Engineering Manager (C++)

JR United Kingdom; Basildon; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic opportunity for an Engineering Manager focused on C++ to lead a distributed team in delivering high-impact features for a platform with hundreds of thousands of daily users. The role emphasizes strategic oversight, technical leadership, and fostering a collaborative environment. This fully remote position requires strong experience in technical team management and a commercial C++ background, especially on complex, multi-component systems.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical teams with a focus on hiring and performance.
• Competence in C++ on complex systems.
• Familiarity with distributed team practices and large systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of six engineers, setting priorities.
• Architect and implement platform features for a user base in the hundreds of thousands.
• Balance feature development with technical debt reduction.

Skills

Leadership

C++

Team Management

Technical Coaching

Observability

Infrastructure as Code

Automated Deployments

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Flux

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Super chance for a C++ focused Engineering Manager to work on complex platform that sees 100ks of daily users.

The role involves leading a team of six engineers, overseeing task prioritization, and driving strategic planning to ensure timely and efficient project delivery.

? Location: UK, fully remote

Why join and what you’ll do

• Lead and mentor a team of six engineers, setting priorities and driving delivery
• Partner with Product to define scope, estimate effort, and establish roadmap
• Architect and implement reliable platform features at scale for hundreds of thousands of users daily
• Build proactive monitoring, alerting, and rapid incident response processes
• Balance feature development with technical debt reduction
• Integrate new AI-driven capabilities to enhance security and user experience

What you’ll bring

• Strong experience leading software or technical teams, including hiring, coaching, and performance management
• Solid commercial C++ experience on complex systems
• Proven experience with large, multi-component systems and distributed team practices
• Strong background in observability and logging
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and automated deployments (Terraform, Helm or Flux)

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