Engineering Manager
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Job Description
Our mission
All new medicines need to undergo clinical trials to show theyre safe and effective. But todays clinical trial infrastructure is stuck in the past and the cost of developing new medicines has skyrocketed as a result. Patients have to wait longer and pay more for new treatments.
Our mission is to fix this; we use software to help innovative companies run faster more reliable and patientfriendly clinical trials. Were still a young company but weve already had a big impact. Since founding the company in March 2021 weve helped run over 100 clinical trials involving tens of thousands of patients with a customer NPS of 100.
We recently raised a $55m Series B round from Balderton Capital with support from Creandum Firstminute Seedcamp and Visionaries.
About the role
Lindus Health is looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead a team building the platform for the next generation of clinical trials. Join us and help us scale the team and the product and bring new treatments to patients faster! This role is ideal for an earlytomid career engineering leader who has broad technical knowledge and experience of managing a team of software engineers.
This is an onsite role in London with a flexible (hybrid) office arrangement. After an initial onboarding period fulltime at our headquarters (near London Bridge) we expect you to be in the office at least 2 days a week. All of your team regularly gets together in the office.
About you
Wed like to hear from you if
You have 3 or more years of experience as a handson software engineer working in a team and 2 or more years of experience as a line manager of software engineers
You are an excellent listener and communicator who motivates people doesnt shy away from giving direct feedback and resolves conflicts
You are productminded: you want to understand why we are building something to create the best environment for your team to make it happen
You collaborate well with broader teams and functions and lead your team to deliver high quality software
You are able to occasionally do noncritical handson coding to keep you grounded in your direct reports reality
You thrive in a startup environment where you can take on lots of different responsibilities and rapidly grow your management and leadership skills
Bonus: You have experience with engineering in a regulated environment (such as health tech or fintech)
You belong here! If your experience and interests match with some of the above we want you to apply.
What youll focus on
In your first month
Build your understanding of clinical trials and the problems we are trying to solve through our onboarding training and chats with people across the company
Get to know your reports (up to 68 software engineers)
Familiarise yourself with your teams stack (React TypeScript Django Python Postgres Amazon ECS) and ways of working by setting up a development environment and making a small code change
In your first 3 months
Support your reports in their personal development by building a shared understanding of their goals setting clear expectations holding them accountable and providing coaching and mentoring
Lead and empower your team to deliver highquality software by understanding user needs developing effective processes and supporting your team with prioritisation and risk management.
Contribute actively to your teams processes and rituals such as product planning retrospectives release management and backlog grooming
Use your previous handson engineering experience to give input to your team on architecture planning and estimates
Participate in ongoing engineering recruitment
Within your first year
Nurture and promote a productive environment where all engineers can fail safely learn and grow
Collaborate with product management on roadmapping and planning engineering resources
Become fluent in regulatory frameworks applicable to clinical trials and keep your teams processes aligned with them
Develop deep understanding of user needs and ensure they remain central to technical decisions
Support your team on crossfunctional collaboration and communication especially with clinical operations
Support the product organisation through further growth such as with squad organisation career frameworks
What we offer (UK)
Make an impact across all areas of our business and fix one of the worlds most broken industries.
Competitive salary plus meaningful stock options
Flexible working: We have an incredible office near London Bridge and encourage people to work 3 days per week from the office
Unlimited holidays; everyone is encouraged to take off at least 28 days each year
60 monthly wellness allowance which you can spend on our company health insurance scheme through AXA a wellhub membership or wellness activities and expenses of your choice!
Enhanced Parental Leave: 16 weeks full pay for primary caregiver and 6 weeks full pay for secondary caregiver
1000 Learning and Development allowance each year to put towards courses certifications and development
Regular whole company and team events both in person and virtually.
Access to gym and retail discounts through our benefits platform Happl
A wellstocked pantry and drinks fridge Monday breakfast spread and catered team lunch on a Thursday for the UK office every week!
Cycletowork scheme and other salary sacrifice options available
Charity events and fundraising opportunities through our charity partnership with the Forward Trust
Our hiring process
Initial conversation with Gina Talent Partner (30 minutes)
Functional interview 1 with 2 of our Product leaders (60 minutes)
Functional interview 2 with 2 of our engineers (60 minutes)
Values interview with 2 team members (30 minutes)
Referencing
We try to arrange for atleast one interview to be inperson so you can see our office and meet more of the team.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
