Engineering Manager - Subscriptions

• Lead, support, and develop a team of data and backend engineers, creating an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute and grow.

• Work with product managers, business partners, and engineering teams to set priorities and build data products that improve the subscription experience.

• Guide the development of reliable, scalable data pipelines and backend services that support targeting, messaging, personalisation, and machine learning.

• Help your team make informed technical decisions, balancing data quality, reliability, business needs, and long-term maintainability.

• Support engineers through regular feedback, coaching, career development, and opportunities to share knowledge.

• Collaborate across teams to manage dependencies, solve challenges, and build shared data solutions.

• Improve engineering practices, including service reliability, sustainable on-call processes, and responsible data management.

• Explore opportunities to use AI and automation to simplify workflows, improve data quality, and support your team's work.

Who You Are

• You have experience leading data or backend engineering teams and enjoy helping engineers develop their skills and careers.

• You have a background in software or data engineering and can guide technical discussions about data architecture, distributed systems, scalability, and reliability.

• You understand how to balance team development, technical decisions, and delivery priorities to achieve meaningful results.

• You have worked with large-scale data pipelines, data platforms, or backend services. Experience with technologies such as Google Cloud, BigQuery, Apache Beam, Dataflow, dbt, Flyte, Airflow, Scala, or Java is valuable.

• You can navigate changing priorities, make informed decisions, and help your team move forward when the path isn't always clear.

• You communicate clearly and build effective partnerships with product, business, and engineering teams to turn shared goals into practical solutions.

• You value different perspectives, encourage open feedback, and help create an environment where people feel respected and supported.

• You're curious about new technologies, including AI and automation, and enjoy finding ways to improve how teams work and deliver value.