Senior Engineering Manager, Developer Experience

Confidential; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Virtual Stock Option programme

Annual L&D budget

1-month sabbatical after 3 years

Referral Bonus

28 days of paid leave

Private health insurance

Retirement scheme with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers in London. This role involves overseeing CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, and developing AI tooling that enhances the productivity of engineers.

You will be responsible for setting clear priorities, communicating with stakeholders, and building the case for team growth. The company values diversity and offers competitive benefits including private health insurance and generous time off.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading platform or internal tooling teams at senior manager level.
• Strong technical foundation across the DevEx stack.
• Ability to build and communicate product-style roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of highly motivated engineers.
• Own and evolve the technical roadmap across DevEx domains.
• Shape the AI Platform domain and communicate trade-offs to stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership in platform and infrastructure

CI/CD expertise

Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)

Kubernetes knowledge

AI tooling curiosity

Job description

About the team

The Developer Experience team owns the internal platform that every the company engineer touches daily: CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, our developer portal, and an emerging AI platform. It's a high-visibility role: the work you lead directly shapes the productivity of hundreds of engineers across the company. We're looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to take full ownership of this domain, grow a team of seven engineers, and define what great developer experience looks like at the company as we scale.

What you'll do

Lead and develop a growing team of 5+ highly motivated engineers across observability, CI/CD, developer portal (Backstage), and FinOps tooling — setting clear priorities and establishing strong ways of working.

Own and evolve the technical roadmap across all DevEx domains, communicating trade-offs clearly to engineering leadership and internal stakeholders.

Shape the AI Platform domain from the ground up — defining its charter and identifying where AI tooling adds real value for the company engineers.

Partner with product engineering managers and platform peers to drive measurable improvements in deploy frequency, onboarding time, and support load.

Build the case for how the team needs to grow, identifying skill gaps and preparing the organisation for a future where this role leads other engineering managers.

You'll be great for this role if…

You have proven experience leading platform, infrastructure, or internal tooling teams at a senior engineering manager level, with a track record of owning a technical domain end-to-end.

You bring strong technical foundation across the DevEx stack: CI/CD, observability (Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent), Kubernetes-based platforms - sufficient to make sound architectural decisions and earn engineer trust.

You know how to lead through ambiguity and organisational change, including reorgs, scope shifts, or leadership transitions.

You can build and communicate a product-style roadmap for a platform domain, with clear prioritisation and a narrative that lands with both engineers and senior stakeholders.

You have a genuine curiosity about AI tooling in an engineering context and the confidence to lead a greenfield domain in this space.

Why you should join the company

Opportunity to work with a truly global, multicultural team from our central London office location - this involves an office-first setup.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: be part of a workplace that values and promotes diversity, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone's perspectives are respected and embraced.

Enrolment onto our Virtual Stock Option programme: you will own a stake in the company's future success.

A dedicated annual L&D budget for attending conferences and/or advancing your career through further education.

Break4me: 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service.

Referral Bonus: earn additional rewards by referring talented individuals to join the company team.

Generous time off: enjoy 28 days of paid leave, plus bank holidays and special leaves.

Health matters: private health insurance, including optical and dental.

Life made easier: salary-sacrifice commuter benefits via Gogeta.

Financial security: retirement scheme (the company matches 7% when you contribute 5%).

Peace of mind: life insurance from MetLife for 2× your salary.

The company is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, actively seeking and embracing diversity in our workforce. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. Our commitment extends beyond recruitment to creating a safe and respectful workplace where harassment of any form is strictly prohibited.