Engineering Manager - Partner Proposition

We're on a mission to take the headache out of utilities by providing them all in one place. You'll work closely with a small team of engineers, supporting both the technical direction and the people behind it. This role blends hands-on involvement with leadership, helping guide delivery while staying connected to the details when needed. As an Engineering Manager at UW you create clarity, consistency, and momentum in your squad. You set direction, ensure high standards in both delivery and quality, and balance short-term goals with long-term sustainability.

Responsibilities

Take responsibility for the technical decisions the squad makes and ensure they align with company and technical strategy; Take an integral role in defining team goals and ensuring proposed work is aligned with them; Drive prioritisation within the team to best achieve goals; Identify and put in place practices needed to ensure security and operational service level objectives (SLOs) are met; Coordinate organisation-wide on-call coverage; Lead regular metrics reviews to ensure high coverage and performance; Work with the Product Manager and team to set OKRs aligned with company goals; Identify risks and blockers early and work with stakeholders to mitigate them; Measure and communicate team performance and progress; Co-lead annual and quarterly planning for the squad; Ensure the squad is staffed with the technical skillsets to deliver objectives, developing skills within team members and/or hiring as needed; Onboard, train, develop and coach reports; Participate in performance calibration and promotion reviews; Understand and communicate company, department, and pillar strategy and goals to the squad; Interact with stakeholders across the business; Teach company culture, foster a healthy team dynamic and help resolve interpersonal conflicts; Co-lead the squad with the squad's Product Manager; Ensure team expenditures (OpEx and CapEx) are in line with budgets

Requirements

Knowledge of core tech stack: gRPC, GraphQL, React, Kafka, Docker & Kubernetes (experience is a bonus); Experience taking responsibility for technical decisions and aligning them with strategy; A clear understanding of engineering practices and ability to identify improvements; Experience defining team goals and driving prioritisation to achieve them; Ability to work with Product Managers to set OKRs aligned with company goals; Ability to co-lead annual and quarterly planning; Experience identifying risks early and mitigating them; Experience identifying practices for security and SLOs; Ability to drive operational excellence and lead metrics reviews; Experience of managing a team of engineers; Proven ability to onboard, train, develop, and coach reports, and participate in performance calibration and promotion reviews; Intermediate awareness of customer and market insights; Ability to communicate strategy to the squad; Experience fostering a healthy team dynamic and resolving interpersonal conflicts; Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional colleagues

Nice to have

Experience with Go

Benefits

Competitive salary benchmarked against the industry; Performance bonus: annual discretionary bonus ranging from 15-40%; Flexible working (remote-first business); Work abroad for up to three weeks, twice every tax year; Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays (increasing with tenure), with option to trade up to five days each year; UW discounts and free Cashback Card; Matched-contribution pension scheme and life assurance (up to 4x salary); Policies designed to help you and your family thrive; Allowance for private health insurance, dental insurance, or gym membership; Dedicated learning and development budget and bi-annual promotion cycles; Belonging groups; Company-wide events including the 'Great Big Get Together' and 'Good Hearted Go-Getter Awards'