rooted in data – A/B testing and data‑driven decision making are central to how we validate and iterate on everything we build, and you will play a key role in upholding that rigour.

In this role as the Engineering Manager, Customer Growth, you will

• Lead and develop a cross‑functional engineering team, building an inclusive and high‑performing environment where people are supported to grow, take ownership, and do meaningful work
• Partner closely with product managers and data colleagues to co‑own the team roadmap, balancing commercial priorities with engineering quality and long‑term sustainability
• Champion a high quality bar across both the end product and the codebase, fostering a culture of thoughtful engineering and continuous improvement
• Drive a data‑driven approach to delivery, embedding A/B testing, experimentation, and insight‑led decision making into the team's everyday ways of working
• Manage a mixed team of permanent employees and contractors, building cohesion and ensuring consistent standards, expectations, and ways of working across the full team
• Advocate for and integrate AI tooling into engineering workflows, identifying opportunities to improve the team's speed, quality, and day‑to‑day experience
• Remove blockers, manage dependencies across teams, and represent your team clearly and credibly with senior stakeholders across engineering, product, and the wider business
• Build strong hiring, onboarding, and career development practices that reflect Trainline's commitment to diversity, inclusion, and growing great engineering talent

We'd love to hear from you if you have

• Proven experience as an engineering manager, with a track record of leading software engineering teams and genuinely investing in their growth and development
• Strong people management skills, with the ability to build trust, create psychological safety, and support engineers across a range of experience levels and backgrounds
• Experience working closely with product managers to shape and deliver a roadmap, bringing an engineering lens to commercial and customer decisions
• A solid understanding of data‑driven product development, including A/B testing and experimentation, and the ability to guide a team in applying these practices consistently
• A high quality bar for both engineering standards and customer‑facing output, with the confidence to advocate for the right technical approach in a fast‑moving environment
• Experience working with AI productivity tools and a genuine enthusiasm for helping teams adopt them effectively
• Experience managing teams that include both permanent staff and contractors, with an understanding of how to build a cohesive culture across different working arrangements – ideally gained in a product‑led, customer‑facing engineering environment
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and build effective relationships across product, data, and senior leadership

More information:

Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2‑for‑1 share purchase plans, an EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions, extra festive time off, and excellent family‑friendly benefits.

We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one!

We're operating a hybrid model and ask that Trainliners work from the office a minimum of 60% of their time over a 12‑week period. We also have a 28‑day Work from Abroad policy.

Our values represent the things that matter most to us and what we live and breathe everyday, in everything we do

• Think Big – We're building the future of rail
• Own It – We focus on every customer, partner and journey
• Travel Together – We're one team
• Do Good – We make a positive impact

We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we mean all forms of diversity – gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought. That's why we're committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.

Interested in finding out more about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check us out on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor!