Skills

Communication Leadership A/B Testing Architecture Programming Manual Testing

Job Specifications

MANUAL is a fast growing Healthtech scale-up, aiming to be the healthcare provider that millions of people trust as their partner to a long and healthy life. Our platform allows users to quickly and safely diagnose possible conditions, get treatment and support them afterwards to live a higher quality life. To do this we are building an all in one healthcare platform which brings together world leading medical expertise and technical excellence.

We are hiring an Engineering Manager to join our team! You will contribute to our mission to improve our patients' health and their lives, with the development of our web applications, leading a cross-functional team.

Who you are

You are a software engineer with at least 7 years of commercial experience
You are excited about contributing to a product that can drive positive change to the lives of millions of people around the world
You have a genuine enthusiasm for software engineering and take no greater pleasure than finding the right solution to the problem at hand and making practical tradeoffs
You're eager to continuously learn, grow and step out of your comfort zone
You are a natural leader who inspires your team, fosters a positive engineering culture, and leads by example
The idea of working in a successful high growth startup in a fast paced role excites you

What you will do

Lead a delivery team

Lead a small, cross-functional team of frontend & backend engineers, working closely Product Managers, Designers, QAs, Data Scientists, business stakeholders and domain experts
Be the technical partner to the product manager and partner teams to evaluate the feasibility and efficient delivery of new product features and improvements
Together with the team, shape up product ideas into delivery plans, and then turn these plans into successful product launches
Contribute to your team's delivery with hands on work - from architectural design, to implementation & testing and deployment & operations

Grow and develop your teammates

Support the growth of your teammates by regularly providing actionable feedback, growth opportunities and stretch goals
Help the team get closer to our customers and actively participate when solving their problems and needs.

Guide optimal technical decisions & continuous improvement of our engineering practices

Guide your team on making optimal technical decisions and implementations, adhering to the adopted practices and making the appropriate practical tradeoffs for the situation at hand
Ensure the quality and robustness of your team's work, by utilising the right mix of unit, integration, E2E and manual testing
Collaborate with the other Team Leads and the Engineering Leadership on the continuous improvement and evolution of our process, ways of working and tech stack

What we need from you

At least 7 years of commercial experience as a software engineer or a team lead
Full product lifecycle experience with product development - from inception through to deployment to production and maintenance
Experience with working in broader cross functional teams with business stakeholders
Familiarity with business and commercial metrics to measure the impact of your work.
Familiarity with engineering metrics to measure the impact of your team
Solid understanding of architecture, programming concepts and patterns, TDD and unit testing
Great verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way to non-engineering teammates
A strong desire to learn and to contribute to the team's work
Ability to work from our London HQ (Bermondsey / London Bridge) 3 days per week

Other Skills You Might Have

A degree in Computer Science or equivalent is a plus
Experience with A/B testing and feature flags
An eye for user behaviour and design

What we offer

Generous stock option plan
Private medical insurance
Gym & wellness benefit with Wellhub
Remote opportunity / Hybrid role based in London Bridge with lunch once per week
Cycle to work scheme
Electric car scheme
25 days holidays and generous parental leave & flexible working policies
Annual company retreat
A fun and friendly working environment with sharp and motivated co-workers
Join in the early stages of one of the most promising scale-ups in the health & wellness space

We are destigmatising how people approach their health by offering easy access to diagnostics and a holistic range of treatments, as well as a community to help proactively improve one's health and wellbeing. A place that didn't exist until now.

About the Company

MANUAL delivers healthcare at scale thanks to its comprehensive digital clinic. Our ambition is to extend the healthy years of many lives in the UK, Brazil, and beyond focusing on life-impeding conditions like hormonal imbalance, obesity and hair loss. The company has steadily grown since inception, with $30m funding from leading investors, we're now serving 500k+ patients, across 2 geographies. We are centralising the diagnosis, custom medications, doctor specialist services, behavioural change, and fully vertically integr... Know more