Engineering Manager in Cardiff

About Us

At our company, we offer pay-as-you-go car insurance. We know people's lifestyles are changing, and our insurance provides our customers with flexible cover by the hour, day, or week, so they can get cover when they need it, and not when they don’t. We are proud to have over a million customers and to be backed by Admiral Group, voted Best UK Car Insurance Provider six years in a row by The Personal Finance Awards.

Please note: this is a hybrid role based in our Cardiff office once or twice a week.

Key Responsibilities

• Be both highly technical and an effective people manager, acting as a subject matter expert within your product domain.
• Lead a team delivering multiple projects with growing dependencies in high-impact or ambiguous areas, while participating in technical design and helping shape engineering decisions.
• Work closely with your team and cross-functional partners to define and influence strategy, drive roadmap creation, and ensure strong execution.
• Collaborate across functions to deliver engineering initiatives and achieve shared outcomes, building effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Measure the impact of your team, setting clear expectations, goals, and priorities to enable high performance.
• Partner with leadership on organisation design, team contribution, and long-term prioritisation.

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Previous people-management experience within a technical environment, including supporting, developing, and coaching engineers while driving high-quality delivery.
• Strong experience working within a cloud environment (AWS, Azure, or GCP), with knowledge of cloud-native architecture, deployments, and modern engineering practices.
• Proven experience leading architectural decision-making, providing technical direction, and ensuring systems are scalable, secure, and maintainable.

Desirable

• Extensive hands-on software engineering experience, demonstrating strong proficiency across modern development practices, tooling, and coding standards, with the ability to dive into technical detail when required.
• Experience building end-to-end web/mobile-based solutions, including designing and developing APIs, integrating with external systems, and managing server-client interactions to deliver robust, scalable products.
• Significant backend development experience, ideally using Python and Django, with a strong understanding of service architecture, performance optimisation, and reliable system design.
• Proven experience in recruiting, developing, and supporting technical teams, creating an environment where engineers can perform at their best and grow their capability over time.
• BA/BS in Computer Science (or equivalent proven experience) demonstrating strong foundational knowledge in engineering principles, system design, and software architecture.

Interview Process

At our company, we like to keep things transparent, so you know what to expect. Our interview process usually includes stages:

• Initial conversation with the Talent team
• First stage interview with the Head of Technology (Remote)
• Second stage technical interview with two Engineering Managers (On-site)
• Final Interview with a member of senior leadership (Remote or On-site)

We aim to complete the process as quickly as possible, but we’ll always work around your availability. You’ll be supported by our recruitment team throughout, and if you have any questions, please get in touch.

As a Disability Confident Leader, for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition, that opt into the Disability Confident scheme, we’ll invite a fair and proportionate number of applicants that meet the essential requirements of the role to the first stage of our selection process. If you need any adjustments or support with your application or during the recruitment process, just let us know.

Admiral: Where You Can

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can be yourself and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can grow and progress at a pace and direction that suits you, make a difference for our customers and each other, and share in our future with all colleagues eligible for up to £1,000 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 25 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 30 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over three years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality, or any of the protected characteristics.

Our fantastic benefits ensure our colleagues have a great work-life balance.