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Hybrid requirements: 2 days per week in the office.
As an Engineering Manager at Tillo you will oversee the software development lifecycle and ensure quality, security, and innovation in Tillo’s API Team 🤩
Check out our Engineering Hub to find out more about the team!
You will lead a team of software engineers, drive projects, mentor team members, and collaborate cross-functionally to align technical solutions with business objectives. Your role will encompass software design, development, DevOps, commercial support, team management, security adherence, and operations oversight.
We are looking for an experienced Engineer with a solid understanding of PHP and Laravel, as well as mentoring/leadership experience to help take us to the next level as we expand globally 🚀
You will join a world-class team in the business of making people smile. Our Platform connects our customers to rewards and incentives from 2000+ brands that people love, all via our seamless, easy-to-use API.
If successful, you will:
Lead the API Team in software design, documentation, and development, ensuring adherence to high standards and best practices.
Participate in the full development life cycle, from requirements to architecture, implementation, and verification. Developing new features and products to generate revenue.
Work with your team to ensure the solution is robust, secure, resource-optimised, and cost-effective. Resolve fundamental technical challenges that will enable consistent and efficient delivery.
Represent the API team’s vision and timeline to other functions, translating business needs into a clearly prioritised roadmap.
Build out and assume responsibility for the API engineering team, outlining correct topologies and engineering processes that encourage optimum productivity, i.e. velocity and frequent shipping, that will drive Tillo’s further growth.
Partner with the API product manager to create a short- and long-term Product engineering vision. Building customer-focused products aligned with Tillo’s expansion and growth ambitions.
Provide DevOps support, monitoring and maintaining test and production environments to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
Serve as the point of escalation for any platform-related issues, coordinating resolution efforts and communicating updates to relevant stakeholders.
Support the sales and business development teams by attending client meetings and providing technical expertise.
Lead recruitment efforts for direct reports and oversee other team members, supporting their training and personal development.
Support security initiatives, including adherence to ISO 27001 standards, monitoring the Information Security Management System (ISMS), and implementing security controls.
Participate in operations meetings as needed, providing second-line support and ensuring proper out-of-hours support coverage.
Schedule and oversee the monitoring rota to ensure continuous monitoring and timely response to alerts.
About you:
You’re an excellent communicator with proven people leadership skills, with strong domain experience from a scaled API-first business. You should bring a strong product mindset, with exceptional understanding of the customer.
To be successful in this role, you’ll need experience with:
PHP and Laravel, with a strong foundation in object-oriented programming.
Leading cross-functional engineering teams with a proven track record of instilling engineering best practices and processes.
The OWASP Top 10 and secure development principles.
Keeping documentation up to date to ensure transparency and efficiency.
Role tech stack
PHP
Laravel
AWS
Python
JavaScript
Life at
Tillo
Culture overview
It’s our team that makes us great at what we do. Whether we’re working from our fantastic head office in Hove or remotely, the team loves to collaborate. Together, we’re a motivated and innovative bunch who work hard to find new ways to push Tillo forward every day.
Trust and empowerment are important to us. Our team encourages flexibility and autonomy while offering a supportive work environment. Whatever your role here, you’ll experience a great work-life balance that helps you reach your potential.
Employee benefits
Cycle To Work
Free Food
Laptop
Learning Allowance
Pension
Private Healthcare
Share Options
Wellbeing Programme
Office vibe
City Centre
Open Plan
Social Events
Location
Tech at
Tillo
Leadership
Michael Norris
VP of Engineering
Tech overview
We're a team of creative problem solvers, and we work collaboratively and openly to find the best solution. Although there's a lot of expertise within the company, we're willing to be challenged and open to a new way of doing things.
We tend to work in two-week sprints where we're laser-focused on a particular project or solution.
We encourage continuous learning and improvement. We give our team members real responsibility, autonomy and the opportunity to develop their skills and take ownership.
Engineering principles
Agile Process
Automated acceptance testing
Change Management
Code Reviews
Collective code ownership
Communication and collaboration
Continuous delivery
Continuous Development
Continuous integration
Infrastructure as code
Knowledge sharing
Mentoring
Monitoring and logging
Pair programming
Rapid release cycles
Refactoring
Scrum
Separation of concerns
Test Driven Development
Unit testing
Company tech stack
AWS
JavaScript
Laravel
Python
Vue.Js
PHP
Docker
Amazon RDS
Amazon S3
Elasticsearch
Kubernetes