Tech Lead Manager

September 25, 2026

Remote (within country)

Lead

United Kingdom

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Description

The company is hiring a Technical Lead Manager to lead a cross-functional product squad, combining hands-on technical leadership with people management. You will lead 4–5 engineers, partner with Product, Design and Data, and stay close to the code in a Ruby on Rails monolith. It is a profitable fintech unicorn with over $300M in ARR building an AI financial assistant. The role is full-time and based in the United Kingdom (Remote), with a benefits package that varies by country.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a squad of 4–5 engineers, balancing hands-on technical contribution with line management
Partner with Product Managers, Staff Engineers and other technical leaders to shape a clear roadmap and deliver against squad OKRs
Define and steer the technical direction of the squad, making pragmatic trade-offs across speed, quality and scalability
Create the conditions for effective delivery by providing clarity, unblocking progress and establishing sustainable ways of working
Run regular 1:1s, provide actionable feedback and support engineers through development and growth planning
Stay close to the code and contribute hands-on to the Ruby on Rails monolith
Collaborate across Engineering, Product, Design and Data to deliver and iterate on features

Requirements

Solid experience with Ruby on Rails, building data models, APIs and business logic services in a production monolith
Experience leading technical delivery within a product squad or engineering team through to delivery
Experience line managing and coaching engineers, including giving feedback and navigating performance conversations
Strong technical judgement balancing delivery speed, technical quality, scalability and long-term investment
Comfortable with agile methodologies and practices like automated testing, observability, A/B testing and feature flags
Collaborative approach working with Product, Design, Analytics and Engineering partners
Track record of helping teams build healthy habits and improve ways of working
Alignment with company values and engineering principles

Conditions

Full-time employment
Remote role based in the United Kingdom
Meaningful equity in the company
Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
Mental health support
Paid one-month sabbatical after four years
Learning and development platform
Pension or retirement contributions
Location-specific leave entitlements

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