Engineering Manager

👥 About the Engineering Team

We are a distributed team of around 40 engineers across the UK and EU who thrive on solving complex challenges together.

We are a highly cross-functional group, bringing together front-end, back-end, mobile, machine learning, and data expertise. We partner closely with Product, Design, and Science to build truly impactful member experiences. Within this ecosystem, the Scoring squad focuses on translating ZOE science with biological data into the personalised scores our members rely on.

We value curiosity, openness, and empowerment. We encourage continuous learning, sharing ideas, and shaping how we work—whether through experimenting with new technology or improving team efficiency. We're also proud of our team's diversity (40% female, 60% male) and believe that varied backgrounds, cultures, and lived experiences make us stronger, more creative, and better equipped to serve our global community.

As the Engineering Manager for Scoring squad, you will report directly to an Engineering Director. You will serve as the technical anchor for your squad, bridging the gap between complex research and a seamless user experience.

At ZOE, EMs are technical leaders who stay close to the craft. You’ll drive the growth of your engineers while remaining hands‑on in the delivery process. Beyond high-level architectural oversight, you’ll work 'under the hood' to ensure our 'science-to-app' pipeline is flawless—balancing people leadership with the active execution required to ship world‑class products.

🌍 We are only considering applicants currently living in the UK or EU. All direct applicants must have the permanent right to work and live in the EU or UK. Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

✈️ This is a remote role. However, applicants must be open to travelling to London on a quarterly basis.

• Languages: Kotlin, Python (for ML services)

• Frontend: React Native (our mobile home)

• Cloud: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Data/Infrastructure: Postgre
  
  SQL, Redis, Kubernetes, and Terraform

• You will own the professional development of 3 engineers. This includes weekly 1:1 sessions to unblock work, quarterly check‑ins to review performance, and bi‑yearly performance reviews to align on long‑term career goals and opportunities.

• Work in a tight‑knit partnership with a Product Manager and Product Designer to shape the roadmap, ensuring technical feasibility is baked into every product discovery phase.

• Lead the system design and technical roadmap for the Scoring domain, ensuring our infrastructure can scale with our growing global member base.

• Stay close to the implementation by regularly participating in code reviews, ensuring best practices are met and knowledge is shared across the squad.

• Act as the technical point of contact for our Nutrition Science and Data Science teams, turning research‑grade logic into high‑performance software.

• You have experience leading small engineering teams and haven't lost your "builder" mindset. You enjoy the challenge of solving complex technical problems alongside your team.

• You are deeply comfortable with distributed systems, API design, and data modelling. You can zoom out to see the big picture and zoom in to catch a bug in a PR.

• You are passionate about developing people. You know how to deliver constructive feedback during 1:1s and how to navigate performance cycles to help your team level up.

• You thrive in cross‑functional environments. You know how to speak the language of "Design" and "Product" to find the best solutions for our members.

• You are excited by the challenge of "product ionizing" science—turning complex models into reliable, user‑facing insights.

We’ve designed our process to be transparent and reflective of the day‑to‑day of an Engineering Manager ’ll meet engineers, product partners, and leadership to ensure we’re the right fit for your career goals.

Talent Acquisition Screen (30 min) - A conversational deep‑drive into your background, your interest in ZOE’s mission, and the logistics of…