Engineering Manager: Lead Platform Teams (Remote)

Quantexa; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Work from Home equipment

Cycle to work

Job summary

Quantexa is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to join its UK R&D team. You will collaborate with multiple engineering squads on the Quantexa Platform, driving quality, architecture discussions, and delivery of new components and features.

You will mentor engineers across levels, participate in recruitment and onboarding, and travel occasionally to European offices as needed. A strong background in Scala/Angular, AI-assisted development, and Agile practices is essential.

Qualifications

• Have experience delivering software across the full engineering lifecycle, from design and implementation through to testing and deployment in a live SaaS environment.
• Enjoy identifying and supporting organisational changes that help Engineering teams work more effectively and deliver value.
• Care about designing and delivering well-engineered, high-quality solutions to complex problems.
• Have a background in software development and architecture, including experience with web applications and/or data-intensive systems.
• Are enthusiastic about developing others, with experience across people management practices.
• Bring strong planning and delivery skills, with a good understanding of Agile processes and experience working across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with multiple Engineering teams, supporting the delivery of new components and features for the Quantexa Platform, while maintaining a strong focus on quality.
• Support, mentor and develop Engineers at all levels, contributing to recruitment, onboarding, learning and progression opportunities across the department.
• Be based in the UK, with occasional travel to our European offices when helpful.
• Bring sufficient technical experience to contribute to architectural and technical discussions and help teams consider the broader context of their decisions.
• Encourage the thoughtful use of AI to support engineering effectiveness and product development, helping teams adopt tools and practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Team Leads to plan upcoming work, supporting teams through Agile ways of working.
• Partner with Product Management to understand market needs and align them with Engineering capabilities to create achievable and clear roadmaps.
• Coordinate release activities across Engineering teams and communicate progress to stakeholders to support predictable and well-paced delivery.
• Help teams manage dependencies, identifying risks or blockers early and supporting their resolution.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, ways of working and collaboration across the department, with a focus on quality, sustainability and scale.
• Work with stakeholders outside the department to understand and respond to their needs in a considered and transparent way.
• Support the day-to-day operational activities of the department

Skills

Software lifecycle

Mentoring

Agile delivery

Engineering collaboration

Tools

Scala

Angular

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Quantexa is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to join its UK R&D team. You will collaborate with multiple engineering squads on the Quantexa Platform, driving quality, architecture discussions, and delivery of new components and features.

You will mentor engineers across levels, participate in recruitment and onboarding, and travel occasionally to European offices as needed. A strong background in Scala/Angular, AI-assisted development, and Agile practices is essential.