Engineering Manager, Moonpig
+ Bonuses and share schemes
2 days a week in office
Online company for personalised cards, gifts and flowers
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Online company for personalised cards, gifts and flowers
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Bonuses and share schemes
2 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help people connect and create moments that matter.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience with CI/CD, owning code from build through deployment to production support and monitoring
- Strong interest in building robust, high-performing cloud or serverless applications
- Comfortable working in full-stack, cross-functional teams with a collaborative mindset
- Ability to challenge ideas constructively and foster a culture of experimentation and learning
- Good understanding of web application and cloud security, with the ability to work closely with security teams
- Experience supporting and developing engineers, with a focus on growth and progression
- Passion for delivering high-quality user experiences that support business goals
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team within our Experiences business at Buyagift & Red Letter Days. Based in London with hybrid working (2 days in the office), this role blends people leadership with hands-on technical guidance, helping to build reliable, scalable products that deliver great customer experiences
- You’ll play a key role in shaping a high-performing, sustainable engineering culture where technical excellence and people development go hand in hand. Working in cross-functional teams, you’ll support engineers to grow, deliver impactful work, and continuously improve how we build and run our systems
- Foster a supportive, inclusive team environment where engineers feel empowered to do their best work
- Contribute to engineering culture and management practices, helping make the business a great place to work
- Lead a team responsible for multiple services, following a “you build it, you run it” approach
- Influence and improve engineering standards, ensuring high-quality, maintainable software
- Lead by example through hands-on technical involvement, including pairing and technical guidance
- Ensure systems are designed and built with strong engineering principles and long-term reliability in mind
- Support the delivery of new features while maintaining system performance and stability
- Spend significant time on coaching, mentoring, and one-to-one development conversations
- Identify skills gaps and support team growth through coaching or hiring
- Encourage a culture of learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement
- Backend: C#, .NET, Node.js/TypeScript
- Frontend: React
- Infrastructure: Azure (Serverless, Windows/IIS, Microsoft stack), managed with Terraform
- Tooling: Azure DevOps (primary), some GitHub usage
- Systems: Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Approach: Cross-functional teams owning the full lifecycle from discovery to delivery and support
Application process
- Stage 1: Recruiter Screening Call (30 mins)
- Stage 2: Hiring Manager Interview (30 mins)
- Stage 3: Software Design / Architecture Interview (60 mins)
- Stage 4: Culture / Team Fit Interview (30–60 mins)
- Offer! 🎉
- Our process may vary depending on role and availability. We keep candidates informed of any changes
Salary benchmarks
Our take
When Moonpig was founded in 2000, it bought into the idea that a personalised gift is always more meaningful, whether sent from the sofa, the commute, or the gym. Customers quickly bought into this vision, and Moonpig saw rapid growth culminating in its 2011 acquisition by Photobox for £120M.
Since then, Moonpig has seen continued success. Through expansion into new products such as flowers (Moonpig is now a top-3 online flower seller) and the development of its own app, Moonpig has established its place within the market for personalised gifts.
And it doesn't plan on slowing down anytime soon, as it looks to expand even further. Recent innovations have included the introduction of giant cards, and the company has also secured the ability to create exclusively branded ranges alongside Disney and Warner Bros. This commitment to innovation positions Moonpig to capture even more market share and strengthen its leadership in the industry.
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Company benefits
- Annual reviews
- Attractive annual bonus scheme - with increased earning potential based on business and individual performance
- Pension scheme where we match up to 5%
- Referral scheme with cash bonus available
- Interest-free travel loan
- Sharesave Plan - Save as you earn
- Generous staff Moonpig, Red Letter Days and Buyagift products
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental plan
- Life assurance paying 4x your salary
- Eye care vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free access to 24h mental health and wellbeing resource as well as one to one therapy sessions via Spill
- Dog-friendly offices
- Access to a broad range of training workshops and courses
- Technical and professional qualifications policy, allowing individuals to apply for a more formal professional qualification, using allocated individual allowance
- Career Conversations with your manager to create your Career Development Plan
- 25 days’ holiday plus 1 day per year of service (up to 30 days)
- Growing Your Family - 8 weeks paid supporting caregiver leave and 24 weeks full pay primary caregiver leave (based on qualifying criteria)
- Flexible working opportunities based on our Ways of Working - inclusive of Hybrid and Remote
- Summer Hours - We finish at 4pm on Friday's during the months of June, July and August
- Volunteering - 1 day - the equivalent of 8 hrs of time to give back - through a chosen charity or our MP Group Foundation
- Matched Funding Scheme - This scheme provides colleagues with a fundraising allowance to support causes close to their hearts
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
Leadership
Catherine Faiers
(CEO)Previously Non-Exec Director at Allegro and COO of Auto Trader and Addison Lee. Was also Corporate Development Director at Trainline and a Director at DC Advisory.
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