Technology Manager

Just Eat Takeaway.com; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global online food delivery platform in London seeks a Technology Manager to lead an engineering team within the JET Ventures Incubator. The ideal candidate will manage a team, drive innovation, and align engineering efforts with business goals. Emphasis is placed on software development experience, team management skills, and familiarity with cloud services. This hybrid role offers the chance to work on cutting-edge technologies in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Solid background in Software Development.
• Experience in delivery and stakeholder management.
• Leadership skills in coaching and performance management.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles.
• Experience with mobile apps and managing distributed teams is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 5-9 Engineers.
• Drive rapid prototyping and influence stakeholders.
• Mentor and conduct performance reviews for team members.
• Oversee agile development processes ensuring timely deliverables.

Skills

Software Development

Team Management

Stakeholder Management

Business Acumen

Coaching and Mentoring

Problem-solving

Java

Kotlin

AWS

Agile Development

Job description

Ready for a challenge?

Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online food delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience.

Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.

About this role

We are seeking a Technology Manager to lead a highly visible and impactful engineering team within the JET Ventures Incubator at Just Eat Takeaway. The Incubator team operates with a high degree of autonomy to identify, develop, and validate new business ideas and technologies from high-risk moonshots to innovative concepts with the potential to drive future growth.

The Incubator functions like an internal startup, rapidly testing early-stage ideas for market viability and business value. Once proven, these initiatives are scaled and transitioned to long-term product teams within JET. Current areas of exploration include ground robotics, AI-driven conversational commerce (LLMs and agentic platforms), and other disruptive technologies.

Location: Hybrid- 3 days a week from JETs London or Berlin office & 2 days working from home

Reporting to: Head of Engineering - Incubator (JET Ventures)

These are some of the key components to the position:

• Developing and executing new innovative ideas, staying current with industry trends, and applying a "fail fast" approach.
• Working within a dynamic environment, balancing strategy and innovation. You will be hands-on with POCs and rapid prototypes.
• Lead, coach, and develop between 5-9 Engineers providing technical direction, delivery oversight, and career development.
• Drive rapid prototyping, influence stakeholders, align projects with JET goals, and make critical technical/strategic decisions for short-term experimentation and long-term scalability.
• Mentor, conduct performance reviews, guide careers, ensure high engineering output, recruit, onboard & retain talent, and foster a positive inclusive environment.
• Oversee agile development, ensuring efficient workflows and timely deliverables providing clear communication to stakeholders, and own the technical roadmap in collaboration with product managers.
• Foster a strong team culture, champion relationships across Engineering, Product, and commercial teams, and advocate for top-tier technical excellence and quality ownership.

What will you bring to the team?

• A solid background of experience within Software Development
• Proven experience in team, delivery, and stakeholder management
• Strong business acumen with the ability to align engineering efforts with company goals
• People Management experience with leadership skills in coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
• Ability to challenge Senior Leadership in order to deliver value
• A strong bias for action
• In-depth understanding of software engineering (preferably Java and Kotlin)
• Understanding of cloud service providers (AWS)
• Demonstrable delivery management capabilities
• Deep understanding of the SDLC, with a track record of high-quality software solutions.
• Flexible & proactive with the ability to manage shifting priorities.
• Experience with mobile apps and managing distributed teams is beneficial but not essential

At JET, this is on the menu:

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.

Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging

No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.

What else is cooking?

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Are you ready to take your seat? Apply now!

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