via ats_lever · 29 May 2026 ·8 days ago

Senior Engineering Manager

jobgether
UK Full-time
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Accountabilities:

  • Lead and oversee multiple engineering teams or workstreams, ensuring strong delivery execution, operational health, and strategic alignment across the organization.

  • Define and drive the long-term technical vision for infrastructure, cloud platform, security, IT, or compliance domains depending on the assigned function.

  • Mentor and develop engineering managers and senior engineers through structured coaching, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.

  • Establish scalable engineering practices focused on reliability, performance, incident response, automation, and operational excellence.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering leadership, finance, and other stakeholders to align priorities, manage dependencies, and communicate technical risks effectively.

  • Own roadmap planning, budgeting, staffing strategies, and organizational growth plans with a high degree of autonomy and accountability.

  • Drive architectural decision-making, proactively identify technical debt or infrastructure risks, and implement sustainable improvement plans.

  • Foster a culture of ownership, transparency, innovation, and continuous improvement across distributed engineering teams.

  • Support enterprise-level security, compliance, and infrastructure initiatives while ensuring systems remain scalable, secure, and cost-efficient.

Requirements


  • 5–7+ years of engineering management experience, including leadership responsibilities across multiple teams or large-scale technical functions.

  • Proven experience managing performance, hiring, career development, and organizational planning within engineering environments.

  • Strong technical expertise in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, security, IT operations, or compliance domains.

  • Demonstrated ability to define architectural direction, evaluate technical trade-offs, and influence senior technical stakeholders.

  • Experience operating in high-growth SaaS, API-first, or distributed technology organizations is highly valued.

  • Strong understanding of modern DevOps and cloud technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and SRE principles.

  • Experience managing large-scale infrastructure environments, cloud cost optimization, security operations, or compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, or ISO 27001.

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business impact.

  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity, making strategic decisions independently, and solving complex cross-functional challenges.

  • Strong leadership presence with a proactive mindset focused on delivering solutions, driving alignment, and building high-performing teams.
Benefits:
  • Competitive salary package aligned with experience and market benchmarks.

  • Fully remote work environment with flexibility to work from your home location.

  • Opportunity to work on large-scale, high-traffic systems supporting billions of API requests annually.

  • High level of ownership, autonomy, and direct exposure to executive leadership.

  • Collaborative and globally distributed engineering culture with strong technical standards.

  • Career growth opportunities within a fast-scaling and innovation-driven environment.

  • Inclusive workplace that values diversity, equity, and professional development.

  • Exposure to cutting-edge technologies, modern infrastructure practices, and security-focused engineering initiatives.

  • Flexible and supportive remote-first culture designed to empower distributed teams worldwide.

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