Engineering Manager - London

Engineering Manager

AI is embedded in how we work and what we build. On the engineering side, it spans the whole workflow: our Notion, Jira, Git Hub and Slack are AI-connected so you get up to speed fast, and day-to-day it helps with specifying features, writing and reviewing code, and automated AI PR review on every pull request. When something goes wrong in production, AI surfaces context across systems quickly.

We also embrace agentic coding, using AI as an active collaborator, not just a prompt-by-prompt co-pilot.

We expect candidates to use AI tools in our coding interviews. The bar is understanding your code and owning what you produce. That reflects how we work every day.

Required skills and experience:

• You have around 5-8 years of experience managing software engineers
• For this role, we're looking for someone who has managed (and will continue to) around 8-10 software engineers.
• You come from a technical background - ideally in software engineering, where you were a hands-on IC.
• You are a people manager who builds an effective work culture that improves the working lives of your team.
• You have experience managing larger teams where it's necessary to build processes and systems of delegation to get work done.
• You act as a problem finder and solver technically and organizationally, helping the team to overcome any issue that prevents your engineering fellows to perform at their best.
• You run effective performance reviews that celebrate achievements and help your team identify where to grow next in line with their aspirations and the needs of the business.
• Pragmatism and obsession for simplicity, efficiency, and performance.
• You have the ability to adapt and react fast to an ever-changing environment.
• Managing AI-Driven Development:
  Experience with—or a strong interest in—modern AI-augmented workflows. This includes driving your team to leverage agentic workflows, develop custom agentic skills to extend AI capabilities.

How We Work

At Perk, we take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in real life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.

For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world, English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Do not forget to submit an updated portfolio and/or resume.

Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. We're an equal opportunity employer, which means you're welcome at Perk regardless of how you look, where you're from, or anything else that makes you, well, you.

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