Engineering Manager; Superapp

About Lendable

Lendable is on a mission to make consumer finance amazing: faster, cheaper, and friendlier. We're building one of the world’s leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start:

• One of the UK’s newest unicorns with a team of just over 600 people

• Among the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK

• Profitable since 2017

• Backed by top investors including Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs

• Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot
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So far, we’ve rebuilt the Big Three consumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance. We get money into our customers’ hands in minutes instead of days.

We’re growing fast, and there’s a lot more to do: we’re going after the two biggest Western markets (UK and US) where trillions worth of financial products are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes.

About the role

Engineering Managers at Lendable are a unique group of amazing humans that combe strategic insight, hands-on technical leadership, and strong people management to shape and evolve our engineering teams. They operate at the convergence of business goals, technical execution, and team coaching, ensuring that every project and process aligns seamlessly with our mission and values. They build a resilient foundation for sustained success by focusing on team growth and technical innovation.

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead one of the teams delivering our Zable App, used by over 1 million customers on iOS and Android. In this role, you’ll act as both a visionary and a hands-on leader, driving the team’s delivery efficiency, technical excellence, and cross-functional collaboration. You’ll own and refine the delivery process, balancing feature development with technical investments and maintaining high team development standards.

With a proactive approach, you’ll guide the team to meet our business goals while nurturing a collaborative and growth-oriented culture.

There’s much to accomplish as an Engineering Manager ’ll help create a high-performing, resilient team that achieves today’s objectives while building a foundation for long-term success. From enhancing delivery quality to developing a robust, valuable platform, your work will ensure we deliver impactful solutions that meet the needs of our customers and stakeholders alike.

Our Tech Stack

The backend of our Zable app is Kotlin, AWS, Graph

QL and the frontend is React Native with Type Script. Across the rest of Lendable we also use PHP 8, Symfony 6&7, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Postgre

SQL, Rabbit

MQ, Docker, Kubernetes, React & React Native, Type Script, MobX, Redux, Stylus and SASS, Jenkins, Behat, PHPUnit, Jest, Selenium, Maestro and Detox.

How you'll have an impact

• Own and optimise the delivery process to ensure features reach customers efficiently, contributing directly to quarterly and yearly OKRs focused on customer satisfaction and delivery timelines.

• Collaborate with Product Managers to balance feature development with technical improvements, achieving a sustainable pace for the team that aligns with business outcomes.

• Build and develop a high-performing team by conducting regular assessments, cross-training, and implementing clear career progression pathways, supporting team resilience and adaptability.

• Drive technical strategy in alignment with business goals, using insights from Tech Leads and senior engineers to make strategic trade-offs between short-term deliverables and long-term technical investments.

• Ensure high-quality output by establishing best practices in quality assurance and incident management, tracking metrics such as uptime and incident reduction in the team’s area.

• Facilitate…