Senior Engineering Manager: Scale architecture, lead squads

Malt; Greater London; On-site; GBP 103,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Sabbatical leave

Free books program

Team building events

Onboarding in Paris

Job summary

Malt is seeking an experienced engineering leader to own the delivery, technical efficiency, and growth of 1–2 product squads (8–10 engineers). You will shape system architecture strategy, lead decoupling initiatives, and raise delivery standards while empowering your team to scale.

You will recruit, mentor, and elevate senior engineers, drive architectural choices, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to align engineering with business growth.

Qualifications

• Diploma ideally in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical domain.
• Confirmed experiences in engineering management with scaling milestones within hyper-growth companies or scale-ups.
• Strong engineering curiosity and system design; you bring depth to challenge estimates, audit architectural trade-offs, and diagnose performance drops.
• Lead gradual organizational transitions and build trust, with ongoing technical curiosity; enjoy testing technologies and reading about topics.
• Native level proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Drive squad execution and delivery velocity for 1–2 product squads, with clear metrics for high-impact releases.
• Lead technical domain strategy, challenge architecture choices, drive product roadmap, and refactor complex backend systems.
• Maintain a hands-on understanding of system design, architecture, and performance without daily production coding.
• Recruit, mentor, and elevate a team of senior software developers (6–10 FTE), raising technical standards.
• Unblock complex dependencies across Product, Sales, and Enterprise teams, acting as a high-agency owner.
• Co-construct technical roadmaps with Product Managers, Tech Leads, and Senior Engineering Leadership to align strategy with growth.

Skills

Engineering management

System design

Architecture

Team leadership

Performance tuning

Education

Diploma in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Job description

Malt is seeking an experienced engineering leader to own the delivery, technical efficiency, and growth of 1–2 product squads (8–10 engineers). You will shape system architecture strategy, lead decoupling initiatives, and raise delivery standards while empowering your team to scale.

You will recruit, mentor, and elevate senior engineers, drive architectural choices, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to align engineering with business growth.