Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager – Monzo Bank

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone. We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking. After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts, accounts for 16‑17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save, invest and combine their pensions with us. With our hot coral cards and get‑paid‑early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award‑winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers! We’re not about selling products – we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo. Hear from our UK team about what it\’s like working at Monzo.

📍 London or Remote (UK) | 💰 Base salary for this role is £110,500 – £145,000 + stock options + benefits.

Engineering Management at Monzo

Engineering Managers are part of cross‑functional, autonomous teams and groups. Teams are mission‑driven and typically include Product Managers, backend, web and mobile engineers, data scientists, designers and subject matter experts relevant to that mission. Teams are organised into groups and then collectives – we aim to keep our line management structure as shallow as possible, and for teams to directly own decision making relevant to their work.

The role is split into three pillars – people, product and technical leadership. Managers are accountable for the technical and delivery outcomes for their area – that means supporting and developing best‑in‑class engineering talent, as well as creating an inclusive team environment for people to do their best work. You can read more on expectations in our Progression Framework.

The Role

We’re continuously hiring Engineering Managers as we continue to grow and build new teams. We hire on a pipeline‑based approach, so your application will be considered across all of our open EM positions. We use the interview process to assess your strengths and match you to a role that best aligns with your experience. Of course, this is a collaborative process so you can also tell us which roles you’re most interested in as you progress through interviews. Currently hiring across Platform, Core App and Expansion.

You’ll Spend Your Time

• Taking accountability for delivery across your squad(s), collaborating with the Technical Lead and Product Manager.
• Actively fostering a high bar for engineering excellence within your teams. You’re accountable for the technical outcomes your teams deliver alongside individual engineer performance and growth, so holding a high bar (and clearly articulating your expectations) is key.
• You’ll initially lead a group of around 7‑10 engineers and support, coach and develop them through their careers with regular 1:1s and continuous feedback.
• Partner with senior engineers in your area to drive technical initiatives that raise the bar for our engineering practices.
• Lead on communication with stakeholders from other teams, creating focus space for engineers to do their best work.
• Collaborate with the wider engineering organisation to contribute to company‑wide best managerial and technical practices and standards.

You Should Apply If

While this is not a role which requires hands‑on coding, we are looking for an experienced manager who has a strong technical and delivery background and has worked as a software engineer in previous roles.

• Is comfortable operating with ambiguous problem areas with a high degree of autonomy.
• It’s a bonus if you have experience working in an experimentation‑led environment.
• Has delivery experience and is able to guide the squads in achieving their outcomes.
• Focuses on outcomes over processes, who optimises for the highest impact and leverage.
• Is able to input, understand and challenge engineering decisions – but to empower the team to make those decisions themselves.
• Has an understanding of what good looks like for a high‑performing team of engineers and ability to chart a course to get there.
• Is able to coach people to achieve their goals.
• Has a natural ability to inspire and motivate a team.

We consider your application across all open EM roles at Monzo independent of which role you’ve applied for, so if you’ve recently applied to a similar role and have been unsuccessful, please wait 6 months before applying again.

How We Work

Our main tech hub is in London, but our engineers live everywhere in the UK – from Brighton to the Western Isles. We value meeting in person but there’s no pressure to come into the office, even if you’re nearby. We believe you’ll do your best work if you are where you want to be. If you live outside of London and we ask you to come into the office, Monzo will support you with the costs.

Our offices are naturally social, especially Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, which happen to line up with our twice‑weekly Monzo lunches & treat Thursdays. Teams also schedule time together often for work and play – in or around the office, or online.

Set up a work schedule that delivers impact and fits your life. At Monzo, we value connections, flexibility and wellbeing. We keep our meetings during core hours to stay connected and believe in maintaining work/life balance.

The Interview Process

After an initial informal 30 min recruiting call, our interview process involves two main stages.

• Initial Call Interview (1 hour) – You’ll meet with one of our Senior Engineering Managers or Engineering Directors. They’ll ask you about your previous experience, in particular people leadership, product delivery and technical leadership, and example‑based questions.
• Loop Stage (3 hours 30 mins) – Consists of 3 × 60 min interviews that take place over 1–2 days and one 30 min reverse interview.

The Loop is one stage, and the interviews in the Loop are:

• Team and Org Management (1 hour) – Example‑based interview with 1–2 of our engineering leaders, focusing on your people leadership style and impact.
• System Design (1 hour) – You’ll partner with a Staff or Principal Engineer on a technical white‑boarding exercise.
• Behavioural (1 hour) – Example‑based interview with 1–2 Engineering Leaders, focusing on your people leadership style.
• Chat with an Engineering Leader (30 min) – Opportunity to ask us any questions about Monzo, engineering leadership or our teams.

All things going well, you’ll have completed the hiring process. Our average process takes around 3–4 weeks but we will always work around your availability.

What’s In It For You

• Base salary range: £110,500 – £144,000 depending on experience + stock options & benefits.
• We can help you relocate to the UK.
• We can sponsor visas.
• We offer flexible working with no company mandate on how often you need to come into the office. You can be London based or remote within the UK with ad hoc visits to our London office.
• We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.
• Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferences.
• And much more – see our full list of benefits.

Equal Opportunities

We’re an equal‑opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or disability status. If you have a preferred name, please use it to apply – we don’t need full or birth names at application stage. We embrace diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do their best work with us. Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. You can read more in our blog, 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report.