Engineering Manager, Monzo

• While this is not a role which requires hands-on-coding, we are looking for an experienced manager who has worked as a software engineer in previous roles, and has a strong technical and delivery background. ML experience is an added bonus
• Delivery and Execution: Enjoys taking accountability for delivery across your squad(s), collaborating with the Technical Lead and Product Manager
• Engineering and Operational Excellence: Actively fosters a high bar for engineering excellence within your teams
• You’re accountable for the technical outcomes your teams deliver alongside individual engineer performance and growth, so holding a high bar (and clearly articulating your expectations) is key
• People Leadership: Is able to lead a group of around ~10 engineers and support, coach and develop them through their career with regular 1:1s and continuous feedback
• Technical Influence: Partners with senior engineers to drive technical initiatives that raise the bar for our engineering practices
• Stakeholder Relationships: Builds strong stakeholder relationships with other teams, and creates a focus space for engineers to do their best work
• Organisational Wide Impact: Collaborates with the wider engineering organisation to contribute to company-wide best managerial and technical practices and standards

Desirable

• You’ll lead two teams within our Platform collective – Machine Learning (ML) Platform and Data Lifecycle.
• Our ML Platform squad is formed around a mission to build and operate a world-class machine learning platform for engineers at Monzo, building tools and capabilities to support the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle
• Our Data Lifecycle team is responsible for managing our offline data from its ingestion into our data warehouse, ensuring secure access throughout its lifecycle, and overseeing its eventual removal
• They develop tools and processes to support both our internal needs and external compliance requirements, including GDPR
• You’ll need to be an Engineering Manager who’s passionate about engaging directly with your customers
• Your customers are Monzo ML and Data Engineers, and as such, you’ll need to be comfortable putting your Product hat on and deeply understanding their needs
• You’ll influence and drive our roadmap, ensuring we’re working on the most impactful projects to help all of our engineers move even faster than they can today
• This area will be yours to grow, partnering with other Engineering Managers and engineers across our Platform and Product teams to help shape our future

• We consider your application across all open EM roles at Monzo independent of which role you've applied for, so if you've recently applied to a similar role at Monzo and have been unsuccessful, please wait 6 months before applying again
• Recruiter Call (30 mins) You'll meet our Engineering Leadership Recruiter to discuss your experience and learn more about Monzo. They'll be your partner and guide throughout the interview process
• Initial Call (1 hour) You'll meet with one of our Senior Engineering Managers or Engineering Directors. They'll ask you about your previous experience, in particular people leadership, product delivery and technical leadership. They’ll ask example based questions (‘Tell me about a time when…’)
• Loop Stage (3 hours 30 mins) The Loop stage consists of 3 x 60 min interviews that take place over 1-2 days (depending on your availability) and one 30 minute reverse interview (more details below)
• Team and Org Management (1 hour)
• An example based interview with 1-2 of our engineering leaders
• They’re interested to hear examples from your previous experience on the teams you’ve led, how you’ve shaped and partnered with product, and the impact you had
• System Design (1 hour)
• You'll partner with a Staff or Principal Engineer on a technical whiteboarding exercise
• Behavioural (1 hour)
• Similar to Team and Org Management, this is an example based interview with 1-2 Engineering Leaders. This interview focuses on your people leadership style and core behaviours as an Engineering Manager
• Chat with an Engineering Leader (30 mins)
• At Monzo, we believe interviews are a two-way street. This will be your opportunity to ask us any questions about Monzo, engineering leadership or our teams – whatever’s on your mind
• All things going well, you'll have completed the hiring process
• Our average process takes around 3-4 weeks but we will always work around your availability. You’ll have the chance to speak to our recruitment team throughout the process

• Yearly Salary Review + Proactive pay increases to reflect growing responsibilities + Share options
• Flexible working hours
• Work From Home Opportunities + we'll pay for any equipment you need to do your job
• 24 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays
• Paid sick leave for both physical & mental health + Health insurance via AXA or Vitality + Additional health insurance through Medicash
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning budget of £1,000 a year
• Aviva Pension Scheme + 4% Employer Contribution
• Paid maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave (after 13 weeks of employment)
• 52 weeks of primary caregiver leave (6 months at 100% pay, 13 weeks at Statutory Maternity Pay, 13 weeks unpaid)
• 3 months of secondary caregiver leave at 100% pay
• Unum Life Insurance
• Access to fertility and family-forming health benefits via Fertifa
• Abellio Season Travel Tickets + Cycle-to-Work Scheme

Total funding: $1.9bn

Monzo is a challenger bank that fully operates online and offers a full range of current, savings, business accounts, and more. The speed of the challenger banks to provide a great experience has been impressive, and the number of competitors appearing has proven the consumer desire for innovation.