Hybrid Senior Engineering Manager -Fintech Scale Up
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Salary
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£55,000
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 1121 is an eligible occupation, but we classified this role with low confidence (47% match). If the code is right — and Robert Walters is a licensed sponsor — it should qualify, but double-check the occupation eligibility rules against the actual role.
About the role
Our client is a London based Fintech scale up with operations across Europe, Asia and South Americas.
About the role:
Working hybrid in central London office (3 days per week), you will be leading team of 8 to 12 engineers.
- Manage and support a team of backend engineers, covering performance, coaching, feedback, and career development
- Work with Product, Compliance, and Engineering teams to deliver secure and efficient onboarding solutions
- Promote clean architecture, security, automation, and maintainability across backend systems
- Take ownership of team delivery, system reliability, engineering processes, and continuous improvement
- Support roadmap definition, prioritisation, and technical planning
- Guide engineers through complex technical and architectural decisions
- Contribute to recruitment, onboarding, and capacity planning as the team grows
- 1-3 years of engineering management experience, including performance and career development
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, preferably with backend systems using Java, Kotlin, or similar technologies
- Strong experience with systems design, particularly high-throughput, secure, or regulated environments
- Understanding of automation-first development and reducing manual, error-prone processes
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working with Agile development methodologies in fast-paced, high-stakes environments
- Pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership and bias for action
Java; Kotlin
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Where this offer sits in the market
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The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 1121 going rate of £55,000. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.