Job Description
Engineering Manager III
Location: UK Based - Hybrid Circa Once Per Month in London Central
Type: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: £100k – £160k bonus + benefits
Sector: Enterprise-scale, Client-Facing SaaS Products
Realta is partnering with a fast-growing global SaaS company whose platforms are used directly by thousands of enterprise customers every day. We need a people-first Engineering Manager—someone who has already led product-engineer teams in customer-facing SaaS environments—to develop exceptional engineers, raise standards, and build a culture of accountability and excellence across multiple product teams.
This isn’t about running projects. It’s about building great people, stronger teams, and long-term capability.
What the Role Owns
* Lead and coach circa 20 engineers across several cross-functional product squads (dev, QA, data, automation).
* Define and evolve a competency framework that drives transparent growth, feedback, and performance across the engineering org.
* Shape career development, performance, and progression—setting the bar high and helping engineers reach it.
* Partner with DevOps, Product, and Architecture to keep engineering capability aligned with commercial outcomes.
* Establish, scale, and safeguard engineering standards: what “good” looks like, how it’s measured, and how teams move toward it with clarity, autonomy, and trust.
What This Leader Drives
* Engineering excellence—from code quality to DORA metrics and delivery accountability.
* A culture of ownership—teams that take smart risks, make sound trade-offs, and own outcomes.
* Clear progression paths—structured, meaningful routes for engineers to grow … and stay.
* Team-level coaching—unblocking, mentoring tech leads, ensuring people thrive.
* A strong Engineering Community of Practice—shared standards, tooling, metrics, and principles.
This is a long-term hire, not a firefighting post. The goal: help engineers become great, not merely deliver faster.
Ideal Profile
* 10 + years in engineering leadership, most of it in external, customer-facing SaaS companies.
* Proven history of building high-performing, cross-functional product teams at scale.
* Ability to convert business metrics into actionable engineering objectives (and push back when they’re wrong).
* Hands-on experience creating or running competency, progression, and performance frameworks.
* Fluent in engineering KPIs: velocity, refactor cadence, escaped-bug rate, deployment frequency, etc.
* Technically credible—able to engage senior engineers and ask the right questions.
A Word from Realta
This is not a role for people who just manage tasks. It’s for a leader who treats engineering as a craft, builds skilled people, and levels them up through clarity, feedback, and uncompromising standards. Success is measured by how good your teams become, not just how many features ship.
🚫 Please Skip If…
* Your leadership background is limited to internal IT or agency delivery.
* Career coaching, performance reviews, and tough feedback aren’t your strengths.
* You’re chasing a delivery-only post without responsibility for people development.
Ready to build a stronger engineering organisation—not just a faster one?
Apply now or message Tom at Realta for a confidential briefing.