Engineering Manager - London

Manual; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing Healthtech firm in London is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team dedicated to improving patient health through innovative web applications. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of commercial experience in software development, strong communication skills, and a passion for team growth. This full-time position offers a hybrid work model with generous benefits including stock options, medical insurance, and flexible working policies.

Benefits

Generous stock option plan

Private medical insurance

Gym & wellness benefit

Cycle to work scheme

25 days holidays and parental leave

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of commercial experience as a software engineer or a team lead.
• Experience with full product lifecycle from inception to maintenance.
• Solid understanding of TDD and unit testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional delivery team and manage a small team.
• Partner with product managers to evaluate feasibility and delivery.
• Shape product ideas into delivery plans and oversee implementations.

Skills

Commercial experience as a software engineer

Experience in cross-functional teams

Architecture and programming concepts

Verbal and written communication skills

Desire to learn and contribute

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

MANUAL is a fast growing Healthtech scale-up, aiming to be the healthcare provider that millions of people trust as their partner to a long and healthy life. Our platform allows users to quickly and safely diagnose possible conditions, get treatment and support them afterwards to live a higher quality life. To do this we are building an all in one healthcare platform which brings together world leading medical expertise and technical excellence.

Overview

We are hiring an Engineering Manager to join our team. You will contribute to our mission to improve our patients' health and their lives, with the development of our web applications, leading a cross-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a delivery team:.manage a small, cross-functional team of frontend & backend engineers, working closely with Product Managers, Designers, QAs, Data Scientists, business stakeholders and domain experts
• Be the technical partner to the product manager and partner teams to evaluate the feasibility and efficient delivery of new product features and improvements
• Together with the team, shape product ideas into delivery plans, and then turn these plans into successful product launches
• Contribute to your team’s delivery with hands-on work—from architectural design, to implementation & testing and deployment & operations
• Grow and develop your teammates: provide actionable feedback, growth opportunities and stretch goals
• Help the team get closer to our customers and actively participate when solving their problems and needs
• Guide optimal technical decisions and continuous improvement of our engineering practices
• Ensure the quality and robustness of your team’s work by utilising the right mix of unit, integration, E2E and manual testing
• Collaborate with other Team Leads and Engineering Leadership on the evolution of our process, ways of working and tech stack

What we need from you

• At least 7 years of commercial experience as a software engineer or a team lead
• Full product lifecycle experience—from inception through deployment to production and maintenance
• Experience working in broader cross-functional teams with business stakeholders
• Familiarity with business and commercial metrics to measure the impact of your work
• Familiarity with engineering metrics to measure the impact of your team
• Solid understanding of architecture, programming concepts and patterns, TDD and unit testing
• Great verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas clearly to non-engineering teammates
• A strong desire to learn and contribute to the team’s work
• Ability to work from our London HQ (Bermondsey / London Bridge) 3 days per week

Other Skills You Might Have

• A degree in Computer Science or equivalent is a plus
• Experience with A/B testing and feature flags
• An eye for user behaviour and design

What we offer

• Generous stock option plan
• Private medical insurance
• Gym & wellness benefit with Wellhub
• Remote opportunity / Hybrid role based in London Bridge with lunch once per week
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric car scheme
• 25 days holidays and generous parental leave & flexible working policies
• Annual company retreat
• A fun and friendly working environment with sharp and motivated co-workers

Other details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care

We are destigmatising how people approach their health by offering easy access to diagnostics and a holistic range of treatments, as well as a community to help proactively improve one’s health and wellbeing. A place that didn’t exist until now.