Engineering Manager - Front-end background (UK)

The Opportunity   We are looking for Senior software engineers with front-end expertise who can also be people managers of other software engineers, for a share of their time (up to 50%).   On the engineering part:   - Design and implement high-performance, scalable, and responsive user interfaces. - Optimize frontend performance to ensure smooth and efficient user experiences. - Tackle real-time challenges, enabling concurrent editing resilient to network disruptions, based on a single source of truth managed through efficient caching. - Translate functional requirements into elegant and simple designs, delivering high-quality code. - Understand and address the product and customer needs, suggesting innovative ideas to deliver maximum value to end users. - We are also looking for engineers who understand the product and the customer's needs in detail and can suggest innovative ideas: in the end, it's all about delivering value to end users.   On the people management part, here is what it entails:   - Coach up to six direct reports, providing guidance and support (usually every two weeks). - Define expectations, collect and deliver feedback, and build career development plans using our skill leveling matrix. - Participate in performance-related decisions with other managers, including proposing and calibrating salary raises and handling under-performance remediation. (Optional) Lead ad hoc projects to structure engineering efforts, such as organizing technical demos, leading - All Hands meetings, or evolving our skill leveling matrix.   In the Pigment engineering team, people managers do not have the responsibility of a particular technical domain, as this is the role of technical leads: this way, we make sure career decisions and technical choices are independent of one another.   Explore Our Tech Blog: If you're curious about the kind of challenges our engineering team tackles, our culture, and our organization, we invite you to explore our Tech Blog!   - Experience as a software engineer working on a product in production - for managers specifically, this experience must be evaluated during the interview process at a “senior” level (that is, usually from 7-8 years). - Experience in people management of at least 2-3 years. - Proven experience with front technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, React, Vue, and Angular (among others). - Great team spirit with a problem-solving attitude and user experience focus - A good dose of humility and the willingness to grow (no matter your seniority!).     What you will get:   Competitive salary Equity The best health insurance with Alan Blue is entirely free for you and your family 💙 Trust and flexible working hours Brand new offices in the heart of Paris, London, New York, and, Toronto Remote-friendly environment