Engineering Manager, Gousto
1+ day a week in office
Recipe boxes delivered to your door
Job no longer available
Recipe boxes delivered to your door
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
1+ day a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Gousto's mission is to make the food in our boxes more sustainable.
Role
Who you are
- You have proven experience leading high performing, autonomous engineering teams in complex environments
- You have a delivery mindset - we have a lot to do in a short space of time
- An advocate of XP or similar software engineering practices
- Great understanding of the principles of Agile and Lean development
- You have experience in architecting distributed systems on a public cloud platform
- Excellent communication and presentations skills, whether to the engineering team, business stakeholders or to our leadership team
- You have experience working in a fast paced, high growth, technology focused organisation
- Proven experience helping to create a forward-thinking technology culture
- A desire to work within a Platform team and with internal customers
What the job involves
- This role is to manage our Software Engineering Foundations squad
- This squad is responsible for managing our developer tooling and core platform across AWS, Frontend, Backend, and mobile
- You will collaborate closely with our Technical Product Manager and Senior Engineering Manager to support internal customers and drive major initiatives across Gousto Tech
- Additionally, you will facilitate collaboration and implement a platform-as-a-service model from team topologies to ensure we deliver impactful changes and value where it is needed most
- Lead and manage platform engineers across various technology platforms, fostering a positive and inclusive team culture
- Demonstrate expertise in SDLC and stay updated with industry trends to drive best practices in Platform Engineering
- Engage with internal technical customers to understand their needs and ensure effective communication and collaboration
- Define and manage product requirements and roadmaps, aligning goals with business objectives and delivering high-quality outcomes
- Enhance developer experience by implementing tools and processes that streamline workflows and improve productivity
- Promote continuous improvement within the team, encouraging process enhancements and data-driven decision-making
- Engineering Managers are instrumental to the success of our Engineering squads. Between responsibilities as a people leader and a technical problem-solver, you’ll need to have a deep understanding of what motivates and inspires great software engineers, be able to help with complicated technical challenges and work collaboratively with Product Managers to maximise the value we bring to our customers
Salary benchmarks
Our take
There is an accelerating consumer need to eat healthily, sustainably, and at value. Gousto aims to meet this need with its meal-kit delivery service, which offers pre-packaged ingredients and recipe instructions. It sets itself apart with more than 60 different recipes to choose from each week - a third of which are customisable.
In 2021, Gousto sold more than 90 million meals, amounting to three meals every second, a figure that is on the rise. It is part of The UK Plastics Pact, which aims for 100% reusable, recyclable and compostable plastic by 2025. As a member, Gousto has committed to eliminating problematic plastics, stimulating innovation and helping to build a stronger recycling system in the UK.
Gousto became a B Corp certified company for its sustainability efforts. Following huge recent investments, the now unicorn company is sure to continue its growth over the coming years as more consumers switch to convenient online grocery shopping.
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42% female employees
35% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Team energy
"The energy at Gousto is infectious! There's always a way to get involved in the things you're most passionate about. Everyone is so enthusiastic..."
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Feb 2023
$65.3m
LATE VC
Jan 2022
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $371.3m
Company benefits
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays), + a holiday day added each year (up to 30 days), + buy up to 5 days extra holiday
- 40% Gousto discount, 25% for friends and family, and first box free
- Private healthcare
- Gym and ClassPass membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Referral scheme
- Company pension
- Quarterly team socials and mixed team events
- Gousto stash - hoodie, notepad, mug
- Free coffee, tea, fruit and ice cream
- Free beer, wine and soft drinks on Fridays
Company values
- Dream - We’ve got huge ambition and believe everything is possible - Curious, bold and resilient, we’ve got an insatiable appetite to learn and grow
- Deliver - We work at pace and focus on impact, taking ownership of the solution and raising the bar every step of the way
- Care - We obsess over our customers, doing the right thing for them and for the planet. We are one team, supporting and celebrating one another
Company HQ
Hammersmith, London, UK
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Leadership
Timo Boldt
(CEO)Spent 4 years in Finance at Rothschild and a hedge fund before founding Gousto in 2012. Sits on the Digital Advisory Board at Unilever.
People progressing
Joined as Operations Development Director, being promoted to EVP Operations after 1 year, and has since become Chief People Officer.
Joined as a Customer Care Agent in 2014, and is now Head of Customer Care.
Joined as PR Manager, being promoted to Senior Brand and PR Manager after 1 year and again to Head of Brand Marketing and PR after 3 years.
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