Engineering Manager

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone. We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking. 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.

Engineering Management at Monzo: Engineering Managers at Monzo are part of cross-functional, autonomous teams and groups. Our teams are mission-driven, and typically include Product Managers, backend, web and mobile engineers as well as 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 Engineering Manager role at Monzo is split into three pillars - people, product, and technical leadership. Engineering 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. We’re continuously hiring Engineering Managers as we continue to grow and build new teams. We hire on a pipeline-based approach which means your application will be considered across all of our open EM positions. We use the interview process to assess your strengths and we’ll match you to a role that best aligns with your experience.

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.
• Holding a high bar for technical outcomes your teams deliver alongside individual engineer performance and growth.
• Leading a group of around 7-10 engineers (depending on the role) and supporting, coaching and developing them through their career with regular 1:1s and continuous feedback.
• Partnering with senior engineers in your area to drive technical initiatives that raise the bar for our engineering practices.
• Leading communication with stakeholders from other teams, creating focus space for engineers to do their best work.
• Collaborating with the wider engineering organisation to contribute to company-wide best managerial and technical practices and standards.

You should apply if:

• You have a strong technical and delivery background and have worked as a software engineer in previous roles.
• You are comfortable operating with ambiguous problem areas with a high degree of autonomy.
• You have delivery experience and are able to guide the squads in achieving their outcomes.
• You focus on outcomes over processes, optimising for the highest impact and leverage.
• You can input, understand and challenge engineering decisions while empowering the team to make those decisions themselves.
• You have an understanding of what good looks like for a high-performing team of engineers and the ability to chart a course to get there.
• You can coach people to achieve their goals.
• You have a natural ability to inspire and motivate a team.

How we work: Locations & Flexible Working: Our main tech hub is in London, but our engineers live everywhere in the UK. 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) and Loop Stage (3 hours 30 mins). The Loop stage consists of 3 x 60 min interviews and one 30 minute reverse interview.

What’s in it for you: Base salary range for this role is between £110,500 - £144,000 depending on experience + stock options & benefits. 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. 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.

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, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.