Hybrid Engineering Manager

at Omnea

• Job title: Engineering Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: £110,000 - £150,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Distributed Systems, React, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Engineering Manager leading and managing engineering teams at Omnea, a tech startup specializing in AI-driven procurement solutions. Overseeing team performance and technical excellence while scaling operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement
• Drive engineering best practices, quality standards, and high performance
• Mentor and develop engineers, helping them grow their careers and impact
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Team Leads and other key stakeholders on team structures and deliveries to ensure optimal outcomes
• Implement and refine engineering processes that scale
• Facilitate architectural decisions that impact multiple teams
• Champion quality improvements across teams while maintaining high velocity
• Ensure robust monitoring, observability, and incident response processes
• Partner with Product leadership to define and execute our technical roadmap
• Balance technical debt, feature development, and system reliability with other deliverables
• Ensure customer feedback drives technical priorities

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years managing engineering teams
• You've successfully managed multiple teams simultaneously (typically 2-3 teams / 12-20 engineers)
• You've demonstrated success in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, particularly in rapid-growth periods
• Ideally, you have experience as an Engineering Manager at multiple companies, including at least one successful Series A+ SaaS company
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in modern web technologies
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture (preferably AWS), and scalability challenges
• Experience with our stack (TypeScript, React, AWS Serverless) is a plus, but not required
• Strong track record of successful project delivery in fast-paced environments
• Proven history of improving team velocity and quality
• Experience scaling engineering teams through rapid growth
• Experience implementing engineering processes that scale effectively at pace
• Experience working directly with customers and translating their needs into technical solutions
• You're data-driven but know when to trust intuition
• You're comfortable making decisions with incomplete information
• You excel at collaboration and influence across teams and stakeholders
• You have a track record of growing and developing engineering talent
• Track record of successful product launches in B2B SaaS is a plus
• Experience with procurement / finance systems is a plus
• History of contributions to engineering communities is a plus

Benefits

• Offers Equity