Engineering Manager – United Kingdom
Role Summary
Join Bjak as an Engineering Manager in the UK, leading a talented team to build innovative financial platforms. Visa sponsorship is available for this role.
About the Organisation
Our mission is to make money smart, reliable and within reach for everyone.
In 2019, we built the first mobile-first, insurance platform, enabling insurance to be accessible online by millions in the region. Today, it's the leading insurance platform in Southeast Asia.
Today, we are expanding ways to help people in Asia and it includes spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more. Our objective is to build tools that will help people get more from their money and at ease and self reliance, become an expert. We believe AI will help us achieve this in our generation.
We are looking for the most talented and driven people we can find. We are looking for people who work for their passion, not counting hours. Who loves building great next-generation products, not status quo. Who cares about redefining how everyone around us can get the best financial applications, not for an exclusive few.
We have teams working around the world, with over 20 nationalities and growing from our offices and remotely. Join us and build a better future
Minimum Requirements
- Strong software engineering background with experience building and shipping real production systems.
- Experience leading or managing software engineers and owning engineering delivery.
- Strong technical depth across backend, frontend, APIs, databases, distributed systems or cloud infrastructure.
- Able to make sound architecture and technical trade-offs while balancing speed, scalability and maintainability.
- Strong track record of taking products or systems from idea through development, launch and production.
- Comfortable reviewing technical designs, challenging engineering decisions and debugging complex production issues.
- Strong people leadership with the ability to coach engineers, manage performance and build high-performing teams.
- Strong product sense and ability to connect engineering decisions to customer and business outcomes.
- Able to work fast with ambiguity, establish priorities and drive teams toward clear outcomes.
- Strong ownership mentality — when something breaks or delivery slips, you take responsibility for getting it back on track.
Working Conditions
This is a hybrid role. You are expected to work from our local office at least 3 days per week, with the remaining days offering flexibility to work remotely.
Candidates should be based in, or able to work from, the location where the role is advertised.
Eligibility Criteria
Open to candidates who can fulfill the role and meet necessary qualifications without explicit geographic restrictions.
⚠️ Disclaimer: PathwayAI Africa does not guarantee employment, scholarships, visas, or admission. Always verify all opportunities through official sources before submitting personal information.
Check if You Qualify
Upload your CV to compare it against this specific opportunity. You can still apply even if improvements are recommended.