Engineering Manager
Unity Talent Solutions · Porto, Porto, Portugal
Apply & track with Apply EdgeOur client is transforming primary care by enabling proactive, preventative healthcare at scale, supporting hundreds of practices and millions of patients across the UK, helping teams identify risk earlier, act sooner, and deliver care efficiently, without extra burden.Their Engineering team builds robust, scalable, and high-impact software that drives real outcomes. As they scale, they're evolving their culture to move fast, raise the bar, and deliver at startup speed.As an Engineering Manager, you will:Grow, mentor and manage high-performing engineering teams, with a focus on speed, rigor, and accountability.Coach engineers to improve technically and professionally, creating a clear path for growth.Implement engineering best practices and raise the quality bar across code, architecture, and delivery.Help transition the team from early-stage startup to an elite engineering organization with real structure, pace, and intensity.Ensure projects are delivered rapidly, always putting customer needs at the heart of what we do.Cultivate a high-output, high-trust culture where engineers take full ownership and move quickly without sacrificing quality.Recruit, onboard, and retain top engineers who are drawn to a fast, demanding, high-growth environment.Work closely with Product, Design, and Ops to prioritise and execute.You will need:Have 3+ years of engineering leadership experience in high-growth startups or scale-ups.Have seen scale before and are hungry to build it again.Know how to support engineering in high velocity environments with clear KPIs and performance expectations.Are hands-on enough to jump into code or architecture discussions, but know how to delegate and empower.Have a strong product mindsetAre relentless about raising the bar on execution, hiring, and accountability.Have hands-on experience with Python, React, public cloud environments (AWS preferred), distributed systems (such as Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code.