Software Engineering Manager

Software Engineering ManagerWe’re working with one of the most exciting companies in the AI space, a profitable, rapidly growing business valued at around $10 billion, with 500+ employees.The company has received numerous industry accolades and has been recognised as one of the Top 50 companies to watch on the Pre-IPO Watchlist, reflecting the strength of the business and its growth trajectory.The engineering organisation is operating at impressive scale, currently handling approximately 10,000 transactions per second with around 50ms latency. As the platform continues to grow, they’re looking for an Engineering Manager who can lead a strong engineering team while remaining technically engaged in some of the most interesting challenges across the business.This is a role for an engineering leader who enjoys the balance of people leadership, technical strategy, and hands-on engineering. You’ll manage a team of around 6–8 engineers, helping them grow while setting technical direction and ensuring the team continues to deliver highly scalable and reliable systems.What You’ll DoManage, mentor, and develop a team of 6–8 software engineers.Lead the delivery of complex, high-impact engineering projects while setting technical direction.Maintain a 70/30 hands-off-to-hands-on split, remaining involved in coding, system design, and technical investigations.Help design and evolve high-throughput, low-latency systems.Work closely with senior engineering and product leadership on technical strategy and priorities.Build strong engineering practices around scalability, reliability, testing, and performance.Support the growth of engineers through feedback, mentoring, and career development.What You BringProven experience as a Software Engineering Manager, Engineering Manager, or similar technical leadership role, managing teams of around 6–8 engineers.A strong software engineering background with the ability to remain technically hands-on.Must have experience working on high-throughput applications or distributed systems.Strong understanding of scalability, latency, reliability, concurrency, and system design.Experience working with production systems operating at significant scale.Strong programming experience, ideally with Golang or another modern backend language.Excellent technical judgement and people leadership skills.Why Join?Salary up to £180,000, depending on experience.15% bonusVSOPSJoin a profitable, $10bn AI company with 500+ employees.Work on systems handling approximately 10,000 transactions per second and ~50ms latency.Join an award-winning business recognised among the Top 50 companies to watch on the Pre-IPO Watchlist.Significant scope to influence architecture, engineering culture, and technical strategy.LocationThe team operates on a flexible hybrid basis, with an expectation of being in the London office approximately once every two weeks. (It is a remote first company)If you prefer more face-to-face collaboration, you’re welcome to come into the office more frequently, there’s flexibility around how you work.