Engineering Manager

We’re hiring a hands-on Engineering Manager who combines the craft of a Senior Software Engineer with a passion for developing people. You’ll build alongside your team, drive technical progress, and help the engineers you support grow in their roles, while continuing to grow yourself. The engineering side You'll be a contributor who pushes work forward, keeps the team focused on the plan, and lifts the team higher. We run many products on a shared platform, built on Node.js (TypeScript) with serverless-first principles on AWS. Much of what the products need is the same, and Seniors build that once, as shared capabilities that feel intended rather than patches on top of patches. The people side This is a new role for us. Until now, every engineer has reported to the CTO, and we outgrew it some time ago. We believe in a model with select Senior engineers who each support five to six colleagues in other teams, on top of their own engineering work. Managers who still build, pull the organisation closer together, and get a bigger impact through the people they support. The hat is about people. You're there for your engineers' growth, and to push our organisation higher. It includes the salary process, hiring, and everyday people management. Roadmaps, approvals, and technical direction stay in the teams, as they do today. Our challenge for you

• Drive your team's initiatives from plan to production, and make the people around you better while you do it.
• Spot when a capability should be shared across products, build it into the platform, and know when a one-off is the better call.
• Raise the bar for how we build with AI, in your team and among the engineers you support. Show what it makes possible, and bring others with you.
• Support five to six engineers in other teams: goals, growth, mentorship and feedback. Make sure each of them knows where they stand and where they're heading, and push when it's needed.
• Shape and fine-tune our engineering organisation together with the other Engineering Managers and the CTO.

What you'll bring to the team You're an exceptional software engineer, and you're driven by helping other engineers grow.

• You want to manage people and to keep building, and you don't see either as a step away from the other.
• You've designed, built, and run systems that other teams depend on, and you can explain the trade-offs you made and what you learned from running them.
• You've helped engineers grow, as a mentor, lead, or manager, and can tell us who and how. You give honest feedback, including the uncomfortable kind, and take it as openly as you give it.
• You build at the front edge of what AI makes possible. Your way of working has changed because of it; you can show where it made you better, where it still falls short, and help others do the same.

What's in it for you You'll join an exciting and committed EdTech company in a strong growth phase. Work with motivated, skilled colleagues across several countries and contribute to a good cause. We have an entrepreneurial mindset and a flat organisation with an open-minded atmosphere. Diversity and inclusion at ILT Education At ILT, we believe that diverse perspectives make us better, both as a company and in the impact we create through education. As an international EdTech organization, we actively foster an inclusive environment where people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives feel valued, respected, and empowered to contribute. We are committed to building teams that reflect the diversity of the learners we serve, and we welcome applicants regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or background. What matters most to us is your potential, your mindset, and your ability to contribute to our shared mission.