Engineering Manager

About The Role

• HyperLayer is formalising Engineering Manager positions within the Platform Engineering function. The Engineering Manager sits at the heart of the engineering organisation—combining direct people management with technical leadership across a squad of Platform Engineers.
• This is not a pure coordination role and it is not a pure technical role. The Engineering Manager is accountable for both dimensions: what your squad delivers and how it is built, and the growth, wellbeing, and performance of the engineers in it. We expect Engineering Manager to remain close to the technical work while owning the full people management responsibility for their team.
• Each Engineering Manager reports directly to the Head of Engineering. There are three Engineering Manager positions; each will lead a squad of Platform Engineers. The Engineering Managers will work closely together to coordinate priorities, squad assignments, and cross‑squad dependencies.

What You’ll Do

• Own the day‑to‑day wellbeing, performance, and development of the Platform Engineers in your squad.
• Run structured, regular 1:1s and provide clear, actionable feedback—both positive and constructive.
• Own the performance review process for your direct reports; build development plans and help engineers understand what progression looks like at HyperLayer.
• Partner with the Head of Engineering on hiring: define what your squad needs, run interviews, and make hiring decisions.
• Identify and address performance or wellbeing issues early; elevate to the HoE when required.
• Create a team environment where engineers feel safe to raise problems, take ownership, and do their best work.

Technical Leadership

• Own technical delivery and quality across your squad—accountable for what ships, how it is built, and whether it meets the bar.
• Make day‑to‑day technical decisions within your squad; elevate to the Head of Engineering for platform‑wide architectural decisions.
• Define and uphold engineering standards: code quality, observability, testing practices, security posture.
• Get into the technical weeds when an engineer is blocked—engage meaningfully with the problem, not just escalated.
• Remain a hands‑on contributor; maintain close proximity to the codebase and day‑to‑day delivery to lead with credibility.

Delivery and Coordination

• Work with Product to understand priorities, surface squad capacity, and flag risks and blockers before they become problems.
• Own sprint planning, retrospectives, and delivery cadence within your squad.
• Coordinate with the other Engineering Manager on squad composition, cross‑squad dependencies, and shared priorities.
• Report to and work closely with the Head of Engineering; share accountability for the overall health of the Platform Engineering function.

What We Are Looking For

• Engineering background—built production software and understand the HyperLayer technology stack deeply enough to make sound technical decisions and support engineers on hard problems.
• Leadership drive—motivated to step into a people leadership role, ready to invest in the development and wellbeing of your team, and approach management as seriously as you approach technical work.
• Communication—communicate clearly and directly, adapt style for different audiences, and be comfortable having difficult conversations when needed.
• Delivery focus—organised, follow through on commitments, and create clarity for your team about what needs to happen and by when.
• Technical credibility—engineers on your team trust your judgement; you can engage credibly on architecture, code quality, and operational concerns.

The Team

The Engineering Manager reports directly to the Head of Engineering and manages a squad of Platform Engineers across a mix of seniority levels—senior, mid‑level, and junior engineers.

The role requires the ability to adapt your leadership and technical support to engineers at different stages of their careers, developing juniors and mid‑level engineers while giving senior engineers the right level of autonomy and challenge.

There are three Engineering Manager positions within the Platform Engineering function. The three Engineering Managers work alongside each other and coordinate on squad composition, priorities, and cross‑squad delivery.

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