Engineering Manager at Penfold

Hi, we’re Penfold 

Penfold is building the pension of the future. We’re dragging the multi-trillion-pound pension industry out of the dark ages. Think about how challenger banks have changed banking. We’re demystifying pensions to make them universally accessible, engaging, and exciting so we can help everyone save enough for later life. 

We have over £15 million in funding and are backed by some of the world’s most successful fintech investors & entrepreneurs. 

We are an FCA-regulated pension provider, offering tens of thousands of consumers a totally digital pension experience via our mobile app, helping hundreds of businesses run their workplace pension, and tracking down hundreds of millions of pounds in lost pension pots for all our customers. 

The role

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to join our team. Here are some of the things you’ll help us with:

• Coaching and supporting Penfold engineers with regular 1:1s and continuous feedback
• Expanding our engineering team through hiring and developing our on-boarding process
• Streamlining the delivery process to ensure that we’re incrementally delivering value to our customers
• Identifying blockers or impediments that are holding the team back
• Ensuring our team have the right tooling in place so that they feel productive and are free from distractions
• Identifying opportunities for automation and other improvements to our software delivery process

Skills and experience:

We’d love to hear from you if:

• Have previous experience line managing software engineers as either a Team Lead or Engineering Manager
• Come from a software engineering background and have hands-on experience writing software (the role does not require hands-on coding)
• Have delivery experience and are able to support teams in achieving their outcomes
• Are very familiar with either Scrum or Kanban methodologies
• Are data-driven and able to interrogate metrics and analytics to help inform decisions
• You have strong verbal and written communication at both the technical and non-technical level

We’d especially love to hear from you if :

• Have worked in a start-up environment
• Have experience defining and working with KPIs for software development
• Have performed the role of a Scrum Master or similar agile delivery function
• Can bring your own experience to technical discussions and help guide the team towards technical solutions

Ultimately, we’re looking for smart, hardworking & energetic people who get stuff done & are committed to contributing to a great team. So, if you’re excited about what we’re doing, get in touch – definitely don’t be put off if you don’t tick every box!

Benefits

We’re working hard to create a working environment where people feel empowered to do their very best work, make a big impact, and enjoy what they do. 

Right now we’re still a small team, but we’re well funded and growing rapidly. As one of our first 50 employees, you’ll not only have a huge say in defining our culture & what it’s like to work here, but you’ll have uncapped opportunities for progression, learning, and exposure to different areas of the business. 

Specifically, our benefits package includes: 

• A competitive salary – we proactively review salaries to make sure you get what you deserve (i.e., we’ll review more than once a year) 
• Meaningful share options – you’ll own a part of Penfold and share in our success
• Unlimited holidays with check-ins to make sure you’re taking enough – we’re interested in your output, not how many holidays you go on!
• Flexible working – we hire competent and capable people, and we trust you to get the work done at a time that suits you
• All the equipment you need to do your job whether you are working remotely or office-based.
• Learning & Professional Development – we conduct regular 360 feedback and focus on role progression that suits each individual. We support everyone with courses, events, and coaching to help everyone reach their goals
• Quarterly company socials (and regular meetups throughout the year too). If you’re based remotely we’ll cover transport and accommodation.

Find out more about our benefits, our values, and our ways of working on our Meet the Team page

Location

Our engineering team operates as a remote-first team, with most team members opting to work from home. Our processes and tools are designed to include remote employees equally. We’ll make sure that you’re set up with the right equipment so you can work from home comfortably.

We have a private office in London at Uncommon Borough, a large co-working space with all the perks and more plants than a garden centre. It’s a great space if you want to come into the office and meet other team members.  

We are happy to hear from candidates outside the UK based in either GMT or CET timezones.

Our application process

We’ll have a very quick introductory call to properly introduce you to Penfold, find out more about your experience so far and career aspirations, and make sure you get a chance to ask any questions you might have. 

The next stage would be meeting some of the engineering and product team followed by a final call with one of the founders. 

We are 100% committed to building a diverse and representative team. Whatever your race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability - we want to hear from you. If you have questions about the role or the company or the interview process, please let your recruiter know and we’re happy to answer these anonymously if that makes you feel more comfortable.