Senior Engineering Manager, Core Experience - Commerce

TL;DR

Senior Engineering Manager (Commerce): Leading multiple engineering teams responsible for Payment, Customer Identity, and E-commerce within a rail travel platform, with an accent on end-to-end delivery, technical vision, and people development. Focus on aligning technical outcomes with business goals, championing engineering best practices, and driving operational excellence across dependent systems.

Location: Hybrid in London, UK (minimum 60% office attendance over 12 weeks). A 28-day Work from Abroad policy is available.

Salary: £110,000–£130,000 (offers equity and bonus)

Company

hirify.global is Europe's leading rail app, enabling millions to find and book tickets across 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries, with a focus on sustainable travel.

What you will do

• Lead and support multiple engineering teams and their managers, focusing on career development through coaching and performance management.
• Own end-to-end delivery for your teams, ensuring projects are planned, executed, and delivered in a timely and high-quality manner.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and business stakeholders to align technical delivery to business outcomes.
• Support technical direction and architecture without being deeply hands-on with code, driving alignment in cross-team dependencies.
• Champion engineering best practices across teams, promoting quality and fostering a culture of technical innovation.
• Drive operational excellence, ensuring robust monitoring, alerting, and incident management processes.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading engineering teams and successfully delivering complex, multi-team initiatives.
• Strong record of developing people, building high-performing engineering teams, and growing future leaders.
• Ability to inspire trust and autonomy at all levels, building a positive, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Confidence in leading through ambiguity, creating clarity and momentum in complex or uncertain situations.
• Passion for driving technical and operational excellence.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model requiring minimum 60% office attendance in London over a 12-week period.
• Generous 28-day Work from Abroad policy.
• Private healthcare & dental insurance.
• 2-for-1 share purchase plans and an EV Scheme.
• Extra festive time off and excellent family-friendly benefits.
• Prioritised career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days.