Engineering Manager (Superapp - Platform)

Location: London, UK; hybrid schedule with work from home available every Monday and Friday and in-office collaboration on other days

Company

hirify.global is a profitable fintech company building technology for consumer loans, credit cards, and car finance across the UK and US.

What you will do

• Lead the engineering team delivering the Zable app for more than 1 million iOS and Android customers.
• Own and optimize delivery processes, timelines, quality outcomes, and progress against customer-focused OKRs.
• Balance feature development with technical improvements and guide technical strategy, architecture, and technical debt decisions.
• Build a high-performing team through assessments, cross-training, career progression, feedback, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Tech Leads, senior engineers, dependent teams, and stakeholders on shared roadmaps and business outcomes.
• Establish quality assurance and incident-management practices, including uptime tracking, incident reduction, platform robustness, and on-call processes.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or relevant experience in software engineering and technical management.
• 5+ years of experience in engineering leadership, including delivery processes, team development, technical strategy, and cross-team collaboration.
• Strong understanding of mobile app development and experience managing cross-functional backend and frontend teams with dependencies on other business areas.
• Ability to balance feature delivery with technical improvements while maintaining a sustainable, high-quality pace.
• Strong business acumen and a proactive approach to developing business context and aligning technical decisions with business goals.
• Experience owning delivery timelines and quality outcomes and resolving bottlenecks efficiently.
• Experience building high-performing teams through skills assessment, cross-training, continuous learning, and improvement.
• Ability to guide technical decisions strategically without becoming a blocker, with familiarity with technical debt management, architectural planning, and quality assurance practices.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, including joint planning and stakeholder alignment.
• Experience managing incidents and on-call processes to maintain platform reliability.

Nice to have

• No additional optional qualifications specified.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with optional work from home every Monday and Friday and in-person collaboration on other weekdays.
• Best-in-class compensation including equity.
• Private health insurance and in-office lunches prepared by in-house chefs Tuesday through Thursday.
• Inclusive, equal-opportunity workplace focused on employee physical and mental well-being.
• Opportunity to scale a successful fintech company with products serving customers in the UK and US.

Hiring process

• Quick phone call with the People Team, followed by an introductory role call with a Senior Engineering Manager or VP of Engineering.
• Three onsite interviews covering delivery management and team collaboration, a non-coding technical interview, and people and team management.
• Final interview with a senior leadership team member.