Engineering Manager, QuantSpark
£80-110k
+ EMI Share Options scheme
2+ days a week in office
Data analytics services consultancy
Be an early applicant
Data analytics services consultancy
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
£80-110k
+ EMI Share Options scheme
2+ days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
QuantSpark's mission is to help governments and businesses solve critical strategic problems using data-driven processes, including understanding and analysing data from disparate systems, and building decision-support tools on the basis of those insights.
Role
Who you are
- This role is both highly technical and client-facing, requiring strong leadership, technical expertise, and stakeholder management skills
- You're not just an advisor but a hands-on problem solver who applies innovation at every step of the project delivery process
- You thrive in ambiguity, embraces innovation, and excels at disrupting the status quo
- 10+ years of experience in software development, with a strong background in developing web applications
- Familiarity with relevant technologies, including Python (Flask or Django) for backend and React.js for frontend development
- Advanced in data pipelining and schema design, with demonstrable experience designing and implementing robust, performant data pipelines from a variety of sources such as databases, APIs, SFTP, etc
- Experience building ELT pipelines using tools such as dbt and Airflow
- Proven experience managing software engineering teams, including mentoring juniors and seniors, and promoting professional development
- Demonstrated experience in project management, with the ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks effectively
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong familiarity with software architecture and design patterns, enabling informed technology decisions
- Experience with cloud computing platforms and knowledge of containerization technologies
- Familiarity with modern software development tools and a passion for DevOps practices
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities, with a focus on driving technical innovation and continuous improvement
What the job involves
- Reporting to: Head Of Engineering
- QuantSpark, are seeking a consulting focused Senior Engagement Manager to deliver innovative solutions, guide cross-functional teams, and shape the future of our clients’ operations
- You'll lead complex projects that deliver transformative solutions using advanced analytics and AI
- This role sits at the intersection of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and client relationship management
- You'll oversee the full project lifecycle—from scoping to execution—ensuring innovative approaches to problem-solving while managing cross-functional delivery teams
- While not a line management position, you'll guide teams, manage stakeholders, and drive successful outcomes that create lasting impact
- As an Engineering Manager, you'll be responsible for leading multiple cross-functional project teams to deliver high-quality software solutions
- You will collaborate closely with product managers, technical leads, and stakeholders to determine appropriate resourcing, timelines, and technical approaches
- In this role, you will:
- Lead High-Impact Projects: Oversee the full lifecycle of multiple software projects, from scoping and planning to execution and delivery, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical best practices
- Drive Innovation: Deliver transformative solutions using advanced analytics and AI, leveraging your technical expertise to solve complex, client-specific challenges
- Guide and Mentor Teams: Support and develop cross-functional engineering teams, fostering a culture of growth, collaboration, and high performance
- Shape Technical Strategy: Collaborate with product managers and technical leads to define deliverables, resource allocation, timelines, and technical approaches
- Champion Best Practices: Promote continuous improvement in engineering processes, technical standards, and DevOps practices
- Manage Stakeholders: Act as a trusted advisor, building strong client relationships and ensuring successful outcomes that drive lasting impact
- Oversee the delivery of multiple software projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical best practices
- Collaborate with product managers and technical leads to define project deliverables, resource allocation, and timelines
- Guide, mentor, and develop software engineers of varying seniority, fostering a culture of professional growth and high performance
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, technical standards, and team productivity
- Ensure effective communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into actionable business insights
Salary benchmarks
Our take
QuantSpark helps governments and businesses to strategically apply data science through the development of complex decision-making software. Primarily, their work involves analysing large datasets and systems in order to understand customer behaviour and help clients make informed decisions for strategic planning in sales and marketing.
In recent years, big data has become central to the operation of businesses large and small, and this has led to great demand for data scientists fluent in sophisticated modelling and analysis. QuantSpark seeks to go a step further, providing a service which combines data science with commercial insight- effectively providing both services through one transaction. By doing this, QuantSpark hopes to offer clients a more meaningful insight into their data than a standard consultancy could.
They already have an impressive client list, including the UK Government, the Australian Government and Bain Capital. QuantSpark's tools and solutions are developed to become embedded in their clients' operations, ensuring a long-lasting relationship between them, and meaning that, as QuantSpark continues to expand its client base, its model should allow it to see continued success in the future.
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Company benefits
- £6000 yearly training budget
- Opportunity to work from abroad for 20 days per year
- Flexible working between our core hours of 10am - 5pm
- EMI Share Options Scheme
- Generous pension contributions
- Top tier Private Healthcare with Vitality
- Optional monthly socials, dinners, and fun nights out
- Opportunity to work on social impact & pro bono strategy projects
- A fully stocked supply of breakfast, fruit, and refreshments for the days when you are in the office
- 33 days total holiday
Company values
- Diversity
- Analytical Rigour
- Teamwork
- Entrepreneurialism
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Adam Hadley
(CEO & Co-Founder)With Master's degrees from Oxford and KCL, Adam divides their time between running QuantSpark and Tech Against Terrorism- the world's preeminent NGO helping to tackle terrorists' use of the internet.
People progressing
Anastasia is our Head of People and Operations. Anastasia joined the business as EA to Adam, our CEO, and quickly built out a department of her own which continues to expand.
After 1.5 years, Sophie was promoted to a Lead role and then established a Product department, expanded to 5 PMs, 2 new specialist skillsets, and fostered promotions within her team.
Daniel joined us as a Data Analyst in 2019 and now leads the Analytics Engineering Team and is an integral part of the business.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at QuantSpark
- QuantSpark is an equal opportunities employer committed to fair and equitable treatment for all potential employees, regardless of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, or disability.
- We utilise diversity and inclusion data to pinpoint areas of improvement to our hiring process.
- We are transparent with our salary bandings to encourage everyone to feel empowered in their negotiations, and to ensure parity with our existing teams.
- We have a flexible approach to our interview process, utilising video interviews and take-home assessments. We aim to increase the variety of our assessment styles, to offer fair opportunity to all types of candidates.
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