Engineering Manager, Omnea

• You have 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years managing engineering teams
• You've successfully managed multiple teams simultaneously (typically 2-3 teams / 12-20 engineers)
• You've demonstrated success in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, particularly in rapid-growth periods
• Ideally, you have experience as an Engineering Manager at multiple companies, including at least one successful Series A+ SaaS company
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in modern web technologies
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture (preferably AWS), and scalability challenges
• Experience with our stack (TypeScript, React, AWS Serverless) is a plus, but not required
• Strong track record of successful project delivery in fast-paced environments
• Proven history of improving team velocity and quality
• Experience scaling engineering teams through rapid growth
• Experience implementing engineering processes that scale effectively at pace
• Experience working directly with customers and translating their needs into technical solutions
• You're data-driven but know when to trust intuition
• You're comfortable making decisions with incomplete information
• You excel at collaboration and influence across teams and stakeholders
• You have a track record of growing and developing engineering talent
• We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't quite match the full job spec!

Desirable

• We're looking for an ambitious and talented Engineering Manager to join Omnea, the UK's #1 Startup in 2026, as part of our Engineering leadership team
• As we grow from tens to hundreds of enterprise customers and through 10x revenue growth in the next 2-3 years, you'll play a crucial role in building and leading the best Engineering function in its category
• You'll be responsible for multiple teams, ensuring we ship high-quality solutions while maintaining the velocity a fast-growing environment demands
• You'll operate with high autonomy, collaborating closely with other EMs, Team Leads, and Product to drive real impact
• Lead multiple engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement
• Drive engineering best practices, quality standards, and high performance
• Mentor and develop engineers, helping them grow their careers and impact
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Team Leads and other key stakeholders on team structures and deliveries to ensure optimal outcomes
• Implement and refine engineering processes that scale
• Facilitate architectural decisions that impact multiple teams
• Champion quality improvements across teams while maintaining high velocity
• Ensure robust monitoring, observability, and incident response processes
• Partner with Product leadership to define and execute our technical roadmap
• Balance technical debt, feature development, and system reliability with other deliverables
• Ensure customer feedback drives technical priorities
• Accounting and Goods Receipting - ensuring procurement and finance teams have the right information and tools to operate accurately, automatically, and at scale
• Insights and Reporting - deep, complex custom visualisations bringing together AI and data to surface meaningful insights and context across the platform
• Sourcing - building the tools that find the right suppliers, shape the right deals, and make sure the best option is already in play before a request is even created
• Workflow Orchestration - the configurable backbone of our systems that accurately model company operations, underpinning a single source of truth
• And many more areas we’re actively starting or expanding upon!

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• We are targeting an April 2025 start for this role