Engineering Manager, People & Process

Longshot Systems Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Participation in uncapped bonus scheme

10% matched pension contributions

Private healthcare insurance

Long term illness insurance

Gym membership

Job summary

Longshot Systems Ltd in London is seeking an Engineering Manager to own people and process for our 30–50 strong engineering organisation. This is a team leadership role; CTO and tech leads retain architecture and code decisions while you drive hiring, development and performance.

You’ll run biannual reviews, coordinate progression, calibrate across teams, and ensure consistent standards while enabling rapid delivery and engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with technical credibility.
• Proven experience managing engineers, including reviews and progression.
• Experience hiring at volume for mid-to-senior levels.
• Experience scaling teams around 30–50 people.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment: own engineering hiring end-to-end and interview process design.
• Line management and progression: own review cycles and calibration.
• Delivery: oversee maintenance work without derailing product work.
• Engineering standards: push processes and standards forward for growth.
• Developer experience: invest in developer tooling and UX.
• Engineering operations: oversee cloud spend, SaaS estate, security onboarding.

Skills

Software engineering background

People management

Hiring at volume

Team leadership (30-50 engineers)

English fluency

Tools

LLM-based tooling

Job description

Longshot Systems Ltd in London is seeking an Engineering Manager to own people and process for our 30–50 strong engineering organisation. This is a team leadership role; CTO and tech leads retain architecture and code decisions while you drive hiring, development and performance.

You’ll run biannual reviews, coordinate progression, calibrate across teams, and ensure consistent standards while enabling rapid delivery and engineering excellence.