At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering teams to evolve architecture and operational capabilities for Trainline’s supply ecosystem.
- Company: Trainline is focused on modernising the supply platform with innovative technology solutions.
- Benefits: Enjoy private healthcare, generous work from abroad policy, and excellent family-friendly benefits.
- Other info: The position involves collaboration with Product, Data Science, and Commercial stakeholders.
- Why this job: This role offers the chance to drive AI-enabled workflows and large-scale platform transformation.
- Qualifications: Significant experience in leading engineering teams and delivering complex initiatives in large-scale environments.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
As the Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead multiple engineering teams responsible for evolving the architecture, tooling, and operational capabilities that power Trainline’s supply ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Lead multiple engineering teams and Engineering Managers, supporting growth and development through coaching, feedback, and inclusive leadership practices.
- Define and drive the long‑term technical vision for how supply is integrated, managed, and scaled across the Trainline platform.
- Own end‑to‑end delivery across the Supply Platform domain, ensuring initiatives deliver measurable operational and business impact.
- Partner closely with Product, Data Science, Commercial, and Supply stakeholders to align technical strategy with evolving customer, platform, and business needs.
- Drive the adoption of AI‑enabled and agentic workflows across engineering and operational processes, identifying practical opportunities to improve scalability, automation, and efficiency.
- Lead large‑scale platform modernisation and architectural transformation initiatives, balancing long‑term strategic investment with pragmatic delivery priorities.
- Provide technical leadership across platform architecture, APIs, system interactions, and operational workflows, helping teams make effective and sustainable technical decisions.
- Champion engineering excellence by promoting resilient, observable, and scalable systems, while fostering a culture of experimentation, continuous learning, and operational improvement.
Qualifications
- Significant experience leading multiple engineering teams and delivering complex, cross‑functional initiatives within platform, distributed systems, or large‑scale technology environments.
- A strong track record of building inclusive, high‑performing engineering organisations and developing future engineering leaders through coaching and mentorship.
- Experience leading platform modernisation, architectural transformation, or large‑scale technical change programmes within operationally complex environments.
- The ability to balance long‑term technical strategy with pragmatic delivery, operational excellence, and evolving business priorities.
- Experience applying AI, automation, or intelligent workflow capabilities within engineering or operational domains, with an interest in how emerging technologies can improve scalability and efficiency.
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across Engineering, Product, Data Science, Commercial, and Operational teams.
- Confidence navigating ambiguity and complexity, bringing clarity, alignment, and momentum across teams and initiatives.
- Experience working with APIs, distributed systems, platform architectures, or integration‑heavy environments, and ideally exposure to platform engineering, workflow orchestration, or operational automation capabilities.
Benefits
Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2‑for‑1 share purchase plans, an EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions, extra festive time off, and excellent family‑friendly benefits. We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. We are committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.
Senior Engineering Manager (Supply) employer: Trainline
Trainline offers a dynamic environment in London, prioritising career growth with clear paths and personal learning budgets. The team values diversity and inclusivity, ensuring everyone belongs and differences are celebrated.
