Engineering Manager
Our Take
Lead a team building AI-native workflows and modernizing architectures for Planday.
What you’ll do
- Drive delivery of high-quality software
- Lead and coach engineering team
- Balance short-term delivery with long-term sustainability
- Guide AI-native workflow adoption
- Resolve complex technical challenges
- Improve CI/CD maturity
- Refine system design and architecture
What they’re looking for
- Extensive software engineering experience
- Proven track record leading engineers
- Translate business goals to engineering plans
- Hands-on code review and debugging
- Experience with high-scale distributed systems
- Experience leading AI-native workflow adoption
What you get
- Remote, hybrid, or office-based roles
- Great Place to Work UK accredited
- Boost days for connection and collaboration
Skills & Focus Areas
- AI-native engineering workflows
- CI/CD
- distributed systems
- incident response
- performance management
- technical debt
- roadmap delivery
As posted by Planday
The role & impact
As an Engineering Manager, you will drive the delivery of high-quality software by leading a high-performing inclusive team. You will act as the technical anchor, balancing predictable roadmap delivery with a relentless focus on team growth, technical excellence, and system health.
Your work requires a delicate balance between short-term product delivery velocity and long-term operational excellence. You will guide your team to hone their craft, champion AI-native workflows, and resolve complex technical challenges to deliver impactful outcomes that align with business and customer goals.
The team & how they connect
You will lead a results-driven team that operates with clear goals and ownership, fostering a high-trust environment where "blameless" problem-solving is the norm. The team works closely with Product and Design partners to shape solutions that truly matter to our customers.
The team is currently working on
Modernising architectures and improving CI/CD maturity to reduce operational risk.
Embedding AI-native engineering workflows across the SDLC to boost velocity and reduce toil.
Refining system design and architecture for high-scale, high-availability distributed systems.
Driving visibility into system health and technical debt to enable proactive improvements.
Where and how you can work
Xero is a Great Place to Work UK accredited company. We offer remote, hybrid or office based roles (hybrid and in-office in London, Milton Keynes or Manchester). Our offices offer boost days for connection and collaboration.
Here are some of the things we are looking for
Extensive professional software engineering experience, with a proven track record of technical maturity and delivering complex systems.
Demonstrated experience leading, coaching, and performance-managing engineers, including building and improving team capability over time.
Proven track record of translating business goals into executable engineering plans, balancing short-term delivery with long-term sustainability.
Hands-on experience writing, reviewing, and debugging production code, with the technical credibility to guide engineering decisions.
Experience building and supporting high-scale, high-availability distributed systems, including leading or overseeing incident response.
Experience leading teams in the adoption of AI-native engineering workflows to improve developer productivity and quality.
Apply even if your experience isn't a perfect match! At Xero, we hire based on your skills, passion, and the unique perspective you can bring to enhance our culture and team.
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