Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team to deliver scalable, reliable products end-to-end. Own delivery, technical strategy, quality, observability, incident response, and technical debt. Partner with Product and Agile, hire and coach engineers, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate across Platform and Architecture to align roadmaps and dependencies.
As an Engineering Manager, you will lead high-performing engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-impact products in a fast-moving, product-led environment.
You’ll combine technical leadership, delivery ownership, and people management — working closely with Product and Agile to turn ambitious roadmaps into real outcomes.
About the role
You’ll own delivery end-to-end, ensuring your team builds reliable, scalable solutions at pace.
This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll balance execution, technical strategy, and team development — keeping quality high while enabling fast, continuous delivery.
- Lead and develop a team of engineers, providing technical guidance and mentorship
- Own delivery from ambiguous requirements through to production-ready solutions
- Partner with Product and Agile to shape priorities, sizing, and roadmap delivery
- Drive high standards across quality, scalability, performance, and reliability
- Manage technical debt while delivering new features at pace
- Ensure strong observability, incident response, and engineering best practices
- Collaborate across teams to manage dependencies and align delivery
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and automation
- Work with Platform and Architecture to evolve technical strategy
- Build a high-performing, inclusive team focused on ownership and outcomes
- Hire, coach, and grow engineers, with clear goals and regular feedback
- Contribute to wider engineering initiatives and community growth
About you
You’re a product-focused Engineering Manager who thrives on building teams, delivering value, and shaping how engineering work gets done.
You balance technical depth with strong leadership — able to guide engineers, influence stakeholders, and drive outcomes in complex environments. Also:
- Proven experience leading engineering teams in product-led environments
- Strong delivery focus, with experience owning projects end-to-end
- Solid technical background with the ability to guide design and architecture decisions
- Experienced working closely with Product to deliver against roadmaps
- Passion for engineering excellence, quality, and continuous improvement
- Strong people leadership — coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams
- Comfortable managing ambiguity and driving clarity in complex environments
- Excellent stakeholder communication and collaboration skills
- A proactive, outcome-driven mindset with a focus on impact over process
Core Values
Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.
Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.
Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.
Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.
Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.
About
CFC is a specialist insurance provider, pioneering emerging risk and market leader in cyber. Our global insurance platform uses cutting-edge technology and data science to deliver smarter, faster underwriting and protect customers from today's most critical business risk.Headquartered in London with offices in New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Austin, Madrid, Brussels and Brisbane, CFC has over 1100 staff and is trusted by more than 100,000 businesses across 90 countries.At CFC, insurance isn't just about underwriting. From data science to software development, and digital marketing design, we've got something for everyone. We're passionate about pushing boundaries, thinking differently and building the insurance company of the future.CFC is committed to the principles of equal opportunities and creating an environment in which all individuals are always treated with dignity and respect. We encourage a diverse corporate culture of openness and appreciation to create an environment in which your talent can be developed in the best possible way. Should you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process please let us know.
CFC London, England Office
London, United Kingdom
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