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To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology.\nWe have grown rapidly in the past few years - growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and our newly established Engineering Hub in Lisbon. We have raised more than £500m in funding and our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more.\nWe have created a culture that enables our team to produce the best work in the industry while ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the industry's most generous employee share package. Named one of the world's most innovative fintechs by Global Finance Magazine, we were also recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe's fastest-growing companies for two consecutive years-and a UK Best Employer for 2026.\nEngineering Managers at Thought Machine lead complex technical projects to deliver on our product roadmap. To accomplish this you will manage a group of talented engineers as they identify issues and implement creative solutions to address them. You will manage your own project deliverables, contribute to the team strategy, and help develop and grow your team. We are particularly excited to hear from people who show strong product ownership and enjoy switching between engineering management and being hands on with technical work.\nThe security team is cross-functional and comprises diverse people who bring their unique engineering expertise. The team covers the following areas:\nDefine the best in class solutions to engineering problems\n\nDesigns to build secure services and platforms\n\nEngineer unique solutions and tooling to engineering problems\n\nImplement and maintain cutting-edge solutions and capabilities\n\nA large part of the Thought Machine function is greenfield; we are building the bank of tomorrow with cutting-edge technology. To achieve this, we need innovative thinking to create solutions that fit into our products and our infrastructure. We look for people who think outside the box and outside of traditional silos to find unique solutions and approaches that lead the industry.\nDuties\nWorking with your team closely on defining and delivering our security engineering roadmap.\n\nActively participate in technical discussions and design reviews.\n\nMeasuring your team’s impact.\n\nContributing to product strategy.\n\nContributing to engineering-wide initiatives as part of the engineering management team on anything from recruitment to team processes.\n\nOperate collaboratively with other Thought Machine teams with trust and influence\n\nDevelop engineers in your team and help them in their career development.\n\nLeading by example: Code reviews and hands-on technical work\n\nRequirements\nEssential\n2+ years experience in engineering management of product-aligned teams.\n\nTechnical background to drive technical choices and great interpersonal skills to communicate with Product Managers and client representatives. You should enjoy working in environments where you have a high level of responsibility and autonomy.\n\nKnowledge and experience in designing, developing, and maintaining security for modern technology stacks similar to the stack we use at Thought Machine (AWS or GCP, Kubernetes, Go/Python).\n\nYou are comfortable wearing different Engineering Manager hats that suit the changing needs of a team as it evolves.\n\nDesirable\nExperience in defining roadmaps, technical architecture, and deliverables.\n\nExperience in balancing risk management with company objectives and opportunities.\n\nAwareness and experience with “well-architected” security frameworks such as CSA-CCM, OWASP SAMM, or similar cloud, infrastructure, or application security frameworks.\n\nExisting experience building and operating security for distributed systems at scale.\n\nYou’ve previously helped recruit and shape brilliant engineering teams.\n\nYou’ve previously taken an active role in defining and evaluating effective team processes.\n\nContributions to the security community (public research, blogging, presentations, etc).\n\nBenefits\nHighly competitive salary\n\nPension plan (match up to 5%)\n\nLife insurance - three times annual salary\n\nCompetitive maternity (six months fully paid) and paternity leave (four weeks fully paid)\n\nShared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time)\n\n25 days holiday and bank holidays\n\nFlexible working hours\n\nCycle-to-work scheme\n\nElectric car scheme\n\nSeason ticket loan\n\nAccess to outstanding learning materials and courses\n\nSports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine\n\nAll the latest tech you need\n\nStart the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals\n\nHuge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks\n\nA talented and experienced team as your colleagues\n\nAn environment where we encourage learning and progress\n\nTwo charity days a year\n\nWeekly food pop-up\n\nWe actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. 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