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Senior Engineering Manager
Location: London, UK (Remote-First)
Salary: Up to £180,000 + 15% Bonus + Equity
About the Company
I'm partnering with one of Europe's fastest-growing AI companies. With around 500 employees, unicorn status, and profitability already achieved, the business is entering an exciting phase of growth, with plans to hire more than 200 people this year.
The company is building advanced AI products used globally, with engineering at the centre of its success. The culture is built around technical excellence, ownership, innovation, and giving engineering leaders the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
The Opportunity
We're looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead multiple engineering teams and help scale both the technology and the organisation.
This is a senior leadership role for someone who has already operated at Senior Manager level and has experience leading through other leaders. You'll be responsible for developing Engineering Managers, driving engineering strategy, improving execution, and building the culture and processes needed for teams to scale effectively.
Working closely with Engineering leadership, Product, Infrastructure, and Architecture teams, you'll influence technical direction and help deliver highly scalable, reliable platforms that support the company's continued growth.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead multiple engineering teams and support the development of Engineering Managers.
- Drive technical strategy, execution, and engineering excellence across large-scale distributed systems.
- Partner with senior leaders to shape priorities, improve processes, and scale engineering practices.
- Build a high-performing culture focused on ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Influence architecture, reliability, talent development, and the continued growth of the engineering organisation.
About You
You'll be an experienced engineering leader with a strong software engineering background and a proven track record of building successful teams at scale.
You'll bring:
- Circa 15 years of software engineering experience.
- 4+ years of engineering leadership experience, including leading multiple teams and/or mentoring Engineering Managers.
- Strong backend engineering experience with expertise in distributed systems and scalable platforms.
- Experience operating as a Senior Engineering Manager within a fast-growing technology environment.
- Demonstrated organisational impact through strategic initiatives, process improvements, and talent development.
- The ability to balance technical depth with people leadership, influencing, and organisational scaling.
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Please note: This role requires someone who has already operated at Senior Engineering Manager level. It is not intended for Principal or Staff Engineers looking to make their first move into people leadership.
What's on Offer
- Salary up to £180,000.
- 15% annual bonus.
- Competitive equity package.
- Remote-first working, with London office visits approximately 2–3 times per quarter.
- The opportunity to join a leading AI company during a period of significant growth and help shape the future of its engineering organisation.
If you're an established engineering leader looking for a role with strategic influence, technical impact, and the opportunity to build high-performing teams, we'd love to speak with you.
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