Senior Engineering Manager

Overview

We're on a mission to make money work for everyone. We're moving away from traditional banking complexity. With our cards, pay-early feature, financial education on social media, and award-winning customer service, we have a history of creating positive moments for customers. We're not about selling products-we aim to solve problems and change lives through Monzo.

This role is for a Senior Engineering Manager where you'll be a manager of managers. You will lead across multiple teams in an org of around 20-30 people. We're expanding, and your role as Senior EM will be to grow and build new squads as needed. Your direct reports will include Tech Leads, Senior Engineers, and 2-3 Engineering Managers.

Responsibilities

• Delivery and Execution: Own accountability for delivery across your squad(s), collaborating with the Technical Lead and Product Manager.
• Engineering and Operational Excellence: Drive a high bar for engineering excellence within your teams. You are accountable for the technical outcomes your teams deliver alongside engineer performance and growth.
• People Leadership: Have experience directly managing 2-3 Engineering Managers and leading organizations of around 20 engineers. Support, coach and develop them through regular 1:1s and continuous feedback.
• Technical Influence: Partner with senior engineers to drive technical initiatives that raise the bar for engineering practices.
• Stakeholder Relationships: Build strong relationships with other teams and create focus spaces for engineers to do their best work.
• Organizational Wide Impact: Collaborate with the wider engineering organization to contribute to company-wide managerial and technical practices and standards.

Qualifications

We recognise that Senior Engineering Managers lead in different ways. We're looking for someone adept at:

• Delivery and Execution: accountability for delivery across squads, with collaboration with Tech Lead and Product Manager.
• Engineering and Operational Excellence: high bar for engineering quality and clear expectations.
• People Leadership: experience managing 2-3 Engineering Managers and leading 20 engineers, with regular coaching and feedback.
• Technical Influence: drive technical initiatives with senior engineers.
• Stakeholder Relationships: strong collaboration with other teams to enable engineers to do their best work.
• Organizational Wide Impact: contribute to company-wide practices and standards.

Location and Working

Locations & Flexible Working: Our main tech hub is London, but engineers live across the UK. There is no pressure to come into the office; we support costs if you need to travel to the office. Offices are social, with regular in-person events and team time in person or online.

Set up a work schedule that delivers impact and fits your life. We value flexibility, wellbeing, and work/life balance, with core hours and freedom to manage your time to suit personal commitments.

Interview Process

After an initial informal recruiter call, you'll go through two main stages:

• Initial Call (1 hour): Meet with a Senior Engineering Manager or Engineering Director. Discuss leadership experience, product delivery, and technical leadership with example-based questions.
• Loop Stage (3 hours 30 mins): Three interviews (60 minutes each) plus a 30-minute reverse interview over 1-2 days: Team and Org Management, System Design, Behavioral, and Chat with an Engineering Leader.

All going well, you'll complete the hiring process in about 3-4 weeks. If you'd like to ask questions earlier, email . We can accommodate accessibility or other needs during the process.

What's in it for you

Base salary £130k-£160k + Equity + Benefits. We can help with UK relocation and visa sponsorship. The role can be based in London or distributed within the UK (with occasional London meetings). Flexible working hours and a learning budget of £1,000 per year for books, training, and conferences.

More benefits available-see our full list of benefits here.

Equal opportunities

We're an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion are priorities, with support for everyone to grow at Monzo. Further details are in our Diversity and Inclusion and Gender Pay reports. We welcome applicants regardless of age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran status, disability status, or neurodiversity.