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Engineering Manager in Wealth at Monzo
Wealth is the pillar of Monzo which builds financial products to help our customers grow their money. They lead products such as our savings offerings, investment pots, and building brand new 0-1 products that support our users to make the most of their money and plan for their financial future. The Engineering Manager role at Monzo is split into three pillars - people, product, and technical leadership. Engineering Managers are accountable for the technical and delivery outcomes for their area - that means supporting and developing best in class engineering talent, as well as creating an inclusive team environment for people to do their best work.You can read more on the expectations of Engineering Managers on our Progression Framework.As an Engineering Manager in Wealth, youâll be leading two teams of Engineers - one is our Savings team and the second is newly formed.Â
Savings - Leads our end to end savings offerings including our Instant Access savings pots, cash ISA, and savings marketplace. We launched our Instant Access savings pots last year and itâs become one of our most loved Monzo products. Brand New - Theyâre building a 0 - 1 financial product that youâll help to shape and build from scratch.Our ideal candidate for this role has an entrepreneurial mindset. If youâve founded your own start-up or built products from scratch, youâll stand out đ Whilst youâll have product counterparts that youâll partner with closely, weâre looking for someone product driven who can shape the what, how, and why, of their product area. (This role is advertised as an Engineering Manager but we would hire a Senior Engineering Manager if we found the right person, so if youâre already a Manager of Managers, let us know in your application).Â
Is this role right for you?
While this is not a role which requires hands-on-coding, we are looking for an experienced manager who has a strong technical and delivery background and
has worked as a software engineer in previous roles.
We recognise that Engineering Managers lead in different ways, weâre looking for someone who:Â
- 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. Youâre 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.
Nice to have:
- If you have experience working on savings products, or building products from scratch, this would be an added bonus.
- If you have experience working in an experimentation led environment with distributed systems experience.
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.
The interview process:
Our interview process involves three main stages
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. Theyâll ask example based questions (âTell me about a time whenâŚâ)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. Theyâre interested to hear examples from your previous experience on the teams youâve led, how youâve 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 â whateverâs on your mind. All things going well, you'll have completed the hiring process đOur average process takes around 3-4 weeks but we will always work around your availability. Youâll have the chance to speak to our recruitment team throughout the process. If youâd like to ask a question sooner, email tech-hiring@monzo.com. Please also use that email to let us know if there's anything we can do to make your application process easier for you, because of disability, neurodiversity or any other personal reason.
Whatâs in it for you:
đ°Base salary ÂŁ120k - ÂŁ160k + Equity + Benefitsâď¸ We can help you relocate to the UK  â
We can sponsor visasđThis role can be based in our London office, but we're open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).â° We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.đLearning budget of ÂŁ1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferencesâAnd much more, see our full list of benefits
here
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Equal opportunities for everyone
Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and weâre making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, weâre embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog, 2023 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2023 Gender Pay Gap Report.Weâre an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.If you have a preferred name, please use it to apply.
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