Senior Engineering Manager: Lead Scalable Microservices

Dex; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Dex is partnering with a fast-growing platform building the operating system for autonomous tax. You will lead a product engineering team, shaping the roadmap and steering scalable microservices in a high-load environment.

This role requires strong engineering judgment, hands-on experience with Go and TypeScript, and a proven ability to recruit, mentor, and retain top engineers in a distributed, asynchronous setting. Dex emphasizes collaboration and clear documentation across time zones.

Qualifications

• Proven engineering judgment and ability to guide technical direction.
• Strong focus on people leadership: hiring, developing, retaining engineers.
• Experience optimizing product development processes for speed and quality.
• Thrives in a distributed, asynchronous environment with clear documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a product engineering team, overseeing planning, execution, hiring, and long-term development.
• Co-own the product roadmap with your Product Manager, translating business priorities into technical delivery.
• Drive technical direction and architectural decisions for scalable microservices in a high-load environment.
• Shape engineering culture and contribute to the broader technical strategy.
• Optimize processes to accelerate product development without compromising quality.

Skills

Go

TypeScript

People leadership

Distributed systems

Microservices

Job description

Dex is partnering with a fast-growing platform building the operating system for autonomous tax. You will lead a product engineering team, shaping the roadmap and steering scalable microservices in a high-load environment.

This role requires strong engineering judgment, hands-on experience with Go and TypeScript, and a proven ability to recruit, mentor, and retain top engineers in a distributed, asynchronous setting. Dex emphasizes collaboration and clear documentation across time zones.