Engineering Manager

Bounce

💙 ABOUT BOUNCE... Bounce is building cloud storage for the physical world, starting with the largest global luggage storage network in existence. Bounce's marketplace connects travelers with 30,000+ small business locations worldwide for hyper-local short-term baggage storage. With more locations globally than Burger King, and more locations in New York City than Starbucks, Bounce has served 3M+ users, stored 10M+ bags, and paid over $10M to small business partners. To achieve this, Bounce is a fast-paced and scrappy team. We believe that experimentation fuels innovation, so we move quickly, testing new ideas and adapting in real time. If you're ready to make an impact in a high-energy, close-knit, and collaborative environment, Bounce is the place where you can move fast, think big, and shape the future of travel. Join us as we make the world a lighter, more accessible place! Bounce has been named the Inc5000's fastest-growing travel company in the USA in 2024 and is proudly backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, and Sapphire. (Learn more about Bounce's Series B HERE and our Japan expansion HERE). ABOUT THE ROLE… As VP of Engineering, you'll own product delivery and engineering hiring at Bounce as we scale from a 25-person engineering team that ships fast to a 50+ person org that ships even faster. You'll inherit a sharp, senior-loaded team across four engineering managers — and you'll be accountable for what we ship, how fast we ship it, and the people we develop while doing it. You'll partner directly with our CTO. The CTO keeps the wheel on architecture, AI, and technical platform; you'll take ownership of product delivery, the engineering org, hiring, and the partnership with Product and Design. Together you'll set the bar for engineering at Bounce and grow the team for the next chapter of the company. You'll be based in Lisbon, in-office, and report directly to the CTO. WHERE YOU COME IN… * Own product delivery end-to-end — be accountable for shipping the product roadmap on time and at quality. Run the planning, sprint, on-call, and incident-response cadences with autonomy. * Manage through managers — coach our four engineering managers into stronger leaders. Make the hire/level/exit calls. Build a bench so Bounce always has the next layer ready. * Own engineering hiring — personally close the senior hires. Hire ~10-15 strong engineers in year one. Own the engineering brand externally — talks, writing, and the candidate experience. * Be a deep partner to Product and Design — build real working partnerships with our Head of Product and Head of Design. Roadmap, prioritisation, and scope trade-offs are made together. Push back when scope is wrong; absorb it when it isn't. * Be a real exec — the engineering voice on the leadership team. Make trade-offs explicit, communicate up and across, and represent engineering externally. * Partner deeply with our CTO on architecture, AI, and technical platform — you'll work through these decisions together. Bring the product-delivery lens, translate technical bets into engineering execution, surface what product delivery needs from them to ship, and help shape platform direction so it accelerates the team. YOUR PROFILE… * You've led engineering organisations of at least 25 people, ideally through a 25→50 or 50→100 growth phase. This is not the first place you'll do this. * You've been a manager of managers for 3+ years — EMs reporting to you, not just senior ICs. * You have a strong technical foundation. You can review a system design, push back on an architectural decision, and earn trust from your Staff ICs. You haven't been promoted away from the technology. * You've personally recruited and closed senior engineers. You treat hiring as a primary part of the job, not something you delegate. * You're excited about being a deep partner to a hands-on technical CTO. You can build a real working relationship without ego, and you know how to make a CTO better at their job by taking the right things off their plate. * You move fast and treat speed as a feature. You don't bring a 50-page process playbook — you bring judgment. * Marketplace, consumer, and physical-world operations experience is a strong plus. So is having been part of an engineering culture known for shipping (Linear, Ramp, Stripe, Vercel, GitHub, DoorDash, etc.) * You're based in Lisbon or willing to relocate — this is an in-office role.

Thought Machine

Thought Machine's mission is bold – to properly and permanently rid the world's banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology. We have grown rapidly in the past few years – growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and our newly established Engineering Hub in Lisbon. We have raised more than £500m in funding and our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more. We have created a culture that enables our team to produce the best work in the industry while ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the industry's most generous employee share package. Named one of the world's most innovative fintechs by Global Finance Magazine, we were also recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe's fastest-growing companies for two consecutive years—and a UK Best Employer for 2026. The Vault Expansion team at Thought Machine is responsible for shaping and delivering the product strategy to enable Thought Machine to better serve banks currently facing challenges with older, "bank-in-a-box" platforms. As the Product Manager in the Lisbon Vault Expansion team, you will be responsible for building a portfolio of products that complete the Vault Platform, offering clients seamless experiences, and value adding functionality beyond Vault Core and Vault Payments. You’ll own the roadmap and delivery of products and applications in the Vault Expansion portfolio, and work closely with Go-to-Market and Engineering leadership to drive revenue and product delivery. You will work cross-functionally with partnerships, compliance, legal, and partner product teams to build key use cases to delight our clients. This role is suited to someone who can wear many hats, and can operate autonomously. As Thought Machine’s first Product Manager in Lisbon, you will be responsible for defining, building, and delivering products working in lockstep with the Vault Expansion engineering team based in Lisbon. You will also be expected to support our GTM and marketing teams to build lead generation campaigns, join client calls and help pitch and sell future products, work with sales engineers to define compelling demos, and manage key product partnerships to augment the product offering. This is a full-time, permanent position based in our Lisbon office, requiring four days a week onsite. This role will also require occasional travel to our HQ in London, as well as travel to support sales teams. Duties: * Own the roadmap: Work alongside an engineering team to define a product strategy and roadmap that achieves the highest level of product quality and supports our clients’ ambitions. * Drive growth and adoption: Partner with GTM teams to bring our products to market and ensure we see adoption and growth. * Be the voice of the customer: You will represent the customer internally - collecting and capturing feedback, pursuing the highest levels of quality and enabling engineering teams to be laser focused on solving customer problems. * Champion insight: Relentlessly seek out customer problems, develop deep understanding of our customers’ needs, plans and technology and industry trends in the market to ensure the Vault Platform continues to help clients innovate. * Be a Product Evangelist: Champion the Vault Platform and Expansion products externally and within Thought Machine, clearly communicate the scale of the ambition within our product vision and the new functionality that will excite and delight our clients. * Develop best practices: Help drive Product Management best practices and processes - working with Engineering Managers and teams to ensure adoption and alignment across Vault Payments. * Innovate: Discover net-new opportunities for our business and lead them from nascent stages to maturity. Requirements Essential * 5+ years of product management experience in a product-led technology company * A proven track record of building and launching new products into market * Able to think from first principles, debate ideas and rapidly learn new concepts * Strong client-facing interpersonal skills and equally strong ability to engage in technical conversations * Comfortable working with API-driven products or infrastructure * A keen eye for UI/UX design, and working with wireframing tools like Figma Desirable * Previous experience launching AI related features within products * Previous experience working in regulated industries such as banking or financial services * Previous experience as a software engineer or similar technical roles * Previous experience building enterprise software products * Previous experience building brand new products or working in a startup environment * Previous experience working with data engineering Benefits * Highly competitive salary * Voluntary Pension Plan (match up to 5%) * Private Healthcare Insurance * Comprehensive Life Insurance * 25 days holiday plus public holidays * Two charity days a year * Daily Meal Allowance * Access to outstanding learning materials and courses * Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine * All the latest tech you need * Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks * A talented and experienced team as your colleagues * An environment where we encourage learning and progress We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.

Bunch

bunch is building the backbone of private markets. We are enabling next-gen fund operations with one integrated system that combines secure data infrastructure, AI-powered workflows and expert fund services. If you value ownership, growth through real responsibility, and working with a thoughtful, ambitious team, this role might be for you. YOUR ROLE You will be at the core of building the technology that powers bunch. We aim to build something meaningful with high impact, not just write code. We offer you freedom and ownership to build the right solutions and influence the product roadmap. * Design and implement robust, scalable, and secure backend services that solve real customer problems * Collaborate with your Product Managers, by actively participating in problem discovery and solution creation by leveraging your technical expertise * Work closely with other cross-functional teams to ensure a smooth delivery of new features and improvements * Maximize your team’s output by enhancing functionality and proactively addressing technical debt as well as actively contributing to improving collaboration and communication   ABOUT YOU * To excel as a member of the Product Development team, you should combine a passion for technology with an entrepreneurial mindset and strong problem-solving skills * You are a team player with excellent communication skills and a strong work ethic * Proficient in backend development with TypeScript or any strongly typed language, SQL databases Nest.js or similar web/dependency management frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot) * Strong understanding of system design principles, scalability, and performance tuning * 5+ years of professional experience building backend systems in fast-paced environments * Experience with fintech, highly regulated industries, or document processing is a plus   OUR TECH STACK We strive to keep our technology stack as simple and efficient as possible. * Frontend & Backend: TypeScript on both the frontend (Svelte, but moving towards React) and the backend (Node.js with Nest.js) * Database: MySQL * Infrastructure: Kubernetes (K8S) on top of AWS * Source Control & CI/CD: GitHub * Third-Party Applications: * FusionAuth for authentication * Retool for low-code internal frontend solutions * Twilio and SendGrid for sending SMS and emails * Tally for creating custom forms   WORKPLACE & BENEFITS * Customizable benefits package (wellbeing, sport, mobility, food, and more) * 28 days of vacation, plus 2 company days and local public holidays * Remote setup * Up to 4 remote calendar weeks a year * A great tech and work setup * Work with a diverse team of 120+ bunchies from 40+ countries, with leaders who are best-in-class in their domains   WHAT YOUR INTERVIEW JOURNEY WILL LOOK LIKE * First interview with the People team (20 min): get acquainted with the bunch and to understand if what we’re offering is what you’re searching for * Hiring Manager Interview (60 min): this conversation with an Engineering Manager will cover product-focused culture and values, including collaboration, ownership, self-awareness, and quality standards. * Technical Interview (60 min): this interview in the form of a technical conversation with two engineers will focus on collaborative problem-solving, starting with open-ended questions and progressing to more specific challenges or short algorithm tasks. * Final Round: Meet our VP of Engineering (45 min) to learn about ways of working, vision for bunch, and team culture. * Meet-and-Greet (Optional - 30 min) to meet a few members of your future cross-functional team.   About bunch bunch is building the operating infrastructure for the next generation of private markets. We combine AI-powered automation with deep regulatory expertise to replace fragmented spreadsheets and manual processes with one integrated platform across the fund lifecycle, purpose-built for private markets heading toward $32 trillion in Assets Under Management. We've 4x our ARR in 2025, crossed 150 fund managers and 12,000 LPs on the platform, and just closed our $35M Series B in May 2026. We're looking for ambitious people who want real ownership of hard problems, and who care about building infrastructure that actually matters to the people using it. ____ At bunch, we're committed to an inclusive environment where diversity is valued and celebrated. We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants. We process personal data in line with applicable laws (including GDPR). See our Privacy Policy for details on your rights and how to reach us.