Senior Engineering Manager

Job Description

About Signal - Who are we?

We're on a mission to change the way businesses make decisions with our cutting-edge AI technology. To achieve that, we’re looking for passionate people to join our open and unconventional workplace. Our inclusive environment welcomes skills and experiences from diverse backgrounds and defines who we are.

About the role - What’s your purpose?

We’re looking for an empathetic manager with a technical background to support and coach our software engineers and help drive initiatives that improve our engineering practices across our cross functional teams. Your focus will be on helping engineers with their personal and professional development, helping build resilience and celebrate their successes. You will play a key role in helping teams to become high-performing through building strong partnerships with lead engineers across multiple teams.

The day to day responsibilities - What will you be doing?

• Supporting, coaching and developing engineers through regular 1:1s, continuous feedback and relationships with team leads
• Partnering with senior engineers to drive technical initiatives that improve our engineering practices
• Partnering with the technology leadership to ensure teams are properly staffed and able to be highly effective
• Partnering with recruiting to hire new engineers to continue to expand our teams
• Helping to build an organisation that can make a success of rapid growth
• Contributing to management best practices: helping us become an exceptional place to work for ambitious and highly motivated people

Who are we looking for?

• You have previous experience managing the performance and development of 5+ engineers, including senior and leads.
• You know what good looks like for a high-performing engineer and how to get there
• You have previously worked as software engineer at a senior level
• You have an empathetic leadership style and you build strong, effective relationships
• You are passionate about helping others achieve their goals, avoid burnout and become the best engineers they can be

At Signal, we strongly believe that diverse teams perform better. We are committed to building and fostering an inclusive environment where our employees feel welcomed, valued and listened to - an environment where they can thrive being their true selves.

Benefits:

• Hybrid Working Environment - we have a hybrid remote policy with 2-3 days remote per week, plus Summer & Winter fully remote blocks wherever works for you, including abroad;
• Unlimited holiday entitlement;
• Share options;
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Dependents Leave policies;
• Health Cash Plan/ Pension plan / Income Protection / Life Insurance / Access to free therapists via Spill.

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