Software Engineering Manager, Creator Experience

Methodfi; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic software company in Greater London is seeking an experienced engineering leader to support and guide a talented engineering team. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years in software engineering, and a passion for integrating AI solutions. Responsibilities include directing a team to innovate in visual editing experiences and ensuring effective collaboration with product management and design. This role offers a supportive environment and competitive salary with stock options.

Benefits

Comprehensive health plans

Positive and flexible work environment

Competitive salary and stock options

Encouragement of personal growth

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Software Engineering and 1+ years in an engineering leadership role.
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs or AI-powered applications.
• Deep expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and NodeJS.

Responsibilities

• Support engineers in organizing and prioritizing their work.
• Lead a team creating market-leading visual editing experiences.
• Work with PM and design partners on roadmap and strategy.

Skills

Software Engineering

Engineering leadership

Project management

Organizational skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

NodeJS

AI-powered applications

Job description

What you would do:

• Helping a team of talented engineers to organize and prioritize their work for the highest impact.

• Supporting the growth and development of your team and team members.

• Working with your PM and Design partners to create a compelling roadmap and strategy for this team.

• Leading a team that creates market-leading visual editing experiences, leans into practical applications of AI, and improves tooling to build intuitive and delightful experiences for developers integrating Sanity into front-end frameworks.

• Influencing the direction of both Sanity and of modern web development and content operations.

• Work closely with the Head of Engineering, along with leadership in product management and design, to facilitate teamwork and establish processes that can scale as we do.

About you:

• Based in London or Oslo, and able to work at least 2-3 days per week in the office.

• 4+ years of experience in Software Engineering and 1+ years of engineering leadership experience.

• Strong organizational skills and experience with project management and planning.

• You're excited about augmenting your own work with AI, whether it’s using tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or building custom workflows. You see AI not just as a feature for users, but as a powerful tool to supercharge your own engineering velocity and creativity.

• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs or AI-powered applications, including building evaluation pipelines and designing metrics for performance testing and evaluation.

• Deep expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, NodeJS, and a good grasp of web fundamentals and toolchains, and an understanding of how the modern web works.

• Experience working at a product/SaaS company.

• A curious, creative problem solver who always wants to learn.

• Cares deeply about developer experience.

• An ability to understand software architecture design considerations. You know what good looks like when it comes to building great software products.

• Open-minded and enjoys collaboration with both designers and other developers.

• Eager to share your thoughts on the web development ecosystem.

Good to have:

• Familiarity with professional content production workflows

• Experience building products with complex yet intuitive user experiences.

• Experience working with remote teams.

• Startup experience.

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What we can offer:

• A highly-skilled, inspiring, and supportive team, where long-term personal growth is encouraged and supported.

• Positive, flexible, and trust-based work environment.

• A very global, culturally diverse group of colleagues and customers.

• Comprehensive health plans and perks.

• A healthy work-life balance that accommodates individual and family needs.

• Competitive salary and stock options program.

Who we are:

Sanity.io is a modern, flexible content operating system that replaces rigid legacy content management systems. One of our big differentiators is treating content as data so that it can be stored in a single source of truth, but seamlessly adapted and personalized for any channel without extra effort. Forward-thinking companies choose Sanity because they can create tailored content authoring experiences, customized workflows, and content models that reflect their business.

Sanity recently raised a $85m Series C led by GP Bullhound and is also backed by leading investors like ICONIQ Growth, Threshold Ventures, Heavybit and Shopify, as well as founders of companies like Vercel, WPEngine, Twitter, Mux, Netlify and Heroku. This funding round has put Sanity in a strong position for accelerated growth in the coming years.

You can only build a great company with a great culture. Sanity is a 200+ person company with highly committed and ambitious people. We are pioneers, we exist for our customers, we are driven, and we love type two fun! Read more about our values here!

Sanity.io pledges to be an organization that reflects the globally diverse audience that our product serves. We believe that in addition to hiring the best talent, a diversity of perspectives, ideas, and cultures leads to the creation of better products and services. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.