Engineering Lead
About The Position
As an Engineering Lead, you will lead a cross-functional product engineering squad building complex B2B SaaS products across HR, employee benefits and fintech. This is a true player-coach role: you'll manage 4-8 engineers across frontend, backend and mobile, while staying hands-on in the code to lead by example. Working closely with Product, Design and the CTO, you’ll balance people leadership, delivery, technical direction and cross-functional collaboration equally. Your mission is to help your team ship high-quality software, grow into stronger product engineers and continue adopting AI-native and agentic ways of working that help us move faster, work smarter and raise the bar on quality. We’re looking for someone who thrives in a high-ownership, high-impact environment. Our teams are small, which means that autonomy and accountability are real and the work you do will be felt across the business.
Requirements
- Experience line managing engineers and helping them grow into stronger, more confident product engineers
- Senior-level expertise in at least some areas of our stack: Python, Django, TypeScript, React, React Native, Celery or Temporal
- A track record of shipping high-quality products in B2B SaaS environments
- A real enthusiasm for AI tooling and agentic development workflows, with a desire to keep pushing adoption further
- The ability to move comfortably between coding, coaching, technical decision-making and stakeholder conversations
- Experience working in product engineering environments, ideally using Shape Up or similar product development processes
- A high bar for accountability, ownership and follow-through for both yourself and your team
Responsibilities
- Line managing 4-8 product engineers in a cross-functional squad, supporting their growth through clear expectations, regular feedback and objective performance evaluation
- Staying hands-on in the code along your team, contributing to strategic, high-impact work and leading by example on quality, pace and engineering craft
- Providing technical guidance on complex B2B SaaS products and features across the HR, employee benefits, and fintech domains
- Partnering closely with Product and Design to shape solutions, challenge complexity and make smart trade-offs on scope & delivery
- Owning squad delivery end-to-end, helping the team deliver on commitments and ship with consistency & quality
- Mentoring engineers on technical problem-solving, system design and career development
- Driving the adoption of AI tooling and agentic development workflows across the squad and wider engineering org in practical thoughtful ways
- Building a high-performing, accountable team culture where engineers are supported, stretched and recognised for great work
Benefits
- Competitive base salary + equity
- £100 monthly personal Ben Balance: for whatever works for you, whether that's Netflix, Spotify, or a really expensive cup of coffee! This allowance will increase by £50 for each year of service until you reach £250
- Weekly lunch provided in office
- 28 days of holidays a year plus bank holidays, and an option to buy or sell 2 days per year. Also, your annual holiday entitlement will increase to 30 days after your 3rd year of service!
- Day off for your birthday
- Work-from-abroad scheme
- Enhanced parental leave and workplace nursery scheme
- Comprehensive Private Medical Insurance
- Funded Life Assurance cover with the option to voluntarily increase - this also includes an annual health check
- Comprehensive and tailored mental health support and professional coaching through a leading provider
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
