Engineering Manager

Thought Machine’s mission is bold – to properly and permanently rid the world’s banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology.

We have grown rapidly in the past few years – growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sydney. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more.

We have created a culture that enables our team to produce the best work in the industry while ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the industry's most generous employee share package. Global Finance Magazine named us one of the world’s most innovative fintechs, and the Financial Times recognised us as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies in 2023 and 2024.

Engineering Managers at Thought Machine lead complex technical projects to deliver on our product roadmap. To accomplish this you will manage a group of talented engineers as they identify issues and implement creative solutions to address them. You will manage your own project deliverables, contribute to product strategy and help develop and grow your team. We are particularly excited to hear from people who show strong product ownership and enjoy switching between engineering management and being hands-on with technical work.

Duties

• Working with your team closely with Product Management and Client Services on defining and delivering our product roadmap.
• Actively participate in technical discussions and design reviews.
• Measuring your team’s impact.
• Contributing to product strategy.
• Contributing to engineering-wide initiatives as part of the engineering management team on anything from recruitment to team processes.
• Developing engineers in your team and help them in their career development.
• Leading by example: Code reviews and hands on technical work

Requirements

Essential

• 2+ years experience of engineering management of product aligned teams
• Experience of working in cloud native environments, using modern technology stacks similar to the stack we use at Thought Machine (microservices, Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS/GCP, golang/python).
• Technical background to drive technical decisions and great interpersonal skills to drive communication with Product Managers and Client representatives. You should enjoy working in environments where you have a high level of responsibility and autonomy.
• You are comfortable wearing different Engineering Manager hats that suit the changing needs of a team as it evolves.

Desirable

• Knowledge of banking / finance.
• Interest in working on client-facing projects, conducting scoping and defining deliverables.
• You’ve previously helped recruit and shape brilliant engineering teams.
• You’ve previously taken an active role in defining and evaluating effective team processes.
• You’ve previously worked in a hypergrowth environment.

Company Benefits

Thought Machine is committed to making a measurable positive impact on our employees everyday lives both inside and outside of work.

• Highly competitive salary
• Pension plan (match up to 5%)
• Life Insurance- 3 times annual salary
• Competitive Maternity and Paternity leave
• Shared parental leave
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Access to exceptional learning materials and courses
• Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine
• All the latest tech you need
• Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals
• Huge range of healthy (and not so healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks
• A talented&experienced team as your colleagues
• An environment where we encourage learning and progress

Health and wellbeing

We are committed to the health and wellbeing of our people and offer all employees a comprehensive private health insurance package with dental and optical cover. We understand that our team needs to take breaks to fuel their brain so we have an onsite gym with a generous discount. We also offer a comprehensive pension plan, where we match employee contribution’s up to 7%.

In the office

Enjoying time away from your desk is key to happiness in the workplace. We provide breakfast with your favourite cereals and fruit. Throughout the day we offer a wide selection of snacks and drinks. Our fridges are stocked with soft drinks and our hot drinks machines make everything from an espresso to an oat flat white.Every Friday, we bring in a different catering popup store so our team can wind down before the weekend. And on the last Friday of every month, we haul in the arcade machines ranging from Mario Kart to Pac-Man to unleash our competitive spirit.

Out of office

Thought Machiners have set up a wide range of sports and hobby clubs anyone can get involved in - ranging from football to movie club - all subsidised by Thought Machine. Once a year we take over a mystery location for our annual Thought Machine Away Day. Last year it was Margate’s theme park, Dreamland!

Learning and development

Joining Thought Machine will enable you to learn valuable skills so you can progress in your career. New joiners all embark on a Thought Machine Training Academy, where you learn from our experts in technology, design and banking. As your career develops at Thought Machine we continue to offer training to build your skills in sessions ranging from giving effective feedback to building grit, and many more.