Software Engineering Talent for Startups | Founder at Bounce Digital

Engineering Manager – Data Platform (Enterprise Focus)

Location

Central London (Hybrid – 3 days)

Company Sector

B2B SaaS

Type

Permanent, Full-time

Visa

Sponsorship available for candidates already based in the UK

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a talented, senior team working on some of the most technically challenging and business-critical systems in the company - enterprise-scale data lifecycle management.

You’ll guide a high-performing group of engineers, shape architecture and strategy, and ensure that enterprise customers can manage and trust their data at massive scale.

It’s a role with real impact, where every decision touches millions of users.

What You’ll Be Doing

• ✨ Leading and mentoring a team of experienced engineers - keeping them engaged, motivated, and aligned around shared goals.
• Setting technical direction: shaping architecture, reviewing systems, and driving engineering best practices.
• Partnering closely with product, operations, and business leaders to align priorities and deliver results that matter.
• Exploring how AI and automation can help improve compliance, governance, and data usability.
• ⚙️ Owning delivery of scalable, cross-product systems that ensure customers have full control over their data.
• This isn’t a “hands-off” role - you’ll stay 30–40% hands-on, contributing to design discussions and helping the team tackle complex technical problems.

What We’re Looking For

• ✅ 3+ years’ experience leading high-performing engineering teams (ideally with senior or staff-level engineers).
• ✅ Strong full-stack or backend background – ideally with Node.js, React, Kafka or similar.
li>✅ A balance of strategic thinking and bias for action – someone who can move things forward, not overthink them.
• ✅ Excellent stakeholder management – you know how to align technical and business priorities and build strong relationships across teams.
• ✅ A passion for technical excellence and building reliable, scalable systems that solve real customer problems.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Impact: You’ll shape systems that are foundational to the business, used by millions of people.
• Autonomy: A high-trust culture where you can make decisions and see their impact quickly.
• Growth: Plenty of room to expand — whether that’s leading more teams or taking on broader data/platform leadership.
• Culture: Collaborative, fast-moving, and full of genuinely great people who care about what they build.

If you’re an engineering leader who loves solving complex problems at scale and wants to work in a place where your voice and ideas really matter - this one’s worth a look.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Staffing and Recruiting and Software Development

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