Engineering Manager

Sumup

About the team: At SumUp, we're on a mission to bring merchants and consumers closer together and help local communities thrive. With SumUp Consumer, we're building a rewarding banking experience that connects people to the small businesses they love while enabling free transactions for our merchants. SumUp Consumer helps consumers manage their money with ease and get more from everyday spending. It offers seamless payment experiences and financial tools designed for modern life—spanning banking, cards, savings, and open banking. This is a high-impact Engineering Manager role where you'll lead a cross-functional team of backend, iOS, and Android engineers building the systems and experiences that power SumUp Consumer. You'll be responsible for the reliability, quality, and pace of delivery across features that consumers interact with every day—while growing a team that takes real ownership of what they ship. You'll work closely with Product and Design to turn ambitious ideas into production-grade products, and you'll help shape the technical direction of a consumer experience that's still defining itself. This is a role for someone who stays close enough to the technology to make good calls, and cares enough about people to make the team genuinely good at what they do.   What you’ll do: * Lead and build a high-performing team by coaching, mentoring, and supporting engineers in their growth and development. * Stay hands-on with technology—contributing to system design, reviewing code, and guiding technical decisions to ensure high-quality, scalable solutions. * Partner closely with Product and Design to define goals, translate user needs into technical solutions, and deliver impactful features. * Drive execution and delivery, balancing speed and quality while ensuring reliable and scalable backend systems. * Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams to align priorities and make thoughtful trade-offs. * Shape the engineering culture by promoting best practices, ownership, and continuous improvement. * Advocate for the user, ensuring we build products that truly improve the experience for local merchants and consumers.   You’ll be great for this role if you have: * A strong backend or mobile engineering background, with hands-on experience building distributed systems, APIs, and scalable services. * Proven experience as an Engineering Manager (2+ years), with a track record of leading, mentoring, and growing high-performing engineering teams. * A hands-on mindset—you enjoy staying close to the code, contributing to technical decisions, and tackling complex challenges, not just managing from a distance. * Experience with modern technologies such as Go, Kotlin, Python, or similar, along with cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS, Docker, Kubernetes) or relevant mobile engineering tools. * A product-oriented approach, with the ability to make pragmatic decisions and thoughtful trade-offs in a fast-paced environment. * Strong communication skills, with the ability to bring clarity, alignment, and influence across both technical and non-technical stakeholders. * An empathetic leadership style, with a focus on team well-being, continuous feedback, and professional growth. * Adaptable and action-oriented, comfortable navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities with confidence.   Why you should join SumUp: * Opportunity to work with a truly global, multicultural team from our central London Bridge location, wrapped in historic charm and modern flair. This involves an office-first setup * Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: be part of a workplace that values and promotes diversity, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone's perspectives are respected and embraced * Enrolment onto our VSOP program: you will own a stake in SumUp’s future success * Generous time off: enjoy 28 days of paid leave, plus bank holidays and special leaves * Health matters: Vitality health cover, including optical and dental * Life made easier: salary-sacrifice commuter benefits via Gogeta * Financial security: retirement scheme (SumUp matches 7% when you contribute 5%) * Peace of mind: life insurance from MetLife for 2× your salary * Break4me: 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service * Referral Bonus: earn additional rewards by referring talented individuals to join the SumUp team   About us: Be empowered to do more that matters. At SumUp, we're on a mission to empower small businesses across the globe by providing simple and affordable tools that allow them to thrive. Today, over 4 million businesses in 36 markets rely on SumUp as their financial partner to manage payments, finance and customer relationships. Our commitment to small businesses is reflected in our diverse team of over 3,000 SumUppers from over 90 nationalities, united by global collaboration and an innovative mindset. Our core values lay the foundation for who we are and what we stand for, shaping our work culture and driving our success. We foster inclusivity and a continuous learning culture, providing a safe space for personal and professional growth. Our differences make us unique and strong as we strive to create an environment where everyone belongs and feels supported, no matter how they identify.  SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, actively seeking and embracing diversity in our workforce. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. Our commitment extends beyond recruitment to creating a safe and respectful workplace where harassment of any form is strictly prohibited. Explore career opportunities with us and join a team driven by collaboration, innovation, and a shared vision of creating a world where everyone can build a thriving business. Discover more about our vibrant and inclusive work culture and how we work on our careers website, and follow our journey on LinkedIn and Instagram. Job Application Tip We recognise that candidates feel they need to meet 100% of the job criteria in order to apply for a job. Please note that this is only a guide. If you don’t tick every box, it’s ok too because it means you have room to learn and develop your career at SumUp.

Omnea

OUR MISSION At Omnea, we’re reinventing how enterprise businesses operate, starting with the most painful parts: procurement – where a single purchase can drag on for months, trigger 50+ emails, and pull in Finance, Legal, Security, and IT just to get something approved. We’ve raised $75M from Khosla Ventures, Insight Partners, and Accel to change that. Our AI-native platform connects every person, step, and system so buying is fast, safe, and efficient – one place to request, automated approvals and renewals, real-time supplier risk, and complete spend visibility. The opportunity is massive. Every enterprise on the planet has this problem and nobody has solved it. We’ve 10x’d ARR to double-digit millions in 18 months and are trusted by global enterprises like Spotify, MongoDB, Monzo, and Albertsons. We’re now the 4th fastest growing startup in Europe & the Sunday Times' #1 Best Medium Sized Tech Company To Work for. Our team previously scaled Tessian (cybersecurity tech, backed by Sequoia, Balderton, Accel, acquired post-Series C), and our team includes ex-founders operators who’ve grown unicorns, shipped world-class products, and executed at the highest levels. You’ll work alongside leaders like Ben, Abs, Sabrina, and Rebe. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE TEAM AND LIFE AT OMNEA HERE. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR We're looking for an ambitious and talented Engineering Manager to join Omnea, the UK's #1 Startup in 2026, as part of our Engineering leadership team. As we grow from tens to hundreds of enterprise customers and through 10x revenue growth in the next 2-3 years, you'll play a crucial role in building and leading the best Engineering function in its category. You'll be responsible for multiple teams, ensuring we ship high-quality solutions while maintaining the velocity a fast-growing environment demands. You'll operate with high autonomy, collaborating closely with other EMs, Team Leads, and Product to drive real impact. WHAT YOU’LL DO Build and lead high-performing teams: * Lead multiple engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement * Drive engineering best practices, quality standards, and high performance * Mentor and develop engineers, helping them grow their careers and impact * Collaborate with Product, Design, Team Leads and other key stakeholders on team structures and deliveries to ensure optimal outcomes Drive technical excellence: * Implement and refine engineering processes that scale * Facilitate architectural decisions that impact multiple teams * Champion quality improvements across teams while maintaining high velocity * Ensure robust monitoring, observability, and incident response processes Shape technical product strategy: * Partner with Product leadership to define and execute our technical roadmap * Balance technical debt, feature development, and system reliability with other deliverables * Ensure customer feedback drives technical priorities Teams and products you might end up working on: * Accounting and Goods Receipting - ensuring procurement and finance teams have the right information and tools to operate accurately, automatically, and at scale * Insights and Reporting - deep, complex custom visualisations bringing together AI and data to surface meaningful insights and context across the platform * Sourcing - building the tools that find the right suppliers, shape the right deals, and make sure the best option is already in play before a request is even created * Workflow Orchestration - the configurable backbone of our systems that accurately model company operations, underpinning a single source of truth * And many more areas we’re actively starting or expanding upon! ABOUT YOU Leadership Experience: * You have 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years managing engineering teams * You've successfully managed multiple teams simultaneously (typically 2-3 teams / 12-20 engineers) * You've demonstrated success in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, particularly in rapid-growth periods * Ideally, you have experience as an Engineering Manager at multiple companies, including at least one successful Series A+ SaaS company Technical Excellence: * Strong technical background with hands-on experience in modern web technologies * Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture (preferably AWS), and scalability challenges * Experience with our stack (TypeScript, React, AWS Serverless) is a plus, but not required Track Record of Impact: * Strong track record of successful project delivery in fast-paced environments * Proven history of improving team velocity and quality * Experience scaling engineering teams through rapid growth * Experience implementing engineering processes that scale effectively at pace * Experience working directly with customers and translating their needs into technical solutions Leadership Style: * You're data-driven but know when to trust intuition * You're comfortable making decisions with incomplete information * You excel at collaboration and influence across teams and stakeholders * You have a track record of growing and developing engineering talent Nice to haves that really stand out to us: * Track record of successful product launches in B2B SaaS * Experience with procurement / finance systems * History of contributions to engineering communities You can learn more about Engineering at Omnea and our hiring process via our R&D Candidate Hub here. At Omnea, we embrace diversity. To build a product that's loved by everyone, we're best served by a team with all sorts of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't quite match the full job spec! And regardless of your race, religion, colour, gender, or anything else! If you think you could be a good fit for Omnea, please reach out. A FEW THINGS TO NOTE: * We offer competitive geo-localised benefits, and you can check out our UK Benefits Package here and our US Benefits Package here. * We work Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays in-person at our offices. At this early stage of our company life-cycle it's important to us that we get this together-time, and you can read more about why we believe this is a winning move here * We're commercial, ambitious and we don't pretend otherwise! We're actively seeking folks looking to make the most of a career-defining opportunity, with the hunger to be part of building something really impressive. You can see our values here and our Omnea Future Founder's fund here! * We sometimes use AI note-takers to help us transcribe interview notes, so we can be more present in your interview. If you'd like to opt out of us using automatic transcribers, please note this in the free text field in your application, otherwise we'll take your application as confirmation that you're happy for us to use notetakers (whether added to video calls or in the background). We are proud to be recognised for both our culture and product, and we are just getting started. Join us as we grow! 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Seccl

Hybrid role to be based in our London, Bath or Edinburgh office. ABOUT US Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform that’s on a mission to helping more people to invest – and invest well. We’re B-Corp certified with an amazing product-market fit, impressive early traction and the potential to transform an outdated industry, for the better. We've been growing fast and will scale even faster over the next few years. We’re also proud to be part of Octopus, the £multi-billion group that's on a mission to breathe new life into broken industries, through companies like Octopus Energy, Octopus Investments and Octopus Money. Check out the Seccl website for the latest on our products and our mission to shape the future of investments. THE ROLE As an Engineering manager, you’ll lead one of Seccl’s product engineering squads, helping the team deliver high-quality, scalable platform capability while creating an environment where engineers can do their best work. You’ll play a key role in building strong, psychologically safe engineering teams with a culture of continual learning, trust, empowerment and experimentation. You’ll support engineers through coaching, personal development and line management, while also helping the squad deliver valuable, reliable and well-engineered outcomes. You’ll work closely with Product managers, Engineering leaders and stakeholders across the business to define priorities, plan delivery and make sure the team is focused on the right outcomes. You’ll help balance delivery pace with engineering quality, operational resilience, security and long-term maintainability. This is a leadership role with delivery, people and engineering accountability. You’ll be close enough to the technology to guide and challenge technical decisions, while enabling engineers to own solutions and grow their capability. ON A TYPICAL DAY YOU WILL BE… * Leading, coaching and mentoring engineers within your squad, fostering a culture of high performance, psychological safety and continuous improvement * Supporting the personal development and line management of engineers, helping them grow their skills and progress their careers * Partnering closely with Product managers to define priorities, plan delivery and align squad work with Seccl’s commercial, regulatory and platform goals * Helping the squad make pragmatic delivery decisions, balancing customer value, technical quality, risk and long-term maintainability * Supporting and challenging technical decision-making, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, resilient and well-integrated with the wider platform * Remaining hands-on where it adds value, through design reviews, technical discussions, architectural exploration or unblocking complex delivery challenges * Working with Engineering leaders and other squads to improve cross-team collaboration, consistency and shared engineering standards * Owning delivery health for your squad, including production readiness, incident response, operational resilience and ongoing maintainability * Using metrics, feedback and team insight to continuously improve delivery predictability, system reliability and team effectiveness * Recruiting and onboarding new team members, helping build teams with the right skills, behaviours and ways of working * Contributing to broader engineering initiatives that help Seccl scale, such as improving engineering practices, developing people, strengthening delivery processes and sharing knowledge THIS ROLE’S FOR YOU IF... * You’re an experienced Engineering manager who has led complex product domains * You have a strong track record of building and scaling teams, including hiring, onboarding, and developing engineers * You’re comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution, and can lead a squad that delivers value * You bring excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, and can work effectively with Product, Compliance, and senior leadership * You’re confident working across our tech stack: Node.js, MongoDB, AWS, Lambda, Serverless Framework, and JavaScript/TypeScript * You have recent, practical experience with AI-assisted engineering tools and are comfortable helping teams apply them responsibly to improve delivery, quality and developer effectiveness. * You enjoy being close to the technology and can provide meaningful technical guidance without needing to be the primary coder * You have domain experience in financial services, investment platforms, fintech, or other highly regulated environments * You care deeply about building secure, compliant, and scalable systems that are easy to integrate and a pleasure to use * You’re motivated by the opportunity to help shape how Engineering operates at Seccl as we continue to grow THIS ROLE ISN’T FOR YOU IF... * You rely on a lot of top-down direction. Here, you’ll have a lot of freedom and ownership of your role, and you’ll be expected to shape your own progression * You’re not comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. Our speed and scalability are what set us apart; you need to be able to act quickly and think on your feet * You struggle to follow through on ideas. We value people who do what they say they will. If you care about something, you have the freedom here to make it happen * You don’t like change. You’ll get on great here if you relish the ambiguity of rapid growth and are willing to embrace uncertainty WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU… We offer a generous mix of benefits for the things that really matter to our people, including: 💰 A salary between £95 000 - £110 000– dependant on experience + reviewed annually 🌴 27 days holiday + bank holidays (some can be flexible) + day off on your birthday + three days (full time) per year for Dependant leave 💙 Two volunteering days per year 🏅 Length of service award – one month paid sabbatical at eight years ✅ 6% employer pension contribution, and life assurance 🏥 Private medical insurance with AXA Health 👪 Enhanced Parental leave 💻 MacBook and up to £500 home office set up budget 📖 £750 per person learning budget 🌎 Option to work abroad for up to six weeks a year 🌻 Health and wellbeing initiatives including free therapy via Wellness Cloud, mental health support via Headspace 🌱 Strong financial wellbeing focus including access to Octopus Money, Octopus Share Incentive Plan and will writing offering via Octopus Legacy 🎁 Perkbox – Flexi-points giving you a range of discounts and perks including free weekly coffee, gym and retail discounts 🚲 Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work and Octopus Electric Vehicle Leasing OUR CULTURE We're proud to put people first, creating a culture where we truly listen to what matters most to them. Our transparent and inclusive environment encourages diversity of thought, challenge and experimentation. Check out our Glassdoor page for the latest reviews or our LinkedIn for company updates and insights from the team. INTERVIEW PROCESS Interviewing is a two-way thing, and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you. Our interviews are conversational, so come with questions and be curious. In general, you can expect the interview process to look a bit like this, (following an initial chat with one of our Talent team): * First round – 60 min System design technical round * Second round – 45-min Leadership and cross-functional collaboration * Final round – 45 mins bar-raiser culture-based interview ⏳ We’ll only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out and you should expect to hear back from us within one to two weeks of applying. 🌈 Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive company of awesome people, with unique skills, passions and experiences. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status. If this sounds like your kind of thing, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We’d love to hear from you! #LI-VS1 #LI-hybrid