Engineering Manager

Were on a mission to make money work for everyone.

Were waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

After starting as a prepaid card our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well aspersonal and business bank accounts we offer joint accounts accounts for 16-17 year olds a free kids account and credit cards in the UK with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save invest andcombine their pensions with us.

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

Were not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo

Barcelona Spain Base salary for this role is depending on experience stock options Hybrid model: 3 days a week in the office

Engineering Management at Monzo

Engineering Managers at Monzo are part of cross-functional autonomous teams and groups. Our teams are mission driven and typically include Product Managers backend web and mobile engineers as well as data scientists designers and subject matter experts relevant to that mission. Teams are organised into groups and then collectives - we aim to keep our line management structure as shallow as possible and for teams to directly own decision making relevant to their work.

Engineering Managers are accountable for the technical and delivery outcomes for their area - that means supporting and developing best in class engineering talent as well as creating an inclusive team environment for people to do their best work. Youll be responsible for structuring organising supporting and challenging your team to deliver on their mission.

You can read more on the expectations of Engineering Managers on our Progression Framework.

Youll play a key role by...

• Leading a high performing senior team of engineers. Youll be supporting coaching and developing them through their careers.
• Partnering closely with other disciplines including Product Design Research and Data to build out product strategy vision and mission setting and goal setting.
• Taking accountability for delivery across your squad(s) collaborating with Technical Leads and Product Manager.
• Actively fostering a high bar for engineering excellence within your teams.
• Partner with senior engineers in your area to drive technical initiatives that raise the bar for our engineering practices.
• Lead on communication with stakeholders from other teams creating focus space for engineers to do their best work.
• Collaborate with the wider engineering organisation to contribute to company-wide best managerial and technical practices and standards.

Wed love to hear from you if

While this is not a role which requires hands-on-coding we are looking for an experienced manager who has a strong technical and delivery background and has worked as a software engineer in previous roles.

We recognise that engineering managers lead in different ways were looking for someone who:

• Has worked on user-facing mobile products - ideally youll be able to discuss the product impact youve made in your previous roles including working on product strategy roadmapping and goal setting.
• You have a founder mindset and like taking ownership of anything that will drive business impact.
• Has an understanding of what good looks like for a high-performing team of engineers and ability to chart a course to get there
• Is comfortable operating with ambiguous problem areas with a high degree of autonomy.
• Its a bonus if you have experience working in an experimentation led environment.
• Has delivery experience and is able to guide the squads in achieving their outcomes.
• Focuses on outcomes over processes who optimises for the highest impact and leverage.
• Is able to input understand and challenge engineering decisions - but to empower the team to make those decisions themselves
• Is able to to coach people to achieve their goals
• Has a natural ability to inspire and motivate a team

The interview process:

Our interview process involves three main stages

1. Recruiter Call (30 mins) Youll meet our Engineering Leadership Recruiter to discuss your experience and learn more about Monzo. Theyll be your partner and guide throughout the interview process.
   
   
2. Initial Call (1 hour) Youll meet with one of our Senior Engineering Managers or Engineering Directors. Theyll ask you about your previous experience in particular people leadership product delivery and technical leadership. Theyll ask example based questions (Tell me about a time when)
   
   
3. Loop Stage (3 hours 30 mins) The Loop stage consists of 3 x 60 min interviews that take place over 1-2 days (depending on your availability) and one 30 minute reverse interview (more details below).

- Team and Org Management (1 hour)
An example based interview with 1-2 of our engineering leaders. Theyre interested to hear examples from your previous experience on the teams youve led how youve shaped and partnered with product and the impact you had.

- System Design (1 hour)
Youll partner with a Staff or Principal Engineer on a technical whiteboarding exercise.

- Behavioural (1 hour)
Similar to Team and Org Management this is an example based interview with 1-2 Engineering Leaders. This interview focuses on your people leadership style and core behaviours as an Engineering Manager.

- Chat with an Engineering Leader (30 mins)
At Monzo we believe interviews are a two-way street. This will be your opportunity to ask us any questions about Monzo engineering leadership or our teams whatevers on your mind.

All things going well youll have completed the hiring process

Whats in it for you:

Base salary range for this role is depending on experience equity stock options & benefits

Barcelona Spain

We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well at times that suit you and your team.

Learning budget of 1200 a year for books training courses and conferences

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Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and were making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo were embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report.

Were an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation gender identity family or parental status national origin or veteran neurodiversity or disability status.

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