Senior Manager, Engineering Job at NewStore (London)

Job Description

As the Senior Engineering Manager at NewStore, you will lead high-impact engineering teams within complex domains, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration. Your role extends beyond project execution - you'll shape engineering strategy, mentor talent, and ensure long-term technical sustainability while driving the growth of our industry-leading, Omni-Channel Point of Sale platform. You'll lead one or more teams in crafting cutting-edge solutions that empower retail brands to deliver exceptional shopping experiences across every channel. This role goes beyond delivering on a strategy - it requires building and shaping the teams that can execute it. You help shape the architecture of a modern, scalable commerce platform while building the teams that make it happen.

Job Responsibility

Lead complex domains: Manage multiple teams within complex technical domains, shaping organizational and technical complexity before it reaches your teams
Drive strategic direction: Shape domain-level strategy and architectural direction, ensuring alignment with company goals while preventing unnecessary complexity - from tech debt decisions to exploring new market opportunities
Build exceptional teams: Shape and build the teams needed to deliver on strategic initiatives, including managing and setting direction for staff engineers
Navigate ambiguity: You work with your teams to test new ideas and learn quickly from what works and what doesn't, while maintaining stakeholder alignment
Champion engineering excellence: You champion pairing, TDD, and continuous delivery — and, when possible, join the pairing sessions yourself. You help teams stay fast without cutting corners
Ensure platform reliability: Implement robust security measures and maintain high availability standards for mission-critical retail systems

Requirements

Strategic leadership experience: 10+ years of software development with 6+ years successfully managing engineering teams in complex domains
Technical depth: Strong background in modern software development practices, cloud platforms (preferably AWS), and distributed systems architecture
Team building at scale: Proven experience building and shaping teams for strategic initiatives, not just managing existing teams
Staff engineer management: Experience managing and setting direction for senior individual contributors
Agile/XP expertise: Deep understanding of agile methodologies, including eXtreme Programming, TDD, and continuous delivery practices
Strategic thinking: Demonstrated ability to shape domain-level strategy and handle ambiguous challenges
Stakeholder management: Strong relationships with product, design, and business stakeholders in previous roles
Leadership development: Natural ability to develop future engineering leaders and foster growth across multiple teams

What we offer

Generous PTO and R&R
Professional Growth: dedicated personal development budget and a learning-centric environment
Flexible Work Options: option to work remotely
Balanced Work-Life: life-friendly working hours
Financial Rewards: employee stock options and a quarterly bonus based on company performance

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