Engineering Manager in England

Fundment is a fast-growing wealth infrastructure company transforming the £3 trillion UK wealth management industry. Our modern investment platform is becoming the platform of choice for financial advisers and their clients. We’re building high-performance tools with modern technology to create a better investment experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and grow a small engineering pod – providing technical direction and mentoring
• Contribute hands-on – designing solutions, reviewing code, and writing scalable backend systems
• Drive delivery of technical projects from design through deployment and monitoring
• Act as L2 escalation point for production issues – bringing urgency and technical judgement where needed
• Collaborate with Product and Operations to turn real-world problems into pragmatic technical solutions
• Champion engineering standards through architecture reviews, design discussions, and peer feedback
• Stay current with modern technologies and help foster a culture of technical curiosity and improvement
• Python 3.x with FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy, Pandas, and NumPy
• Environments: Linux-based systems

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience as a senior engineer or technical lead, including 2+ years mentoring or leading others
• Deep Python expertise, with strong knowledge of modern frameworks and async APIs
• Experience designing and delivering robust systems in fast-paced product teams
• Comfortable working across infrastructure, observability, and deployment pipelines
• Strong communicator who works well across engineering, product, and operational teams
• Track record of delivering reliable, maintainable software with a bias for impact
• (Bonus) Experience working in a regulated or financial services environment

Our Values

• Collaborative – We solve problems together, with empathy and respect
• Innovative – We challenge assumptions and rethink what’s possible
• Supportive – We help each other grow and succeed
• Flexible – We adapt and evolve quickly as we scale
• Trustworthy – We deliver on our promises

Company Benefits

• Be part of a modern, inclusive, high-trust engineering culture
• Take ownership and ship code that directly improves client outcomes
• Work with a smart, friendly team that values balance, growth, and support
• Enjoy flexibility: hybrid working (3 days/week in our Fitzrovia office)
• Competitive benefits including:
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Enhanced parental leave

Seniorities

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology and Engineering

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