Software Engineering Manager

JR United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative health tech company is seeking a Hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a talented engineering squad. This role offers a unique opportunity to impact patient health through web applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive product delivery, and support the growth of your engineers. With a hybrid work model and generous equity options, this position is perfect for someone passionate about creating user-centric products in a dynamic startup environment. Join a supportive culture in one of the UK's exciting health and wellness scale-ups and make a real-world difference.

Benefits

Generous equity options

Cycle to work scheme

Electric car schemes

Weekly team lunch

25 days holiday

Enhanced parental leave

Annual company retreat

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, ideally leading teams.
• Passionate about solving meaningful problems and creating user-centric products.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team of frontend and backend engineers.
• Drive the delivery of features from inception to release and post-launch improvement.

Skills

Software Engineering

Team Leadership

User-Centric Product Development

Communication Skills

Architecture and Testing

Job description

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Our client, an innovative and fast-scaling health tech company, is seeking a Hands on Engineering Manager with experience in building loved products to lead a cross-functional engineering squad focused on developing web applications that directly improve patient health and well-being.

This is an opportunity to step into a key engineering role at a company making a real-world impact, backed by strong growth and an ambitious product roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team of frontend and backend engineers
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, QAS, and Data Scientists
• Partner with the Product team to shape ideas into delivery plans and launch successful features
• Contribute to architectural decisions, coding, testing, and deployment

? Product Development & Technical Strategy

• Drive the delivery of features from inception to release and post-launch improvement.
• Make pragmatic technical decisions that balance long-term vision with current needs
• Foster cross-functional alignment and efficient delivery of product goals
• Support the growth and development of engineers through feedback and coaching.
• Encourage best practices in testing, automation, and deployment
• Collaborate with other Tech Leads and Engineering Leadership to evolve technical standards

About You

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, ideally with experience leading teams
• Passionate about solving meaningful problems and creating user-centric products
• Comfortable operating in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment
• Strong communicator, able to bridge technical and non-technical discussions
• Skilled in architecture, testing, clean code, and modern engineering practices
• Familiar with measuring impact using business and engineering metrics
• Able to work from the London HQ 3 days per week

What’s on Offer

• Generous equity options
• Cycle to work & electric car schemes

? Culture & Flexibility

• Hybrid model (3 days onsite at London Bridge HQ)
• Weekly team lunch
• 25 days holiday + enhanced parental leave
• Annual company retreat
• Supportive and ambitious work culture in one of the UK’s most exciting health & wellness scale-ups

If this sounds like your next adventure, I would love to hear from you. I'll get back to applications asap ?