Engineering Team Manager

Role: Engineering Team Manager

Salary: Up to £65,000

Benefits: Unlimited Holiday, EMI Share options, £50 monthly wellbeing allowance, enhanced parental leave, menopause support, x8 company paid therapy sessions, health cash back plan, private healthcare options, cycle to work scheme + more

Contract: Full time, flexible working hours

Location: Bristol (hybrid) – we ask all team members to come into the office at least 3 times per quarter

Signable is hiring an Engineering Team Manager, this is a role focused on people development – supporting the wellbeing, development and performance of up to 8 software engineers. Supporting engineers with their career development, and enabling them to do their best work. Success in this role is measured by the strength of your team, not the code you write. This is a key role as we continue to scale and invest in our engineers.

We’re Signable, a Bristol‑based SaaS company that’s been helping businesses send, sign, and manage documents digitally since 2007. Today, thousands of teams across the UK and beyond trust our eSignature platform, including Aardman, Co‑op, Octopus Energy, Krispy Kreme, and Regatta.

We’re a values‑driven, people‑first team, and we’re proud to be recognised as a Great Place to Work® for Tech, Women, and Wellbeing in 2025. With a 4.8/5 rating on Glassdoor, genuine flexibility, and a culture built on trust and belonging, we aim to be a place where people can grow and feel supported to do their best work.

We’re not just a tech company. We’re a collaborative team who listen, learn, and make things better together. Whether we’re improving product features, experimenting with new capabilities, or evolving how we work, we stay focused on creating meaningful experiences for our customers and our team.

We’re building for a future where digital signing is always human, helpful and within reach. With ambitious plans for growth, we’re looking for people who want to create, collaborate, and make a real impact for our customers and our team.

If this sounds like you, now is a great time to get involved.

• Lead, mentor and coach a team of engineers across a range of experience levels
• Build trusted relationships through regular one‑to‑one, feedback, and meaningful development conversations
• Own personal development plans, competency reviews, and progression conversations, ensuring they are fair, consistent, and transparent
• Support engineers in developing both technical and non‑technical skills
• Create a culture of accountability, psychological safety, and continuous improvement
• Set clear expectations and help individuals perform at a high bar without burning out

• Shape an environment where engineers can focus, collaborate effectively, and deliver consistently
• Remove blockers, increase clarity, and improve flow across the team
• Champion modern, healthy engineering practices that balance quality, speed, and sustainability
• Drive continuous improvement in how work is planned, delivered, and reflected on
• Partner with other Team Managers to align ways of working and manage cross‑squad dependencies

• Support predictable, high‑quality delivery by improving team practices rather than micromanaging execution
• Use data and insight (such as delivery and team health metrics) to guide improvement and inform decision making
• Work closely with Product and other stakeholders to translate business goals into clear, achievable outcomes
• Communicate progress, risks, and context clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences

• Contribute to building great teams through thoughtful hiring
• Help shape role descriptions, take part in interviews, and provide constructive, consistent feedback
• Support effective onboarding so new engineers feel welcomed, supported, and productive quickly

• Maintain a solid understanding of modern software engineering practices, without needing to be the most hands‑on engineer in the room
• Help uphold high standards around code quality, testing, security, and reliability
• Advocate for pragmatic…