Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager – AI Unicorn | Remote-First (UK) | Up to £185,000 + 15% Bonus + VSOPs 10,000 transactions per second, at around 50ms latency. That's the scale this platform runs at today, and it's still growing. Behind it is a profitable AI unicorn with 600 people, several industry awards and a place among the Top 50 companies to watch on the Pre-IPO Watchlist. They're now hiring an Engineering Manager to lead one of the teams building it. The role You'll lead a team of 6–8 engineers, spending about 70% of your time on leadership and 30% hands-on in code, system design and technical investigations. Expect to: Grow your engineers through regular feedback, mentoring and career developmentLead delivery on complex, high-impact projects and set the team's technical directionShape the design of high-throughput, low-latency systemsBuild strong practices around scalability, reliability, testing and performanceWork closely with senior engineering and product leaders on strategy and priorities This suits a manager who still wants to go deep on the technical side, not someone looking to step away from engineering entirely. What you'll bring A track record managing teams of around 6–8 engineers as an Engineering Manager or similarA strong engineering background and the ability to stay hands-onExperience with high-throughput applications or distributed systems (essential)A solid grasp of scalability, latency, reliability, concurrency and system designExperience running production systems at significant scaleStrong programming skills in Go or another modern backend languageSound technical judgement alongside real people leadership The package Salary up to £185,000, depending on experience15% bonusVirtual stock options (VSOPs) in a pre-IPO unicornSignificant influence over architecture, engineering culture and technical strategyRemote-first, with just two days a month in London If you're ready to lead a team at a profitable business heading towards IPO, and still want your hands on the technology, get in touch for a confidential conversation.