Engineering Manager

We're looking for an ambitious and talented Engineering Manager to join Omnea, the UK's #1 Startup in 2026, as part of our Engineering leadership team. As we grow from tens to hundreds of enterprise customers and through 10x revenue growth in the next 2-3 years, you'll play a crucial role in building and leading the best Engineering function in its category. You'll be responsible for multiple teams, ensuring we ship high-quality solutions while maintaining the velocity a fast-growing environment demands. You'll operate with high autonomy, collaborating closely with other EMs, Team Leads, and Product to drive real impact.

Responsibilities

Build and lead high-performing teams; Lead multiple engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement; Drive engineering best practices, quality standards, and high performance; Mentor and develop engineers, helping them grow their careers and impact; Collaborate with Product, Design, Team Leads and other key stakeholders on team structures and deliveries to ensure optimal outcomes; Implement and refine engineering processes that scale; Facilitate architectural decisions that impact multiple teams; Champion quality improvements across teams while maintaining high velocity; Ensure robust monitoring, observability, and incident response processes; Partner with Product leadership to define and execute our technical roadmap; Balance technical debt, feature development, and system reliability with other deliverables; Ensure customer feedback drives technical priorities

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience; 3+ years managing engineering teams; Successfully managed multiple teams simultaneously (typically 2-3 teams / 12-20 engineers); Demonstrated success in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, particularly in rapid-growth periods; Strong technical background with hands-on experience in modern web technologies; Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture (preferably AWS), and scalability challenges; Strong track record of successful project delivery in fast-paced environments; Proven history of improving team velocity and quality; Experience scaling engineering teams through rapid growth; Experience implementing engineering processes that scale effectively at pace; Experience working directly with customers and translating their needs into technical solutions; Data-driven but know when to trust intuition; Comfortable making decisions with incomplete information; Excel at collaboration and influence across teams and stakeholders; Track record of growing and developing engineering talent

Nice to have

Ideally, experience as an Engineering Manager at multiple companies, including at least one successful Series A+ SaaS company; Experience with our stack (TypeScript, React, AWS Serverless) is a plus, but not required; Track record of successful product launches in B2B SaaS; Experience with procurement / finance systems; History of contributions to engineering communities

Benefits

Competitive geo-localised benefits