Technical Engineering Manager

Technical Engineering Manager (Laravel / PHP / JavaScript)

📍 Hackney, London (minimum 3 days/week in office and 2 remote)

💰 Highly Competitive salary + equity potential

About GeomiqGeomiq is a global manufacturing platform connecting businesses with high-quality manufacturing partners across CNC machining, sheet metal and additive manufacturing.

Our platform sits at the intersection of:

• Complex quoting logic
• Supply performance systems
• Global operational workflows
• AI-driven automation
• Data-intensive decision-making
  
  

We are building a high-leverage engineering team to power a distributed manufacturing network at scale.

We are now hiring a Technical Engineering Manager to lead our backend and data engineering capability.

The RoleThis is a hands-on technical leadership role.

You will:

• Architect and build core platform systems
• Write production code daily
• Lead and mentor a small, high-calibre team of senior developers and data scientists
• Shape technical direction alongside the CEO and product leadership

Ensure engineering quality, velocity and scalability

This is not a coordination role.

This is not a Jira-ticket manager role.

You will lead from the front.

Tech Stack

• Laravel (core backend framework)
• PHP
• JavaScript (Vue SPA frontend)
• API integrations (including third-party platforms)
• Data pipelines and analytics
• AI/automation integration
  
  

Experience building scalable systems in Laravel is essential.

What You’ll Own

• Backend architecture and system design
• Code quality and technical standards
• Performance and scalability optimisation
• Engineering roadmap delivery
• Data architecture alongside data scientists
• Automation and AI-driven workflow integration
• Technical hiring and capability development
  
  

You will work closely with:

• Operations (supply performance systems)
• Commercial (conversion optimisation)
• Quality & performance leaders
• Product and AI initiatives
  
  

What We’re Looking ForYou are:

• A strong Laravel/PHP engineer first

Experienced leading senior engineers

Comfortable making architectural decisions

Systems-oriented — you think in workflows, data models and automation

Used to working in fast-moving environments

Pragmatic and delivery-focused

You have likely:

• Built and scaled a production SaaS platform
• Designed APIs and complex business logic
• Managed small, high-performance teams
• Worked closely with data or AI initiatives
• Operated in a startup or scale-up environment
  
  

What This Role Is Not

• It is not a pure people manager position
• It is not an enterprise corporate engineering role
• It is not a maintenance-only position
  
  

This role is for someone who wants to build and scale meaningful systems.

Office & Environment

• Minimum 3 days per week in our Hackney office
• Small, high-calibre team
• High ownership and autonomy
• Direct exposure to commercial and operational strategy
  
  

We value proximity, velocity and technical depth.

Why Join Geomiq?

• Complex real-world engineering problems
• Intersection of software, AI and global manufacturing
• Direct impact on operational performance
• Opportunity to shape architecture at scale
• High-trust, high-responsibility environment
  
  

If you are a strong engineer who wants to lead from the front and build systems that power global operations — we’d love to hear from you.