Software Engineering Manager

JR United Kingdom; Greater London; Remote; GBP 75,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth tech company is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead their SRE and Platform Engineering teams. This hands-off role emphasizes people, process, and operations, focusing on enabling fast and scalable delivery. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing high-performing teams and a passion for fostering a strong engineering culture.

Benefits

Private Healthcare

Flexible Working

5% Pension

Qualifications

• Experience managing high-performing SRE or Platform Engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of modern infrastructure and developer tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead Site Reliability Engineering & Platform Engineering teams.
• Drive core platform initiatives like CI/CD and infrastructure.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

DevOps

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Datadog

Backstage

Job description

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Location: Fully Remote

Salary: £75k + private healthcare + flexible working + 5% pension

We’re working with a high-growth tech company that’s scaling its platform to support millions of users and reliability, developer experience, and velocity are at the heart of it.

They’re now hiring an Engineering Manager to lead both the SRE and Platform Engineering teams. The role of an EM for this business is hands off, focused on People, Process & Operations - a true servant leader.

This is a key leadership role focused on enabling fast, safe and scalable delivery.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading two core teams: Site Reliability Engineering & Platform Engineering
• Coaching and developing engineers across delivery, culture, and growth
• Driving core platform initiatives CI/CD, infrastructure, observability, DevEx
• Shaping how product teams build, ship and operate software
• Creating the conditions for high performance, autonomy, and accountability

The stack includes:

AWS | Kubernetes | Terraform | GitHub Actions | Datadog | Backstage

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has managed high-performing SRE or Platform Engineering teams
• Understands modern infrastructure and developer tooling
• Cares deeply about team health, clear delivery, and strong engineering culture
• Thrives in scale-up environments and enjoys solving for speed and safety
• Can balance people, process, and platform vision

This is a rare opportunity to lead critical engineering functions in a business that truly values platform thinking.