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.

Elliptic

DO YOU WANT TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF VALUE TRANSFER? At Elliptic, we're solving problems that have never been solved before. Our technology helps financial institutions and crypto businesses navigate one of the most complex and fast-moving compliance challenges in the world. Our engineering platform sits at the heart of everything we do, and we're growing fast. We're hiring multiple Engineering Managers to lead teams across three tracks as we scale. This is a rare opportunity to join at a genuine inflection point, with the autonomy to build teams and working cultures you're proud of.     OUR OPEN POSITIONS: DevOps and Platform You'll lead the engineers responsible for the reliability, scalability, and developer experience of Elliptic's platform. An infrastructure or platform engineering background will help you earn trust quickly and make good technical judgement calls alongside your team.     THE OPPORTUNITY Elliptic's engineering organisation has grown significantly and is continuing to scale. Engineering Managers are the core of our culture and the people we trust to shape how our teams operate and how our engineers grow. We're looking for the right individuals to take genuine ownership of that, bringing their own experience and judgement to a set of real, unsolved challenges.     WHAT YOU'LL DO People and growth * Run regular 1-1s and performance reviews, giving your engineers personalised, honest feedback * Understand each person's career goals and actively help them pursue them * Build a healthy team culture where expectations are clear, people feel safe, and everyone can contribute fully * Own hiring for your team, from identifying gaps through to making decisions * Build onboarding plans that set new starters up properly, not just on paper Team health and ways of working * Own the health of your team, monitoring individual happiness and engagement with the team's mission * Continuously refine your team's processes and ways of working to keep things frictionless * Identify and remove the friction slowing your teams down, using data where you can * Promote knowledge sharing and best practices across engineering more broadly Objectives and delivery * Participate actively in product and technical OKR-setting cycles, bringing your team's perspective into roadmap and goal-setting conversations * Partner closely with your Tech Leads, who own delivery planning and execution, to ensure teams are well set up to hit their goals * Stay close enough to the work to represent your teams confidently across the business, and keep the Head of Applications informed on progress and blockers   WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR You'll be a strong fit if you: * Have 2-6 years of experience managing engineers * Have a technical background in the relevant track (Platform and DevOps) * Build trust quickly and lead through empowerment rather than control * Are comfortable with ambiguity and motivated by building structure around it * Use data to understand what's working and what isn't * Are honest, direct, and care deeply about the people you work with * Celebrate failure as a learning opportunity and share those learnings openly Bonus points if you: * Have been through a company scaling phase before * Have experience with high-throughput APIs and data-intensive products * HODL some crypto and have genuine curiosity about the space BENEFITS: * Competitive salary * 26 days holiday + Bank Holidays * Private health insurance and wellness program * Pension plan * EMI options * Enhanced parental leave * Career development plan & personal training budget of $1000 per year * Regular team events, including lunches, socials and quarterly team events * Home office allowance * All of the equipment you need to be successful * Collaborative, flexible and friendly environment with a truly hybrid working policy Benefits: * Competitive salary * 26 days holiday + Bank Holidays * Private health insurance and wellness program * Pension plan * EMI options * Enhanced parental leave * Career development plan & personal training budget of $1000 per year * Regular team events, including lunches, socials and quarterly team events * Home office allowance * All of the equipment you need to be successful * Collaborative, flexible and friendly environment with a truly hybrid working policy

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