Engineering Manager TLNT1_NI in Derry

Engineering Manager opportunity at a fast growing technology company in a mission critical, regulated domain. AI first engineering culture, fluency with AI tooling is central to how this team works and delivers.

This is a hands on Engineering Manager position with full ownership of the engineering function. You will lead the team day to day, drive delivery against business goals, own engineering processes and tooling, and embed AI first practices across the entire development workflow.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the engineering team day to day including one to ones, performance management, hiring and team development.
• Drive the adoption of AI across the engineering function from coding practice through design and review - set the standard and challenge engineers who are not using tools effectively.
• Own engineering processes and tooling including CI and CD, code review, testing, observability and incident response.
• Manage AWS spend and engineering capability spend with a genuine understanding of the architectural levers behind cloud cost.
• Contribute to technical decisions, architectural guidance and code reviews as the most senior engineer in the organisation.
• Manage relationships with senior business leadership, translating between engineering and business priorities.
• Align engineering output with operational priorities, client needs and business timelines.
• Set the cultural tone for the engineering function - the way you operate under pressure defines the floor for the team.
• Operate independently and handle ambiguity - own problems end to end and make calls when the answer is not obvious.

What You'll Need:

Essential:

• Demonstrable AI fluency in your own engineering work, with evidence of driving AI adoption across at least one team.
• A track record of managing engineers directly with examples of hiring, performance management and team development.
• Experience reporting to or working closely with non-technical executive leadership.
• Hands on engineering background with recent and credible experience in a modern web and cloud stack.
• Comfortable operating as the sole senior engineering leader in a small, fast moving startup environment.
• Composure and integrity under pressure - direct feedback, willingness to admit mistakes and calm under stress.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with regulated or mission critical software environments.
• Ownership of an engineering or cloud budget line.
• Experience working effectively alongside third party delivery partners.

Why Apply?

• Salary up to £85,000 plus a defined performance bonus on agreed targets.
• Hybrid working from Derry/Londonderry, minimum three days per week in office with flexibility on the remainder.
• Full ownership of the engineering function with direct access to CEO level leadership.
• AI first culture where tooling and automation are genuinely central to how the team works.
• Mission critical, regulated domain with real world impact and high standards across security and compliance.
• Free food and drinks from the onsite cafe, subsidised gym membership and bike to work scheme.
• Flexible and hybrid working including condensed working patterns.
• Ground floor leadership opportunity at exactly the right moment in the company's growth trajectory.

For a confidential conversation about this opportunity, please reach out to Nick Napier directly on LinkedIn or submit your CV via the link below.