Engineering Manager L3

Realta Associates; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Realta Associates is seeking a people-first Engineering Manager to build exceptional engineering teams within a fast-growing SaaS company. The role involves leading around 20 engineers, developing performance frameworks, and fostering a culture of accountability. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in customer-facing environments and a strong leadership background.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in engineering leadership, particularly in SaaS.
• Proven history of building high-performing teams at scale.
• Hands-on experience in setting performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach circa 20 engineers across various product teams.
• Define and evolve competency frameworks for growth.
• Establish and safeguard engineering standards.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Engineering Excellence

Performance Frameworks

Communication

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Engineering Manager III

Location: UK Based - Hybrid Circa Once Per Month in London Central

Type: Permanent, Full-time

Sector: Enterprise-scale, Client-Facing SaaS Products

Realta is partnering with a fast-growing global SaaS company whose platforms are used directly by thousands of enterprise customers every day. We need a people-first Engineering Manager—someone who has already led product-engineer teams in customer-facing SaaS environments—to develop exceptional engineers, raise standards, and build a culture of accountability and excellence across multiple product teams.

This isn’t about running projects. It’s about building great people, stronger teams, and long-term capability.

What the Role Owns

• Lead and coach circa 20 engineers across several cross-functional product squads (dev, QA, data, automation).
• Define and evolve a competency framework that drives transparent growth, feedback, and performance across the engineering org.
• Shape career development, performance, and progression—setting the bar high and helping engineers reach it.
• Partner with DevOps, Product, and Architecture to keep engineering capability aligned with commercial outcomes.
• Establish, scale, and safeguard engineering standards: what “good” looks like, how it’s measured, and how teams move toward it with clarity, autonomy, and trust.

What This Leader Drives

• Engineering excellence—from code quality to DORA metrics and delivery accountability.
• A culture of ownership—teams that take smart risks, make sound trade-offs, and own outcomes.
• Clear progression paths—structured, meaningful routes for engineers to grow … and stay.
• Team-level coaching—unblocking, mentoring tech leads, ensuring people thrive.
• A strong Engineering Community of Practice—shared standards, tooling, metrics, and principles.

This is a long-term hire, not a firefighting post. The goal: help engineers become great, not merely deliver faster.

Ideal Profile

• 10 + years in engineering leadership, most of it in external, customer-facing SaaS companies.
• Proven history of building high-performing, cross-functional product teams at scale.
• Ability to convert business metrics into actionable engineering objectives (and push back when they’re wrong).
• Hands-on experience creating or running competency, progression, and performance frameworks.
• Technically credible—able to engage senior engineers and ask the right questions.

A Word from Realta

This is not a role for people who just manage tasks. It’s for a leader who treats engineering as a craft, builds skilled people, and levels them up through clarity, feedback, and uncompromising standards. Success is measured by how good your teams become, not just how many features ship.

• Your leadership background is limited to internal IT or agency delivery.
• Career coaching, performance reviews, and tough feedback aren’t your strengths.
• You’re chasing a delivery-only post without responsibility for people development.

Ready to build a stronger engineering organisation—not just a faster one?

Apply now or message Tom at Realta for a confidential briefing.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology and Engineering

• Industries

  Software Development

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