Location: Remote
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000
About us
At Arbor, we’re on a mission to transform the way schools work for the better.
You’ve probably seen the headlines. Heavy workloads, constant change, admin pressure on teachers and staff at every level… sometimes it feels like this is just part and parcel of school life today. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
We passionately believe that there’s a better way to work. And it starts by giving everyone the right tools and technology for the job.
We’re building a platform and products we believe in - as well as a strong, diverse team of experienced specialists, ex-teachers and Edtech engineers passionate about making a difference to the sector.
Ultimately, we’re here to help make our schools and trusts stress a little less, and focus on what matters most - improving the lives of teachers and outcomes of students everywhere.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced and people focused Engineering Manager to lead two of our cross-functional Engineering teams and to help us deliver features and functionality, as we continue to improve our platform for our growing customer base. The remit and focus of the role is to take line management of two of our engineering squads and lead on the delivery of their projects, so if you’re a champion for people development and best practice, then this position could be for you!
Core responsibilities
You’ll work closely with the CTO, Heads of Engineering, and Chief Product Officer to help define the delivery of the product roadmap, including resourcing requirements
Ensure consistent delivery of features according to prioritised roadmap, ensuring consistent velocity, planning of utilisation, and capacity planning
Contribute to leadership of engineering overall, helping to continuously improve efficiency and effectiveness of the department
Perform termly health checks and updates to Skills Matrix, talent identification, and people related processes
Lead recruitment and interview processes, ensuring adequate processes for hiring and retaining talent
Ensure clear performance management processes across teams, and support Tech Leads in the development or performance management of their teams
Provide line management to engineering and Tech Leads, and actively develop, inspire, mentor engineers and create positive, high-trust and accountable team culture and healthy working environment
About you
You will have a deep interest in engineering and leadership with a keen desire to learn and continually improve, both yourself, our engineers, and the lives of our users. Beyond that, we’d love to see:
You will have experience using metrics to make data-driven decisions with regards to improvements to our delivery processes
You will lead a mixed team of senior and junior engineers, split between specialist roles including DevOps, QA and Front-end
Ideally you will have at least a year of experience leading teams over 5 engineers
Have considerable experience of working in the software industry
Are comfortable with public speaking, presenting to large groups, and evangelising engineering best practices
Have good communication skills and a desire to work with others to find the best solution to problems.
Experience of working in an agile environment, using Scrum or Kanban, with continuous delivery
What we offer
The chance to work alongside a team of hard-working, passionate people in a role where you’ll see the impact of your work everyday. We also offer:
A dedicated wellbeing team who champion initiatives such as mindfulness, lunch n learns, manager training, mental health first aid training and much more!
32 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays). This is made up of 25 days annual leave plus 7 extra company wide days given over Easter, Summer & Christmas
Enhanced maternity and adoption leave (20 weeks full pay) and paternity (6 weeks full pay) pay
Private Dental Insurance with Bupa
5 free return to work maternity coaching sessions, helping you adapt to this new exciting time of life!
Access to services such as Calm, Bippit (financial wellbeing coaching) and Health Assured (Employee assistance programme)
All of our roles champion flexible working and we are happy to discuss what this means to you!
Social committees that plan team, office and company wide events to bring people together and celebrate success
Dedicated professional development training budget (CPD courses, upskilling resources, professional memberships etc)
Volunteer with a charity of your choice for a day each year
Dog friendly offices!
Interview process
Phone screen
1st stage
2nd stage
Final Stage
We are committed to a fair and comfortable recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable adjustments during your application or interview process, please reach out to a member of the team at careers@arbor-education.com.
Our commitment is also backed by our partnership with Neurodiversity Consultancy, Lexxic who provide us with training, support and advice.
Arbor Education is an equal opportunities organisation
Our goal is for Arbor to be a workplace which represents, celebrates and supports people from all backgrounds, and which gives them the tools they need to thrive - whatever their ambitions may be so we support and promote diversity and equality, and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
Refer a friend: Know someone else who would be good for this role? You can refer a friend, family member or colleague, if they are offered a role with Arbor, we will say thank you with a voucher valued up to £200! Simply email: careers@arbor-education.com
Please note: We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.
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