Engineering Manager
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About Us
We are a climate analytics nonprofit established in 2021. We provide system modelling data software and analysis to support energy transition planning and decision-making. We are grant-funded by the Quadrature Climate Foundation Sequoia Climate Foundation Bloomberg Philanthropies European Climate Foundation among others. Our data software and analysis is used by developers financiers planners and think tanks internationally.
At TransitionZero we understand that diversity is an essential component of a successful team whether that be diverse ways of thinking personal or professional backgrounds and skills. We aim to be the most talented nonprofit in our vertical spearheading innovative data solutions through our culture of inclusivity and adaptability. Now we are looking for an Engineering Manager to join our tech team.
Our people are our greatest asset and the diverse experience skills and perspectives individuals bring to our organisation are the driving force of our success. We will therefore consider all qualified applicants in the recruitment process as we welcome all the unique qualities and experiences that make you you.
About the Role
The Engineering Manager leads TransitionZeros engineering team in building software solutions that turn no-code energy modelling analysts into expert modellers. This role is responsible for creating a high-performing engineering culture ensuring predictable delivery of our technical commitments and driving continuous improvement in our practices. The Engineering Manager will coach mentor and support a multidisciplinary team of engineers whilst working closely with Product Data and Energy Modelling colleagues.
This role requires both strong engineering foundations (Python cloud infrastructure CI/CD test automation) and the ability to manage delivery detail enabling the CTO to focus on strategy and innovation.
Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Coaching
Build a high-performing team using DORA ( capabilities as a benchmark (deployment frequency lead time MTTR change failure rate).
Coach and mentor engineers supporting both technical growth and adaptability through change.
Foster a culture of ownership accountability and continuous improvement.
Actively remove blockers and create an environment where engineers can do their best work.
Delivery Management
Own the planning and flow of work through the backlog ensuring commitments are well defined prioritised and executed on time.
Provide clear concise summaries of delivery status risks and dependencies for leadership.
Partner with Product to shape roadmaps and balance innovation quality and operational stability.
Ensure teams use Agile practices effectively (sprint planning stand-ups retros estimation).
Technical Stewardship
Maintain strong foundations in Python development cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred) containerisation and CI/CD tooling.
Guide the evolution of our systems architecture in collaboration with senior engineers and the CTO.
Encourage innovative technical approaches that improve speed quality and resilience.
Ensure observability and operability of all software services promoting a site reliability engineering (SRE) mindset.
Engineering Excellence
Ensure the team builds robust well-crafted documented and versioned APIs that enable teams to interact using the Team Topologies X-as-a-Service model.
Champion the use of open standards (e.g. OpenAPI AsyncAPI CloudEvents OpenTelemetry) to maximise interoperability and transparency.
Drive adoption of operational excellence practices: observability monitoring alerting incident response and post-incident reviews.
Promote a you build it you run it culture where engineers take ownership of the services they develop balancing delivery speed with reliability.
Represent TransitonZero in external-facing technical contexts (e.g. technical conferences blog-posts expert stakeholder and user discussions).
People & Culture
Set OKRs and support career development for direct reports.
Lead recruitment onboarding and retention of engineering talent.
Promote inclusion wellbeing and psychological safety within the team.
Act as a culture-carrier for TransitionZero representing the engineering team internally and externally.
About You
- A coach not just a manager someone who can develop others while holding them accountable.
- A detail-oriented delivery driver who complements visionary leadership.
- An innovator and change leader who helps the team adapt and improve without losing focus.
- A believer in engineering excellence robust APIs open standards operability and reliability as first-class concerns.
Skills & Experience
Essential
Proven track record as an Engineering Manager with people management responsibilities.
Strong coaching and mentoring ability with evidence of developing high-performing teams.
Experience managing delivery in Agile environments with complex data and API-driven products.
Hands-on technical expertise in Python APIs (Flask/FastAPI) containers (Docker) and CI/CD (GitHub Actions Cloud Run/Functions).
Strong cloud experience (GCP preferred).
Demonstrated ability to oversee detail and delivery while keeping sight of the bigger picture.
Beneficial
Experience in data engineering analytics engineering or computational pipelines.
Domain knowledge in energy systems climate or sustainability.
Exposure to geospatial data ML/AI.
Salary & Benefits
Competitive salary based on experience
Enhanced competitive pension scheme- auto enrollment from day 1
25 days annual leave (excluding UK public holidays) and an additional discretionary days off such as over the festive period
20 days annual allowance to work from anywhere in the world
Hybrid working and core working hours model
Allowance to set up your home office
Annual budget and dedicated leave time for relevant training courses
Enhanced gender-neutral parental leave (16 weeks fully paid)
Private healthcare following successful completion of the probation period
Yearly team offsites
Our Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion
If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation please contact our People Team () for an informal chat. We will make every effort to respond to your request for assistance as soon as possible.
About us
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
