Engineering Manager

Job Description

At NOTHS, our engineering teams are organised into cross-functional squads focused around an area or domain of our online store or partner platform. Consisting of Associate, Midweight and Senior engineers across different disciplines, our engineering teams need flexible technical and people leadership from their Engineering Manager (EM). Working alongside Agile Delivery Managers, Product Managers and other business stakeholders, the EM plays the role of ‘internal’ owner of their domain and how their team performs in the process and living Agile values.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee one or more cross-functional engineering teams to deliver great software for our customers and partners
• Directly line manage up to 7 engineers of varying seniority operating as a single cross functional team in our Agile process
• Coach and/or mentor engineers in your team, understanding their personal development needs & the needs of the business in order to progress their careers at NOTHS
• Provide technical leadership where appropriate & ultimately act as the point of decision acting in the best interests of the business and your team.
• Make sure that services & iterations are operationally ready and provide active support for high priority and complex production issues
• Alongside the Product Manager, monitor and manage technical debt, articulating necessary remedial work in a way that it can be prioritised against business facing features
• Help to shape the overall architecture & Tech strategy, make sure the teams understand it, and that technical solutions conform to our architectural strategy
• Help to build & make sure the team has & follows good QA practices and takes full accountability for their testing including functional, performance, load and security testing
• Working alongside the security team, help to build & implement secure by design principles as well as good security coding practices
• Operate with a product development mindset and work closely with Product Managers, Product designers and your team to design and deliver value to customers and partners early.
• Help to drive the team to do the best possible job and strive for continuous improvement in productivity. Working with others keep the team inspired and motivated with a focus on delivering maximum value through the best available tech
• Hold themselves and others accountable for upholding NOTHS values

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Technical Skills:

• Experience with Javascript/Typescript for backend & frontend development and familiarity with another language such as Java or Ruby
• A deep understanding of clean development principles, system design, & architecture
• Experience deploying application stacks to AWS or other cloud environments
• An understanding of distributed asynchronous architectures
• A solid understanding of CI/CD
• You are interested in being a hands-on technical contributor, with the understanding that the most important features will probably be delivered by other engineers
• Experience working on a team that was fully invested into cloud native applications

Human Skills:

• An eagerness to work alongside product teams to find a healthy balance between tech and feature driven priorities
• You have previous experience leading a technical team and developing/supporting Junior, Midweight and Senior engineers
• You are keen to work at a more strategic planning level to prioritise important technical work against product work

Don’t meet every single requirement? No problem. Your strengths, passion & fresh perspective could be just what we’re looking for - so we encourage you to apply!

Benefits

Our perksIt's super important to us to make sure everyone feels safe and looked-after, which is why we've got a wide range of benefits in place. From supporting you and your loved ones with healthcare to cheeky 'just because' gifts, we're here for you.

We've got a ton of good stuff for everyone - like private medical insurance, a health cash plan, an electric vehicle scheme, mental health platform access, cycle to work scheme, and a 20% discount on our website. To find out more about what we offer, have a look here. We've also worked very hard to come up with a set of policies to support our people in any situation- like medicalised leave, menstrual leave, and primary carer leave.
Full-time NOTHS-ers get 25 days of holidays each year (plus bank hols!), as well as having the opportunity to work from anywhere for two calendar months a year. Did someone say beach holiday?

How we workHere at NOTHS, we embrace a remote-first approach to work, recognising the value of flexibility and the diverse talents that remote teams bring to the table. Our remote work culture is designed to empower our employees, foster collaboration, and create a community that transcends physical boundaries.

Under this framework, all of us operate remotely, convening as teams at regular intervals that suit each team best. These gatherings serve various purposes, including ideation sessions, hackathons, or simply fostering valuable face-to-face interactions.

Every quarter, we hold a Get Together and the whole company meets for a fun-filled day (with no shortage of food!) with some special guests... our small brand Partners!
Want to find out more? Take a look here.

Diversity, Equity, & InclusionDEI is really important to us and that’s why everyone’s welcome at Not On The High Street – whoever they are, whatever their background.

We are committed to embracing and encouraging our employees’ uniquenesses- whether this is in age, people with disabilities, ethnicity, family structures, gender, LGBTQ+ identity, lower income backgrounds, race, religion, the intersectionality or all/any of these and other aspects making us who we are. We take pride in treating all of our employees fairly and we want our people to feel respected, valued and recognised within the workplace. As part of your application, you’ll be asked to complete an optional demographic survey to help us learn more about who wants to work with us. Responses will only be used to help us figure out how to make our team even more inclusive and attract more brilliant people to join us!

We'll also ask whether you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to the interview process should you need them and you can answer this question should you choose to in the application phase. Apply to join Team NOTHS!Our recruitment processes are fully remote, taking advantage of the wonders of modern-day technology. We’d love to hear more about you, your experience and why you want to join our team. Good luck!