Engineering Manager, AI Scale-Up — Hands-On Leadership (Hybrid)

Corevia Search; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 108,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Corevia Search is seeking an Engineering Manager for its London-based AI scale-up. You will lead 6–8 engineers, spending ~70/30 on leadership and hands-on work, and drive delivery of high-impact projects in Go or similar backend tech.

The role focuses on scalable, low-latency systems, mentoring engineers, and shaping technical strategy with senior leaders. Hybrid work with London office visits roughly every two weeks.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams of 6–8 engineers.
• Strong engineering foundation with hands-on coding.
• Experience with high-throughput or distributed systems is essential.
• Deep understanding of scalability, latency, reliability, concurrency and system design.
• Proven track record with production systems at significant scale.
• Strong programming skills in Go or another modern backend language.

Responsibilities

• Build a high-performing team through mentoring and career growth.
• Own delivery of complex, high-impact projects and set technical direction.
• Design systems where throughput and latency matter.
• Embed practices in scalability, reliability, testing and performance.
• Influence strategy and priorities with senior engineering and product leaders.

Skills

Engineering management

Go

Distributed systems

System design

Scalability

Production systems

Tools

Go or backend language

Job description

Corevia Search is seeking an Engineering Manager for its London-based AI scale-up. You will lead 6–8 engineers, spending ~70/30 on leadership and hands-on work, and drive delivery of high-impact projects in Go or similar backend tech.

The role focuses on scalable, low-latency systems, mentoring engineers, and shaping technical strategy with senior leaders. Hybrid work with London office visits roughly every two weeks.