Software Engineering Manager - Product Generalist

Meta; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in London seeks an Engineering Manager to empower and manage high-performing technical teams. You'll lead multiple projects, influence strategy, and drive roadmaps while benefiting from competitive salary and extensive perks including medical and childcare support. This role demands strong technical expertise along with proven management skills.

Benefits

Medical Benefits

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

Pension Benefits

Life Assurance

Childcare Benefits

Gym Benefits

Transport benefits

Laundry Benefit

Qualifications

• Proven track record of supporting technical teams.
• Strong problem solving skills and background in coding.
• Demonstrated ability to manage technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams that deliver on multiple projects.
• Define and influence strategy with your team and stakeholders.
• Drive roadmap creation and execution.

Skills

Technical team support

Problem solving

Team management

Product engineering support

Education

BS / MS in Computer Science or relevant experience

Job description

Overview

Summary:

Autonomy, cutting-edge technology, and talented teams are some of the reasons engineering leaders enjoy working at Facebook. Our bottom up culture is a cornerstone of how we work, and our empowered engineers are solving technical challenges at an unprecedented scale. As an engineering manager you will support, enable and empower your team, managing high-performing engineers to make a meaningful impact on billions of people around the world. We opened our first office in London in 2007. Since then, the UK has played a central role in the development of some of our global products. London is our biggest engineering hub outside the US, and we build and ship products that serve billions of people from our central London locations. Facebook is in search of the world’s most creative and experienced engineering leaders. We embrace entrepreneurs as well as those who come from more established organisations. Software Engineering Managers are clearly characterised by progressive technical experience and demonstrated progression in management responsibility. You have also kept your coding skills sharp and bring an unwavering passion for managing the dynamics of a fast-paced environment.

Benefits: Competitive Salary including the following benefits apply: Medical Benefits Dental Benefits Vision Benefits Pension Benefits Life Assurance Childcare Benefits Gym Benefits Transport benefits Laundry Benefit

Responsibilities

1. Be both highly technical and an effective people manager in a product domain

2. Lead teams that deliver on multiple projects of increasing dependencies in an ambiguous or high-impact area

3. Work with your team and XFN partners to define and influence strategy

4. Drive roadmap creation and execution

5. Collaborate with various functions, drive engineering initiatives and have an impact at an organisational level

6. Participate in technical design

7. Measure the impact of your team and set clear expectations and goals

8. Work effectively with XFN partners and stakeholders to set and achieve optimal outcomes

9. Partner with leadership to influence and drive org design, contribution and prioritisation

Minimum Qualifications

1. Proven track record of supporting technical teams

2. Strong problem solving skills and background in coding

3. Demonstrated ability to manage technical teams

4. Knowledge of growing teams and/or organisations

5. Experience supporting product engineering teams

6. BS / MS in Computer Science (In lieu of degree, relevant work experience)

Industry: Internet