Overview

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NerdWallet UK is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead and grow our remote, UK-based engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality technical outcomes, fostering a strong engineering culture, and empowering your team to thrive. You will shape the direction of our platform and products while ensuring alignment with our broader company strategy.

As a collaborative leader, you’ll work closely with cross-functional partners in Product and Business to drive execution and innovation. This is an exciting opportunity to influence how we build, work, and scale as a team.

You are a strong technical leader who delivers scalable, reliable, and high-performing systems. You are an inspiring people manager who leads with empathy, develops talent through coaching and feedback, and fosters a high-trust team environment. You are strategic yet hands-on, able to define long-term vision while supporting day-to-day execution and delivery. You are highly collaborative, communicating clearly with Product, Design, and other cross-functional teams to align on goals and drive results. You are calm under pressure, data- and outcomes-driven, and curious about industry trends to evolve engineering practices.

This role reports to the General Manager, UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage team delivery in partnership with the Head of Product Management, ensuring execution excellence and alignment with business goals.
• Provide technical leadership that promotes scalability, performance, security, and innovation across systems and architecture.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of engineers, fostering a culture of trust, ownership, and continuous learning, with performance management as needed.
• Support career development through coaching, feedback, and tailored growth plans.
• Set clear direction in ambiguous problem spaces, including architectural decisions, code reviews, and system design discussions.
• Be a sounding board for engineers on technical challenges and a respected technical leader.
• Own the reliability, uptime, and evolution of infrastructure and applications, maintaining high standards of system health and performance.
• Contribute to and challenge technical and architectural decisions, empowering engineers to lead and take ownership.
• Evolve and uphold engineering standards, best practices, and development processes to ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes.
• Stay engaged with emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for innovation.
• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of engineering projects with a focus on timely, high-quality outcomes.
• Continuously improve development processes, tooling, and collaboration methods.
• Monitor and leverage key engineering metrics to drive performance, efficiency, and team growth.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in a software engineering role, with at least 5+ years managing engineering teams.
• Experience growing and leading small teams in fast-moving, product-led companies.
• Proven ability to drive engineering execution while maintaining technical excellence.
• Background in shipping successful consumer web products at scale.
• Strong experience with modern web frameworks and languages, including React, C#/.NET, PHP, and HTML/CSS.
• Experience working with AWS or equivalent.
• Experience with Ruby & SQL is a bonus.
• Familiarity with modern web architectures and scalable backend systems.
• Ability to engage deeply in technical conversations across systems, data structures, and architecture.
• Past experience as an individual contributor (IC) — you know what great code and engineering practices look like.
• Skilled in project management, prioritisation, and stakeholder alignment.
• Excellent communication, decision-making, and time-management skills.

Where

• This role is remote for UK-based candidates only. NerdWallet offers benefits to support the well-being of you and your family, regardless of location.

What We Offer

• Generous Pension: NerdWallet offers up to 6% matched pension contribution
• Paid Time Off (PTO): 25 days of paid time off, not including public holidays
• Wellness stipend: monthly wellness stipend
• Wifi stipend: monthly Wifi stipend

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable law; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.