Engineering Manager; m​/f​/d England, United Kingdom

About the role

We are in search of a self‑motivated, solution‑oriented and experienced Engineering Manager to join our Affinidi Elements team. In this role, you will work with global peers on teams dedicated to areas of the product portfolio, from the product, design, infrastructure, architecture, and back/front‑end engineering teams. You will be responsible for leading continued enhancement and development of a multi‑component platform, where your expert skills in designing, architecting, and building quality systems will intersect with your leadership skills of building high performing team culture and growing your team members.

• Lead the engineering team to develop features and improvements to the Affinidi Elements product in a secure, well‑tested, and performant way, primarily using Typescript with Node Js and React.
• Analyze and interpret highly complex problems and convert them into actionable tasks for the team.
• Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders (e.g. UX) to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast‑paced, iterative environment.
• Collaborate in building the product and technology roadmap with peers, product managers, designers, and stakeholders.
• Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance.
• Guide the team in solving technical problems with large scope and complexity.
• Guide the team in crafting code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high‑scale systems environment. Maintain and advocate for these standards through best practices within the team and department.
• Own delivery of significantly complex features and improvements. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and peers on larger projects.
• Lead by example and constantly coach and mentor engineers in achieving the next level of career and professional growth.
• Lead and create a diverse, dynamic, collaborative, transparent culture where everyone's ideas and opinions are equally valued.

• Have experience with a proven track record of leading engineering teams delivering production‑quality products in fast‑paced, global environments.
• Possess strong leadership skills in setting vision, fostering autonomy, mentoring, and driving collaboration across global, fast‑paced environments.
• Have strong experience leading teams to deliver production‑quality products according to industry standards, combined with excellent technical writing skills and the ability to guide the development and deployment of complex systems into production.
• Be an area hands‑on technical leader with strong coding skills and a pragmatic approach—able to balance direct contribution with strategic delegation.
• Have deep experience in diagnosing and preventing performance and optimization issues, and passionate about scaling knowledge through mentorship.
• Champion clean architecture, CI/CD, testing best practices, and coding standards.
• Bring a solid background in cloud‑native environments (AWS serverless preferred), microservices, and event‑driven architectures.
• Proficient in design patterns and architectural documentation (C4 Model, ADRs).
• Have experience in building developer tools such as CLIs, SDKs, and developer portals, ensuring seamless developer workflows.
• Be hands‑on with REST APIs, Test‑Driven Development, and committed to privacy by design, security, high‑performance systems, and inclusive communication.

• Unlimited vacation policy
• Competitive compensation package
• Work within international environment
• Learning Budget

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