Senior Engineering Manager, Flagstone
Platform
1-2 days a week in office
Cash deposit marketplace
Open for applications
Cash deposit marketplace
201-500 employees
Open for applications
1-2 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help every saver manage, protect, and grow their cash.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive experience with cloud hosted service delivery, not necessarily Azure
- Strong understanding of cloud and software architecture fundamentals
- Strong understanding of Developer Experience
- Track record of successful people management
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Deep understanding of Agile and Lean methodologies
- Experience in strategic planning and project execution
Desirable
- Experience in cloud cost optimisation
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools
- Experience with cloud native delivery
- Experience with cloud security implementation
What the job involves
- This role primarily focuses on supporting and enabling the Platform Engineering team, with no explicit expectations for hands-on delivery
- Your primary responsibility is to lead, guide, and empower your teams to achieve optimal results
- However, there may be opportunities for hands-on work if time permits, allowing you to maintain and apply your technical skills when appropriate
- The Platform Engineering function is made up of our Cloud Engineering, Security Engineering, and Core Services teams
- Each team plays a foundational role in delivering the Flagstone cash deposit platform
- Manage and mentor your direct reports
- Conduct performance reviews and support personal development, including managing 1:1s with your direct reports and skip levels
- Oversee cloud service delivery on Microsoft Azure
- Oversee and maintain cloud security best practices
- Work with the teams to identify and drive strategic initiatives
- Ensure successful execution of projects with the teams
- Monitor and report on cloud costs
- Manage the team on-call schedule and, once familiar with our systems and processes, participate in the Incident Manager rota with other Engineering leaders. (In Platform Engineering we currently average around one out-of-hours incident per quarter.)
- Lead and support Agile rituals and drive team performance
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Cash deposit marketplaces handle savings on behalf of their clients. Instead of large lump sums floundering in low savings accounts, they help clients deposit these funds in or across the best interest-bearing deposit accounts, with the potential to make significant passive income.
There’s a growing appetite for them, and over the past decade Flagstone has quietly emerged as the UK market leader. Flagstone services individuals, charities, and businesses looking to spread their savings across any of 47 different UK banks, including institutions like Coutts and newer players like Revolut.
In the last 3 years, the company has ramped up its competitive edge, too. In 2021, Flagstone dropped its minimum required personal deposit from £250k to £50k to fall in line with high-end competitor Insignis Cash Solutions. Plus, in 2022, it began selling its product internationally.
The international market may prove trickier for Flagstone to crack - UK competitor Raisin has a strong pan-European market presence and already commands high levels of funding. Furthermore, it has a lower minimum required deposit than Flagstone. Nevertheless, there’s space for Flagstone to carve out its own niche if it focuses on organisations and wealthier clientele.
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68% employee growth in 12 months
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Employee endorsements
Opportunities to learn
"The day to day work itself offers plenty of opportunities to learn, but on top of that, Flagstone has a really positive culture of personal..."
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2024
$135.4m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2022
$3.3m
LATE VC
Total funding: $167.5m
Company benefits
- £1,000 annual budget for your individual learning and development - ‘Forging a new way’ is at our core. So, we’ll give you £1k per calendar year to spend on training courses, qualifications or conferences.
- 25 days holiday
- Additional 3 days community and charity leave each year - We encourage you to donate your time, skills and expertise to a community project or charity by giving you up to three additional Giving Back days off per calendar year.
- Income protection - If you're unable to work, 75% of your salary will be covered to support you through these tough times.
- Life insurance (4x annual salary) - 4x salary offered for peace of mind for you and your loved ones, that they'll be looked after should the unthinkable happen.
- Matched pension contribution - We’ll help you invest in your future by matching your contribution up to 5% of your salary.
- Private healthcare - A market-leading level of cover for you and your family, including dental, optical care and gym discounts.
- Gym discount
- Dental/Optical care
- Season ticket loan - To make that morning commute a little less painful!
- Remote working kit - £200 to spend on making your home office comfortable.
- Electric Car Scheme - Drive towards a more sustainable future, and benefit from 30-60% savings on electric vehicles while you do it.
Company values
- Forge a new way
- Surpass expectations
- Community counts
Company HQ
London, UK
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Leadership
Andrew Thatcher
(CEO)Previously executive director at Citi, before serving as head of marketing at GLG Partners, and then executive director of Man. Afterwards moved into an MD role at Banque Havilland S.A.
Simon Merchant
(CEO)Was a senior partner at Fidelity Capital Partners Limited alongside co-founding and serving as CEO at Jacana Partners, and then co-founding New Street Capital.
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