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Tech Team Lead - London

  • Hybrid
    • London, Greater London, United Kingdom
  • Engineering

Job description

We are hiring a Tech Team Lead to join our team!  You will contribute to our mission to improve our patients' health and their lives, with the development of our web applications, leading a cross-functional team.


Who you are

  • You are a software engineer with at least 7 years of commercial experience

  • You are excited about contributing to a product that can drive positive change to the lives of millions of people around the world

  • You have a genuine enthusiasm for software engineering and take no greater pleasure than finding the right solution to the problem at hand and making practical tradeoffs

  • You’re eager to continuously learn, grow and step out of your comfort zone

  • You are a natural leader who inspires your team, fosters a positive engineering culture, and leads by example

  • The idea of working in a successful high growth startup in a fast paced role excites you


What you will do

Lead a delivery team

  • Lead a small, cross-functional team of frontend & backend engineers, working closely Product Managers, Designers, QAs, Data Scientists, business stakeholders and domain experts

  • Be the technical partner to the product manager and partner teams to evaluate the feasibility and efficient delivery of new product features and improvements

  • Together with the team, shape up product ideas into delivery plans, and then turn these plans into successful product launches

  • Contribute to your team’s delivery with hands on work - from architectural design, to implementation & testing and deployment & operations


Grow and develop your teammates

  • Support the growth of your teammates by regularly providing actionable feedback, growth opportunities and stretch goals

  • Help the team get closer to our customers and actively participate when solving their problems and needs.


Guide optimal technical decisions & continuous improvement of our engineering practices

  • Guide your team on making optimal technical decisions and implementations, adhering to the adopted practices and making the appropriate practical tradeoffs for the situation at hand

  • Ensure the quality and robustness of your team’s work, by utilising the right mix of unit, integration, E2E and manual testing

  • Collaborate with the other Team Leads and the Engineering Leadership on the continuous improvement and evolution of our process, ways of working and tech stack

Job requirements

  • At least 7 years of commercial experience as a software engineer or a team lead

  • Full product lifecycle experience with product development - from inception through to deployment to production and maintenance

  • Experience with working in broader cross functional teams with business stakeholders

  • Familiarity with business and commercial metrics to measure the impact of your work. Familiarity with engineering metrics to measure the impact of your team

  • Solid understanding of architecture, programming concepts and patterns, TDD and unit testing

  • Great verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way to non-engineering teammates

  • A strong desire to learn and to contribute to the team’s work

  • Ability to work from our London HQ (Bermondsey / London Bridge) 3 days per week 


Other skills you might have

  • A degree in Computer Science or equivalent is a plus

  • Experience with A/B testing and feature flags

  • An eye for user behaviour and design


BENEFITS

  • Generous stock option plan
  • Private medical insurance
  • £400 annual learning & development budget with Learnerbly
  • Gym & wellness benefit with Wellhub 
  • Remote opportunity
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Electric car scheme
  • 25 days holidays and generous parental leave & flexible working policies
  • Annual company retreat 
  • A fun and friendly working environment with sharp and motivated co-workers
  • Join in the early stages of one of the most promising start-ups in the health & wellness spac

Websites:

https://www.manual.co/

https://www.joinvoy.com/


ABOUT MANUAL

MANUAL delivers healthcare at scale thanks to its comprehensive digital clinic. Our ambition is to extend the healthy years of lives for a large part of the population in the UK, Brazil, and beyond focusing on life-impeding conditions like hormonal imbalance, obesity and hair loss.


MANUAL has steadily grown since inception and is now serving 500k+ patients, across 2 geographies. We are centralising the diagnosis, custom medications, doctor specialist services, behavioural change and fully vertically integrated management of the treatment journey, under one roof and consumer brand.


We’re destigmatising how people approach their health by offering easy access to diagnostics, a holistic range of treatments, ongoing care and medical advice, as well as a community to help proactively improve one’s health and wellbeing. A place that didn't exist until now.


Innovating on healthcare delivery, MANUAL provides patients with engaging treatment plans generating superior clinical outcomes: 90%+ of patients see an improvement in their Quality of Life (QoL) within 6 months. Our ambition is to extend the healthy years of lifespan for a big part of the population in the UK, Brazil and beyond.


After a $30 million Series A round, we are on a mission to build one of the most impactful teams in the healthcare space. We are looking for incredibly ambitious, entrepreneurial, driven and fun people to join us as we accelerate our growth and expansion. This is an exciting time to join the UK’s fastest-growing healthtech and help supercharge our mission.


Websites:

https://www.manual.co/

https://www.joinvoy.com/


EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Menwell Limited, trading as MANUAL, is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of gender and gender reassignment, age, disability, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs. This applies to all decisions related to hiring, training, remuneration, promotion and discipline.


We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to our success. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, valued and respected, regardless of their background, identity or beliefs. We believe that Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) is essential to our ability to offer the best possible health outcomes to our patients and customers.

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