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Engineering Manager | Platform Engineering
Salary: Up to £114,000 + Bonus + Shares Location: Fully Remote | UK
We're working with a well-established, product-led technology business serving a large consumer customer base through a modern digital platform. As they invest in the next phase of growth and architectural maturity, they're building out new engineering teams - and this is one of the foundational hires.
This is a 50/50 role. You'll be hands-on in the technical Golang work - architecture, distributed systems, engineering standards - while leading and growing a newly formed team. If you're a strong engineer who's stepped into leadership but doesn't want to leave the technical work behind, this is the right shape.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a newly formed engineering team, owning delivery, culture and engineering quality
- Set technical direction across core platform services - architecture, standards, long-term strategy
- Stay hands-on: contribute to architectural decisions and technical problem-solving
- Partner with Product, Architecture and Engineering leadership to deliver scalable solutions
- Coach and develop engineers while maintaining a high bar for engineering excellence
Key Requirements
- Experience as an Engineering Manager or technical lead with people management responsibility
- Strong software engineering background - Golang is a Must
- Proven ability to build and operate scalable distributed systems
- Comfortable balancing hands-on technical contribution with leadership and stakeholder management
- Low-hierarchy, high-ownership mindset
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What's On Offer
- Up to £114,000 base salary + bonus + equity
- Fully remote with flexibility
- Significant influence over the technical direction of a brand-new team
- A collaborative engineering culture tackling real platform and scalability challenge
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