Engineering Manager in London

About Birdie

At Birdie, we’re reimagining care for older adults. We’re building the technology that powers the future of home healthcare, empowering care teams with tools to deliver better, more dignified care, and enabling older people to thrive in their own homes for longer. Our all-in-one solution powers millions of care visits every month, equipping care providers with the tools they need to deliver exceptional, efficient care. We’re not here to tinker at the edges. We’re here to radically transform a broken system.

Your mission

As Engineering Manager, your responsibility is to build happy, healthy, engaged teams that deliver timely impact, sustainably. You will proactively role model this craft to other EMs and partner with other leaders on opportunities to level up the wider org. You will directly support engineers with their personal & professional development, and guide the entire team (in partnership with product and design peers) to deliver exceptional software that has measurable impact for our customers. And you will grow with us, taking on increasing responsibility (such as line managing other managers) over time. This role will oversee our Storks function, this team owns all things Data & Security, including aspects like authentication/authorisation, data import & export and integration.

How you will contribute

• You coach, guide and unblock engineers in their career, personal development, and ability to craft high-quality software.
• You invest with product and design peers in your effectiveness as team leaders together.
• You work with product and design peers to deliver on a compelling strategy (aligned with company objectives), driving ambiguity out of plans and making tradeoffs explicit.
• You use your technical background and ability to empower, mentor and lead engineers, deeply empathising with their challenges.
• You take ownership of team services, ensuring your team delivers good software and a high standard of service to users.
• You own the shape of your engineering team, collaborating closely with talent acquisition and people chapters to ensure the right composition now and in the future.

We’d love to hear from you if

• You have proven experience as an Engineering Manager with successful people management skills and a bias for action.
• You have a strong set of technical skills, able to weigh in on technical discussions and drive good technical practices.
• You have applied knowledge of the ins and outs of coaching & growing distributed product teams.
• You embrace change, are able to take a step back.
• You focus on outcomes over processes, and coach your team to do the same.
• You are someone who is inspired by, and seeks to embody our values.
• You are humble, and you love learning new things and can mentor or coach others.
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

What you’ll get from us

• Competitive base salary, reviewed against benchmarks annually.
• Generous stock options - because we’re building this together.
• Bi-annual performance cycles with individual compensation reviews.
• Annual personal learning budget and access to training, coaching and mentorship.
• Time and space for growth - you set your development goals, we back them.
• Hybrid working - 1 day per month in our London HQ.
• Budget to set up your home workspace.
• Regular in-person meetups, socials and offsites.
• 33 days holiday (25 days + public holidays).
• Extra day off on your birthday (use it whenever you like!).
• Company shutdown between Christmas and New Year.
• 2 volunteering days each year to give back to causes that matter.
• Industry leading paid primary and secondary caregiver leave.
• 5 paid days for fertility treatments for those who need it.
• Private health insurance with AXA.
• Wellbeing perks via Happl (gym discounts, mental health support, and more).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 4% employer pension contribution when you contribute 5% (UK).
• A deeply human, radically transparent culture.

Why Birdie?

Because you want to do meaningful work that improves lives - and grow at speed while doing it. We’re building more than a product - we’re building a movement. A movement to show that tech, when built with empathy and integrity, can change lives. We’re a team of entrepreneurs, dreamers, and doers. Join us to shape the future of care, work alongside ambitious, kind people, and help reimagine how society cares for its older adults. We dream big, act fast, and work collaboratively with one goal in mind: to create a world where we all age with confidence.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture. That means creating a hiring process that gives everyone a fair chance regardless of background, identity or lived experience. Need adjustments or support during the application process? Let us know. We’re here to help.

Ready to build the future of care? Apply now. Be part of something that matters.