Senior Manager, Engineering

Snyk; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity company in London seeks a Senior Manager of Engineering to drive strategic goals and enhance team collaboration. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of software engineering experience, excels in managing high-performing teams, and possesses strong skills in agile methodologies. This role involves hands-on coding, strategic planning, and fostering an inclusive work environment with benefits that prioritize employee well-being.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Generous vacation time

Health benefits

Education allowances

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering.
• Significant experience managing a high-performing engineering team.
• Proficient with team tech stack and advanced system design.

Responsibilities

• Drive the creation of a strategic roadmap for the team.
• Influence the group strategy and cross-team execution.
• Facilitate the team’s agile ceremonies.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Team management

Coding and code review

Agile methodologies

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Overview

Snyk is the leader in secure AI software development, helping millions of developers develop fast and stay secure as AI transforms how software is built. Our AI-native Developer Security Platform integrates seamlessly into development and security workflows, making it easy to find, fix, and prevent vulnerabilities — from code and dependencies to containers and cloud.

Our mission is to empower every developer to innovate securely in the AI era — boosting productivity while reducing business risk. We’re not your average security company - we build Snyk on One Team, Care Deeply, Customer Centric, and Forward Thinking.

It’s how we stay driven, supportive, and always one step ahead as AI reshapes our world.

Our Opportunity

As a Senior Manager, Engineering at Snyk you will be a member of the wider Engineering Team and will drive processes to enable the team to achieve goals, solve challenges effectively, and deliver predictably. Within this role you will track, predict, and course-correct project status, drive communication of progression, possible issues, and team capacity. You will be responsible for driving processes across the group and facilitating team collaboration and coach direct reports to grow their skills and career.

This is a high-impact, strategic role for a leader who is excited by complex technical challenges. You will be instrumental in evolving our core technology to power the next generation of developer security tools, including our AI-powered remediation capabilities.

You’ll Spend Your Time:

• Drive the creation of a long-term strategic roadmap for the team and its partners, socialize it with the team and stakeholders, create a plan for execution and make progress on the roadmap.
• Influence the group strategy and drive cross-team execution.
• Facilitate the smooth running of the team’s agile ceremonies
• Drive the team’s successful delivery of the sprint, quarterly plan, and long term goals. Track plan progression and identify gaps and future requirements. Communicate status and course correction suggestions.
• Establish clear goals and KPIs for individuals and the team, provide ongoing coaching, and implement processes to enable forward movement of the team.
• Build a knowledge-sharing environment where teammates proactively help each other.
• Hands on coding as needed, including code review.
• Coach direct reports through productive feedback, building on strengths and addressing areas of development.
• See the broader picture and approach topics with a high-level mindset.
• Serve as role model and advisor to Engineers and Engineering Managers.
• Grow leaders in the team
• Build trust with direct reports, amongst the team, and between teams across the division.

What You’ll Need:

• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering, with significant experience managing a high-performing engineering team.
• Proficient with team tech stack and advanced system design.
• Able to contribute to coding, as needed, and conduct code reviews.
• Deep understanding of the team product and how it aligns with business needs.
• Experienced in coaching direct reports through productive feedback, building on strengths and addressing areas of development.
• Confident in challenging engineers to be innovative and creatively problem solve.
• Able to lead by example for individual contributors in the team, demonstrate how to execute responsibilities and be successful in their role, with patience and understanding. Coach other managers in the organization
• Program management of large, cross-functional effort
• Significant influence across R&D - e.g., leading a guild that has created a substantial change
• Demonstrated impact over time delivering complex/cross-functional initiatives
• Grow the future leaders within the team
• Strong cross-team collaboration, organizational and communication skills.
• Advocate for agile ways of working

We’d be Lucky if You:

• Ability to plan ahead and visualize the bigger picture and wider team long-term goals. See the broader picture and approach topics with a high-level mindset.
• Are passionate about data and find joy in solving complex, large-scale technical problems.
• Have a strong sense of ownership and the drive to build sustainable, long-term solutions

Snyk is committed to creating an inclusive and engaging environment where our employees can thrive as we rally behind our common mission to make the digital world a safer place. From Snyk employee resource groups, to global benefits that help our employees prioritize their health, wellness, financial security, and a work/life blend, we aim to support our employees along their entire journeys here at Snyk.

About Snyk

Snyk is committed to creating an inclusive and engaging environment where our employees can thrive as we rally behind our common mission to make the digital world a safer place. From Snyk employee resource groups, to global benefits that help our employees prioritize their health, wellness, financial security, and a work/life blend, we aim to support our employees along their entire journeys here at Snyk.

Benefits & Programs

Prioritize health, wellness, financial security, and life balance with programs tailored to your location and role.

• Flexible working hours, work-from home allowances, in-office perks, and time off for learning and self development
• Generous vacation and wellness time off, country-specific holidays, and 100% paid parental leave for all caregivers
• Health benefits, employee assistance plans, and annual wellness allowance
• Country-specific life insurance, disability benefits, and retirement/pension programs, plus mobile phone and education allowances