Engineering Manager

We're looking for an ambitious Engineering Manager to help shape the next stage of our growth at one of the UK's fastest-growing technology companies, transforming pharmacy through digital innovation. You'll lead engineers across multiple cross-functional squads, taking ownership of delivery, raising engineering standards and driving real impact for our patients, partners and business. With the autonomy to make decisions and shape how your teams work, you'll play a key role in our continued growth.

You'll also help lead our shift towards AI-native engineering, embracing the latest tools and rethinking how we build and deliver software. And you'll do it all in healthcare, where innovation and pace go hand in hand with quality, reliability and patient safety.

On a day-to-day basis, you'll be involved in the following:

• Leading engineers across a couple of cross-functional squads that each own a key area of the business end to end and setting their pace, standards and results
• Reshaping how your squads work around AI tooling, and measuring what it does for speed and quality
• Getting your squads shipping in small, frequent releases, cutting through whatever slows delivery down and improving cycle time
• Hiring strong engineers, setting clear goals and coaching people to do their best work and noticing early when someone needs support
• Focusing effort where it matters most for patients, partners and revenue and making trade-offs with the whole company in mind
• Owning delivery for your squads outright, working closely with their Product Owners and Principal Engineers, so the business can trust what your squads commit to
• Owning your squads’ engineering practices and production systems, from code review and testing to release and learning from every incident
• Staying hands-on by reviewing code, pairing with engineers and picking up the occasional piece of delivery
• Working across our stack:
  Type Script, React, Next.js, Vite, Playwright, Node, Koa, Postgres, Kubernetes and GCP

Ideally, we’re looking for someone with the following:

• Experience leading engineering teams to high performance, growing people and hiring well
• Conviction that AI changes how engineering teams work and a desire to lead that change
• Urgency with judgement, moving fast, bringing your team with you and knowing the difference between pace and rushing
• High standards, with honest, supportive feedback that helps people reach them
• A strong engineering background, credible in a code review and a technical debate, ideally with full-stack web experience
• A whole-company view, choosing the pragmatic option when the business needs it over the perfect technical solution
• Clear communication, from landing a delivery risk with the exec team to a career conversation with an engineer
• A wish to be in our Glasgow office regularly to build a strong team culture

And in joining Phlo, you'llreceivea competitive package designed to support your wellbeing,development and success,including:

• Salary between £70,000 and £85,000 depending on experience
• Shape the future of engineering at Phlo, leading multiple cross-functional squads with end-to-end ownership of delivery and a direct impact on patients, partners and business growth.
• Lead our shift towards AI-native engineering, championing the latest tools and technologies to transform how our teams build and deliver software.
• Company Bonus Scheme – up to 10% depending on performance
• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of 8 bank holidays)
• An extra day of annual leave for every complete year of service, up to 5 extra days
• An extra day off for your Birthday to prolong the celebrations
• Pension scheme – 5% employer contribution
• Private Medical Insurance via Vitality
• Bereavement Leave policy…