Engineering Manager, Funding Circle
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2 days a week in office (Queen Victoria Street, London)
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
Open for applications
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
+ Share schemes
2 days a week in office (Queen Victoria Street, London)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
We are on a mission to build the place where small businesses go to get the funding they need to win
Role
Who you are
- We value deep expertise, but a growth mindset and good energy are what really make our team click. We’re a group that chooses to lift each other up and think smart every day
- Prior or current experience in either management or technical leadership (ideally with at least 1 year’s experience in a management position)
- Track record of delivering mission-critical, high-value products and services, working towards these using agile methodologies and by taking a pragmatic approach to leadership and delivery
- Good understanding and experience of how to make use of engineering performance metrics to drive continuous improvement
- Somebody who can embody Funding Circle’s values, and is able to positively impact and lead a close team
- We’re building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. Even if your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you
What the job involves
- We are looking for an Engineering Manager in our Product Engineering team
- The role sits within our Loans Engineering Group, leading one of the teams responsible for the cutting-edge platform our customers use to apply for Funding Circle’s class-leading term loan products
- You will be accountable for the successful execution of the prioritised roadmap for your area, delivering on our objectives both from a business and technology standpoint. You’ll also be responsible for levelling up your team’s product development maturity, helping to achieve our goal of engineering excellence and to make progress towards our target architecture. In order to achieve this, you should be a:
- Team Builder: Cultivate a collaborative and inclusive team environment, empowering engineers to excel. Facilitate open communication, resolve conflicts constructively, and foster a culture of mutual respect and support, ensuring an engaged, high-performing team
- Strategic Driver: Drive company and team goals by effectively prioritising work, planning capacity and ensuring timely delivery. Implement robust engineering processes, promote strategic technology adoption, and establish clear policies to support sustained growth
- Funding Circle Advocate: Represent Funding Circle at industry events, actively contributing to brand growth and fostering strong community relationships
- Strong Collaborator: Forge strong partnerships with business stakeholders, deeply understanding their needs and sharing ownership of successful outcomes
- Knowledge Sharer: Serve as a mentor and educator, generously sharing your expertise to empower stakeholders and engineers to independently solve problems
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Funding Circle launched in 2010 and it was the perfect time in the market. After the financial crisis in 2008, financial institutions were hesitant to lend money. Loans to SMEs were at record lows.
This meant that Funding Circle's innovative platform - connecting investors and businesses directly - had immediate product-market fit and growth. Funding Circle remains incredibly focused on small businesses, and this set it apart from other lending platforms. The business has since expanded to the USA.
The company completed its IPO in September 2018 in a challenging economic environment in Europe and the USA. In 2020, however, trading in the group’s core UK market was helped by its participation in the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme – the company says it has been responsible for a quarter of CBILS loans by volume since it was accredited to join the scheme in April 2020. Funding Circle continues to be a leading SME financing platform, exemplified by its partnership with Bayview Asset Management, with whom it has surpassed £1 billion in funding for its Term Lending product.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
Genn, Head of New Channel Growth (FlexiPay)
Insights
Company
Employee endorsements
Focus on employee wellbeing
"We've moved to a hybrid way of working at FC. We have lots of employee benefits, from lunch budgets (Just Eat), to retail discounts, gym/health..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2017
$105.2m
SERIES F
Apr 2015
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $377.7m
Company benefits
- Annual learning budget
- Private Health insurance covering pre-existing conditions
- 5% Matched Pension
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Access to Wellhub (formally Gym Pass)
- Dental Insurance
- Just Eat for Business allowance when in the office
- Enhanced parental and adoption leave
Company values
- Think smart
- Obsess over the customer
- Make it happen
- Be open
- Stand together
- Live the adventure
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Lisa Jacobs
(CEO)Lisa is responsible for driving the company’s strategy and overseeing Funding Circle's operations in the UK and US.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Funding Circle
Victoria Bradford-Hall (VP, People)
- At Funding Circle, we are on a mission to back small businesses like no other company has ever done before. To succeed, we need a team that reflects the diverse world of the customers we support. We are building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. We know our success is rooted in a culture where every Circler - regardless of background, identity, or experience - has the confidence to bring their whole self to work. In our fast-moving environment, we don't just "accept" diversity; we actively seek it out to help us spot opportunities and find a better way. We measure our success not just by what we achieve individually, but by the impact we have on others. Even if your past experience does not align perfectly with every requirement, we would still love to hear from you.
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