Senior Manager, Architecture & Engineering in London

Meet DeepLDeepL is a global AI product and research company focused on building secure, intelligent solutions to complex business problems. Over 200,000 business customers and millions of individuals across 228 global markets today trust DeepL's Language AI platform for human-like translation, improved writing and real-time voice translation.Founded in 2017 by CEO Jaroslaw “Jarek” Kutylowski, DeepL now has around 1,000 passionate employees and is supported by world-renowned investors including Benchmark, IVP, and Index Ventures.Our goal is to become the global leader in trusted, intelligent AI technology, building products that drive better communication, foster connections, and create a meaningful impact. What sets us apartWhat sets us apart is our blend of cutting-edge AI technology, meaningful work, and a culture where people truly thrive. This might be because of our technology that helps millions of people and businesses communicate and work better every day, or because of the trust, curiosity, and care that shape our culture.What we know for sure is this: being part of DeepL means joining a team dedicated to innovation, growth, and well-being. Meet the team behind this journeyVoice for Meetings builds DeepL's real time AI voice technology for professional collaboration. The team works on in call transcription, translation, and voice intelligence, delivered live across the meeting platforms people already use every day.The engineering problems are genuinely hard. Everything happens in real time, latency is measured in milliseconds, and quality is immediately visible to the person on the call. The team sits close to our applied science colleagues, so engineering and research work side by side rather than at arm's length.Your responsibilitiesAs Senior Engineering Manager for Voice for Meetings, you will lead the engineering team building DeepL's real time AI voice products. Lead, develop, and grow a team of senior engineers, owning hiring, performance, and career development.Drive end to end delivery of real time voice features from architecture through to production, holding a high bar for quality and pace at the same time.Stay close enough to the detail to challenge senior engineers credibly and to get into the code yourself when it helps.Understand how inference, preprocessing, and training data drift affect the product, and translate between model realities and delivery commitments.Make and communicate clear technical trade offs under real constraints, including latency budgets, model quality, and timelines.Spot risks and gaps beyond your own remit and fix them properly, leaving the teams around you better off rather than just unblocking yourself.Qualities we look forWe care much more about how you think and what you have built than whether your background matches ours exactly.You have managed engineers directly and owned a team's delivery, performance, and development. You have led teams building product that users touch. Inference, preprocessing, data drift, and what breaks when a model meets real users. You have strong product and commercial instinct. You frame engineering trade offs in terms of user and business outcomes.Nice to haveExperience with voice, speech, or audio technology, including ASR, TTS, or real time audio pipelines. A strong plus rather than a requirement, and we are genuinely open to engineering leaders from other technically demanding domains.Experience building in a startup or a small product organisation, including something ambitious that did not work out.What we offerDiverse and internationally distributed team: joining our team means becoming part of a large, global community with people of more than 90 nationalities. Our global presence is growing-we've doubled in size nearly every year, with our employees based in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the US, and Japan, and we continue to expand our network.Open communication, regular feedback: as a language-focused company, we value the importance of clear, honest communication. Hybrid work, flexible hours: we offer a hybrid work schedule, with team members coming into the office twice a week. This allows you to engage directly with your team and experience the unique energy of our workspace, while still enjoying the flexibility and comfort of working from home. With flexible working hours and trust in your productivity, we are in sync with your team’s general locations and time zones to foster effective and seamless collaboration.Virtual Shares - An ownership mindset in every role. We believe everyone should share in our success, and that’s why every employee receives Virtual Shares, linking your contribution directly to DeepL’s growth and rewarding you with a stake in our future.Regular in-person team events: we bond over vibrant events that are as unique as our team, from local team and business unit gatherings, to new-joiner onboardings, to company-wide events that bring us all together-literally.Monthly full-day hacking sessions: every month, we have Hack Fridays, where you can spend your time diving into a project you're passionate about and get the opportunity to work with other teams-we value your initiatives, impact, and creativity.30 days of annual leave: we value your peace of mind. With 30 days off (excluding public holidays) and access to mental health resources, we make sure you're as strong mentally as you are professionally.Competitive benefits: just as our team spans the globe, so does our benefits package. We've crafted it to reflect the diversity of our team and tailored it to align with your unique location, to ensure you feel supported every step of the way.It’s in our diversity that we will find the power to break down language barriers in the world.