Engineering Manager – £90,000–£110,000 – Fully Remote UK
A high-impact Engineering Manager hire inside a technology business undergoing a major platform transformation.
A rare opportunity to lead teams modernising a large, mission-critical product while helping shape future architecture, platform strategy and engineering culture.
⚡ Real scale | Technical leadership | Meaningful ownership
The Opportunity 💻
Join a high-performance technology company building complex, real-time platforms used globally at significant scale.
The product is widely adopted and commercially critical — the engineering organisation is now investing heavily to modernise architecture, raise standards and accelerate delivery.
You'll step into a deeply technical environment spanning distributed systems, evolving microservices and large-scale platform change.
A leadership role where you shape both people and platform.
About the Role 💼
You'll lead multiple engineering squads responsible for core product domains.
* Manage and mentor engineers across seniority levels
* Drive planning, delivery and technical direction
* Partner closely with product and senior technical leadership
* Improve engineering processes, quality and developer velocity
* Stay technically credible through design input, PR reviews and guidance
* Help define future technology and architecture direction
You'll own outcomes, team health and technical standards.
What You'll Be Working On 🚀
* Modernising legacy services into scalable cloud platforms
* Microservices powering high-scale real-time systems
* Performance, scalability and reliability improvements
* Platform evolution and roadmap planning
* Hiring and growing strong engineering teams
Skills and Experience 📈
* Experience leading engineering teams building high-scale backend products
* Strong understanding of distributed systems and modern architecture
* Previous people leadership across multiple squads
* Comfortable operating through ambiguity and change
* Strong communicator aligning engineering and product
* Cloud platform experience (AWS)
Nice to have:
* Exposure to platform modernisation or large technical transformation
* Background in SaaS or complex product environments
📍 Location: Fully Remote UK 💰 Compensation: £90k–£110k + strong benefits 🏢 Team: High standards, collaborative, delivery focused 🌱 Stage: Established product, major modernisation underway
If leading strong engineers while shaping complex systems at scale sounds like your kind of challenge, this one is worth a look.