Engineering Manager - Funding Circle

We are looking for a Data Platform Engineering Manager to join our Data Platform Engineering team which sits under Tech and Data.

Our mission is to build the place where small businesses get the funding they need to win. We do this by uniting cutting-edge data and technology to deliver an unbeatable customer experience. With a decade of expertise under our belt, we've built a game-changer of a platform that's reshaping the landscape of SME lending. Say goodbye to lengthy applications and hello to lightning-fast decisions! In just minutes, SMEs across the UK can get an instant decision, giving them access to affordable funding in a flash. 99% of businesses are small businesses! And in most cases aren't given the finance they need to grow. We're here to change that because the world needs small business.

The role

• Team Leadership & Management: Lead, manage, and mentor a team of data platform engineers, fostering a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive team culture. Oversee the recruitment, onboarding, and performance management processes for the team. Set clear goals and expectations, providing regular feedback and guidance to team members.
• Delivery Management: Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of projects within the data platform roadmap, ensuring timely and high-quality outcomes. Manage the team's backlog, prioritise tasks effectively. Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for platform health and team delivery.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Management: Build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with key stakeholders, including technical and business leaders. Understand stakeholder needs and translate them into actionable requirements for the data platform. Communicate the team's roadmap, progress, challenges, and successes clearly and proactively to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Engineer Development & Mentoring: Actively invest in the career development of your team members through coaching, mentoring, and identifying growth opportunities. Create personalized development plans and support engineers in acquiring new skills and expertise. Foster a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and technical curiosity within the team.

What we're looking for

• Proven experience managing and leading a high-performing software or data engineering teams in a product-driven environment.
• Proven track record of mentoring and developing engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and professional growth.
• Demonstrable experience in managing project delivery, including planning, prioritisation, and execution (experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies is highly desirable).
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Ideally you would have the following

• Solid understanding of modern data platform architectures, components and concepts (e.g., data warehousing, data lakehouse, ETL/ELT processes, data orchestration, streaming data, data governance).
• Experience shaping data platform strategy and vision, aligning technical capabilities with evolving business needs and helping drive technical innovation.
• A proactive approach to identifying and implementing improvements related to platform reliability, scalability, performance, and cost.

At Funding Circle we are committed to building diverse teams so please apply even if your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the requirements.

Why join us?

At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We're proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative-action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better.

As a flexible-first employer we offer hybrid working at Funding Circle, and we've long believed in a 'best of both' approach to in-office collaboration and non-office days. We expect our teams to be in our London office three times a week, where you can take advantage of our newly refurbished hybrid working space, barista made coffee and subsidised lunches every day!

We back our Circlers to build their own incredible career, making a difference to small businesses every day. Our Circler proposition is designed to support employees both in and out of work, and it is anchored around four pillars: Health, Wealth, Development & Lifestyle.

A few highlights:

• Flexibility: We provide you with a benefit allowance so that you can tailor your benefit selection to you and your family's needs.
• Health: Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Assessments (including female fertility health assessments), eyecare vouchers, flu jabs, Wellhub (for discounted flexible gym membership and access to wellbeing apps) access to a free Employee Assistance Programme and free Digital GP for yourself and any children under 16.
• Wealth: Life Assurance, Income Protection, Critical Illness Cover, financial coaching through Octopus Money Coach, a tax-advantaged share scheme, a free mortgage advisor partnership and discounts across numerous retailers through Perks at Work.
• Development: Dedicated annual Learning & Development allowance and full access to internal learning platform.
• Lifestyle: Electric Car Scheme, Cycle to Work scheme, Season Ticket Loans, and more!

And finally, we have award winning parental leave policies supporting parents through enhanced maternity, partner and adoption leave, as well as additional leave for parental bereavement and for fertility treatments.

Ready to make a difference? We'd love to hear from you.