At Hnry, we take an approach to senior Engineering roles that helps our team play to their strengths, have an impact that is motivating to them and provides them with more flexibility and choice than selecting from a binary manager vs maker path and job title.

In this role, you will play a key role in our Engineering Team, focusing on delivery management as well as team management within one of our delivery teams.

You’ll collaborate with others across Hnry, ensuring our team, product, platform and ways of working continue to support our users and the wider Hnry team as we grow.

This will include collaborating with other Principal Engineers with other focuses, such as technical architecture, internal processes, technology strategy, hands-on delivery, coaching and mentoring.

🚀 Responsibilities

People management and leadership of Engineers, seeking excellence in team and delivery practices, reporting into the Head of Engineering.

Driving improvements to our delivery practice, ensure we continue to deliver measurable impact as we grow.

Leads a culture of accountability and responsibility around delivery, and creating an environment where engineers can deliver consistent, high quality work

Coaching and mentoring the team, creating personal and professional development plans to ensure we can attract and engage top talent

Growing the engineering team, recruiting in new engineers to bring new skills and capabilities into the team, aligning with Hnry’s strong culture and values

Building strong relationships with all members of the business to actively identify problems and propose solutions, based on customer insights and data

Collaborate with and support other members of the wider Hnry team, to deliver the right outcomes for Hnry customers

Striking the balance between perfection and pragmatic impact across the team

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Matt - Head of Engineering

💪 You will

Be a self-motivated team-player, driven to achieve, and excited by the potential of leading and growing an experienced team of engineers

Have experience in building, leading, and motivating teams, in a changeable environment

Have experience with managing technical delivery, ensuring strategic initiatives are delivered within agreed timeframes and with successful outcomes

Have many years of people management experience, and the confidence to lean in to supporting people teams through inevitable challenges as we grow

Be flexible and open to change, with a strong desire to achieve the best within a constantly evolving environment

Have excellent oral communication and presentation skills, the ability to bring people on a journey, as well as being able to communicate clearly and with empathy

Be well-organised and able to manage and prioritise a multitude of different activities concurrently

Be able to bring your own ideas to the table, be driven and motivated to hit goals, and have the skills to make those ideas a reality

Have excellent collaboration skills, and the ability to build strong, lasting relationships with both technical, and non-technical staff

Bonus points for the following:

Experience scaling engineering teams within fast moving and fast growing businesses

Experience being self-employed (freelancing, contracting etc) in any industry/profession

🫵 How we work

We are a fast-moving, highly collaborative and motivated company, that is growing quickly

We have a relentless focus on the customer, and on delivering great experiences to ensure we maintain our high rate of customer referrals

We take a data-driven approach to everything we do, making decisions based on user behaviour - constantly tweaking and optimising to improve.

We follow agile practices, delivering improvements iteratively in small chunks. We track the impact of our work and measure ourselves based on delivering tangible contributions towards agreed targets.

We encourage experimentation - whether that's experimenting with new tools or techniques, or experimenting with new technologies

Our current technology platform is built in Ruby on Rails, and we also use a bunch of AWS services (via Terraform), Postgres, Docker, and a little bit of React.

We invest in our people, and provide opportunities for career growth and progression

We work hard and we finish on time, no crazy hours.

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Salary banding: $160,000 - $180,000 per annum

✨ At Hnry, we operate a policy of pay parity across our organisation to ensure that all Hnry staff are fairly and equally compensated based on their contributions and experience. The salary for this role will be determined based on the applicant’s experience✨

💜 How to apply

Complete the Hnry Job Application Form and we will be in touch!

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