Engineering Manager, Preqin
Hybrid
2+ days a week in office
Data and insights provider for the alternative assets market.
Open for applications
Data and insights provider for the alternative assets market.
1001+ employees
Open for applications
Hybrid
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To revolutionise the private markets with data, insights and tools that help industry professionals make more informed decisions.
Role
Who you are
- You’ve occupied positions of responsibility and influence. You can demonstrate the experience of setting and owning direction for others to follow
- You have a strong focus on Communication. Your own ability to communicate effectively is a point of pride. Enabling others to express their ideas and actively listen to ensure voices are heard is something you do daily
- You take a Systems Thinking approach to solving both technical and organisational problems. You have the ability surface areas of improvement when viewing individual components and their relations to how the system functions as a whole
- You know what “high performance” looks and feels like. You’re able to guide teams and individuals to their full potential
- You enable collaboration and can demonstrate your ability to build focused and free flowing intra-team communication and your ability to facilitate inter-team coordination
- You have strong technical background with experience designing, building, and deploying software. C# and .NET core, python, REACT.JS and Postgres are our main technologies, with AWS as our cloud provider
What the job involves
- Be responsible for the individual growth of multiple Software Engineers across all levels from Junior to Lead by actively finding and assigning opportunities for your team members in collaboration with Senior leadership
- Build high performing teams able to work with independence and speed while retaining quality
- Promote team autonomy but know when to course correct or simplify when appropriate in order to meet business objectives
- Work with colleagues across Product, Design and Engineering enabling teams to be cross functional and highly collaborative
- Give clarity in direction when leading, communicating, and understanding business objectives
- Engage with and facilitate technical discussions, able to understand trade-offs and recognise common pitfalls
- Communicate technical complexity to stakeholders and business leaders. Adjusting approach as necessary to the audience's familiarity with technology concerns
- Set and monitor engineering practices within a framework of continual improvement
- Actively participate in daily activities when necessary (comfortable reviewing code, pair programming, designing systems, etc.)
- Reporting To: VP, Engineering
Application process
- Stage 1: Introduction Call
- Stage 2: 1st Stage Interview
- Stage 3: Technical Interview
- Stage 4: Final Interview
- Stage 5: Offer
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
Preqin is a London-based investment data company empowering the alternative asset market with essential data and insights. Supporting customers throughout the entire investment lifecycle, Preqin provides them with critical information leading to analytical solutions.
Preqin has produced advanced methods of collecting private data for 20 years. Its products allow a customer base of over 200,000 professionals to streamline how they raise capital, source deals and investments, understand performance, and stay informed.
As a global company, Preqin is working with software providers, world-renowned institutions, and industry associations around the globe to build innovative products, tools, and research that helps connect data to critical decisions. It's had a successful history, and will look to continue on a strong growth path ahead.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
14% employee growth in 12 months
Glassdoor (3.5)
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Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"At Preqin, the work experience is marked by an high level of challenge and intellectual stimulation. The projects I've undertaken have been among..."
Company benefits
- Hybrid workplace & flexible holiday allowance
- Parental leave: maternity & paternity leave policies
- Pension/retirement contributions: contributions are matched up to 10% after 1 year's service (US & UK)
- Subsidized medical insurance
- Bereavement leave
- Annual personal study support allowance of $1,500/£900
- Discounted gym membership (US & UK)
- Access to discount & reward programs
Company values
- Be Customer Obsessed: We exist for our customers. We listen to them and understand their challenges. We design best-in-class data solutions for their success.
- Act with Integrity: We build trust through honesty and transparency. We're committed to doing the right thing for our customers, our company, and each other.
- Own Your Success: We're a high-performance team. We challenge and champion each other in our pursuit of excellence. We never stop learning and strive to become experts in our fields.
- Think Forward: We lead the industry through innovation. We foster collaboration and creativity to solve our clients' next challenge and give them a competitive advantage.
- Make an Impact: We drive postive change as individuals, and as a company. We're passionate about creating a better tomorrow for our industry and our communities.
Company HQ
Victoria, London, UK
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Founders
Mark O'Hare
(Managing Director)Previously a Manager at The Boston Consulting Group and CEO of Citywatch.
Diversity & Inclusion at Preqin
- Our company vision is to create an environment where diversity and inclusion are at its core and our differences are valued. An environment where we actively celebrate and support each other, no matter our visible or invisible differences. We believe that every person has the right to work in a safe and welcoming environment and that’s why we commit to being a truly inclusive employer that integrates DEI throughout all of our operations, whilst investing in and empowering our people.
- Launched our DEI Steering Committee in October 2020. They hold sessions regularly to support and guide Preqin’s DEI initiatives, with active leadership from our CEO.
- Workshops, fireside talks and external guest speakers discussing important topics such as, navigating challenges for women in senior leadership, menopause and managing stress.
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