Engineering Manager

A little bit about us…

We make life more affordable.

Pion produces award-winning technology for the biggest retailers on the planet, connecting them with the youth market. We’re always innovating and driving our SHARP values to offer new solutions that satisfy our consumers, drive ROI for our clients and create an empowering workplace for our employees.

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About the role

As a result of our incredible success and growth, we are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager who will be aiding the development and day to day management of our wider software development team here at Pion. We're looking for someone with a technical software development background who wants to step into a purely managerial role. This person will guide and support a team of engineers while helping shape our engineering performance and culture.

Responsibilities include-

• Fortnightly coaching sessions with individual software developers
• Looking at team performance data (using DORA metrics) and identifying areas to improve
• Speaking to Tech Leads and Agile Leads to get insights on squads, attending stand ups to get context on work of engineers
• Proven experience mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers across different levels.
• Building a culture of trust, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Prioritising psychological safety and clear communication within the team.
• Hiring, performance reviews, and career development plans.
• Managing technical debt, improving processes, and creating space for innovation

Requirements

A little bit about you…

We’d really like to hear from you, if you have…

• Experience managing a development team using metrics(DORA/SPACE/PACE)
• Solid experience as a hands-on software engineer in any language at at least a mid-level engineer.
• Proven experience mentoring, coaching, and developing engineers across different levels.
• Experience of building a culture of trust, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Experience prioritising psychological safety and clear communication within the team.
• Deep understanding of modern software development practices: CI/CD, agile methodologies, testing, cloud infrastructure, etc.
• Comfortable participating in architectural decisions and guiding technical direction

Benefits

Life at Pion

Let’s take a look at just a few things that make Pion an amazing place to work…

💰 Competitive salary.

🌴 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

🏆 Accredited 'Great Place To Work’ company in three categories

👩🏽‍💻Remote first working environment, meaning you’re not obligated to come into the office, you can choose the environment you think you excel best in.

📅Flexible working hours (starting between 8am - 10am)

❤️ Focus on welfare, including gym memberships, wellness challenges, mental health first aider and health cash plan.

🛍️ Incredible partnership discounts for the biggest brands in the world. Google, Apple, GymShark, Domino's and Uber to name a few!

🧠 Commitment to personal development and career growth. Think learning budgets, coaching workshops and progression plans.

💻 £200 work from home set up allowance to put towards your home office.

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