Senior Engineering Manager

Beam; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Beam is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager in London to lead a portfolio of AI-powered engineering initiatives. You will manage 6-10 engineers, organize staffing, and drive delivery across product areas with autonomy within your domain.

You will shape engineering culture, hire top talent, and nurture leadership within the team as Beam scales. Equity and comprehensive benefits accompany a competitive base salary.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building high-performing teams.
• At least 3 years of team and line management experience.
• A product mindset, passionate about building the right thing.
• Genuine excitement about the power of AI and how it will shape our profession.
• A leader who takes pride in achieving great things through the people they support.

Responsibilities

• Building high-performing teams
• Growing your reports into doing the best work of their careers
• Assigning people to work according to priorities, skillset and growth opportunities
• Taking overall ownership of the engineering approach within your domain
• Hiring top-tier talent
• Levelling up our management team to build an exceptional culture
• Adapting and growing your scope to meet our scaling needs

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Product mindset

AI enthusiasm

Hiring top talent

Job description

At Beam, we're building AI that serves society.

We're a global team of ambitious, hardworking problem solvers, applying fast-moving startup energy to work that makes the world a better place. If you want to apply your talent to the biggest problems society faces, Beam is the place for you.

You'll be part of a high-performance culture where you'll make a huge impact, rapidly progress your career, and truly enjoy your work.

Over 100,000 frontline workers already use Beam to take notes, provide live interpretation and handle phone calls, so they can focus on the people who need them most. This is just the beginning.

The opportunity at Beam

We're looking for Senior Engineering Managers to drive forward our growing department. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will be a full-time manager of 6-10 engineers across a portfolio of initiatives and products. You will have autonomy within this domain to organise and staff the work across its various needs. We operate with small, AI-powered engineering teams that often deliver large pieces of work in groups of just two.

What you'll be doing

• Building high-performing teams

• Growing your reports into doing the best work of their careers

• Assigning people to work according to priorities, skillset and growth opportunities

• Taking overall ownership of the engineering approach within your domain

• Hiring top-tier talent

• Levelling up our management team to build an exceptional culture

• Adapting and growing your scope to meet our scaling needs

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience building high-performing teams

• At least 3 years of team and line management experience

• A product mindset, passionate about building the right thing

• Genuine excitement about the power of AI and how it will shape our profession

• A leader who takes pride in achieving great things through the people they support

Why is this exciting?

• You will join an elite engineering team, shipping your code to production multiple times a day.

• You will help shape the future of social care globally.

• You will push the boundaries of AI usage both in the product and in engineering workflows.

Compensation:
£140,000 - £170,000 base salary depending on experience and performance during interviews + equity and amazing benefits (see our careers page)

We're committed to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion through our work as an organisation, and that starts with the team we build. 53% of the people we support are from ethnic minority backgrounds and 17% have disabilities. We believe we serve these people best when we're a diverse and inclusive team. To that end, we particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority candidates and/or those who've experienced social disadvantage.

Application process

We take hiring seriously. We have a 4-stage and an optional 5th interview process, giving you plenty of time to learn about Beam while we get to know you.

1. 30 minute intro with our Talent team

2. 30 minute Interview with our VP of Engineering

3. 1 hour systems design interview with two of our Senior Engineers

4. 1 hour leadership interview with our People Manager

5. 30 minute product and cultural interview with one of our founders

About Beam

We've picked up an armful of awards for our work, including one from our former Queen. We've also been named by WIRED as one of London's 10 hottest startups and by LinkedIn as a Top 15 UK Startup. Meanwhile, we've been covered in the media literally thousands of times, including the likes of The FT, BBC, TechCrunch, Forbes and The Guardian.

We're also proud to be backed by some of the world's leading tech investors and entrepreneurs, including the founders of Booking.com, Calm, Shazam and Dropbox.

Start your journey to a more impactful career today. We're excited to hear from you.

Reasonable adjustments:

Beam is committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and supportive work environment for all employees. This policy extends to our hiring practices.

We recognise that some candidates may need additional support during their hiring process to give them the best chance of being a success. To ensure that all candidates have an equitable opportunity during their process, we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments where required.

If you require a reasonable adjustment to be made during your process, please let your Talent Partner know. We encourage you to share this information, but there is no obligation to do so.

Please be reassured that any reasonable adjustment requests will not be taken into account when making a decision about your candidacy.