Description
About Zego
At Zego, we're on a mission to do the good thing, not the insurance thing.
Insurance hasn't changed much in over a century. The way we live, work and travel has. We're building the real-time, AI-driven infrastructure that powers innovative insurance, so good drivers get cover that works the way they actually drive.
What you will be doing
- Lead one or two teams of 6-8 engineers, each including a Tech Lead and set the standard for how they deliver
- Raise engineering and operational excellence, holding a high bar for system performance, quality and maintainability
- Shape technical direction and influence architectural decisions in partnership with Tech Leads and Staff Engineers
- Own delivery outcomes end to end, working with Product, Data and Marketing to shape objectives and align execution
- Grow engineers and Tech Leads into their next level through coaching, mentoring and timely, constructive feedback
- Improve how the team works, from decision-making to product team maturity, so every quarter runs better than the last
What you will need to be successful
- You have led a team before - 1-3 years as an Engineering Manager, confident running a team of 5-8 engineers, with a track record of growing individuals and shipping impactful products
- You bring technical depth - A background in backend or frontend engineering and experience with distributed systems, so you carry credibility in technical discussions and reviews
- You are outcome-oriented - You solve real user and business problems rather than shipping features, keep the team aligned to measurable goals and take ownership of execution, knowing when to escalate and unblock
- You are a confident people leader - You support growth through mentoring and development conversations and you give feedback that is timely, respectful and focused on helping people grow
- You are a great communicator - You simplify complex topics for non-technical stakeholders and help cross-functional partners make good decisions quickly
- You work AI-first - You will use AI daily here, and we mean daily. You do not need to arrive an expert, but you do need to arrive curious, experiment fast, and take ownership of getting good quickly. People who wait to be trained will find this uncomfortable
The Zego ways of working
Teams work better with time to collaborate and space to get things done. We call it Zego Hybrid: some of us are in our office (central London or Halifax) weekly, others monthly or quarterly. It's about finding the balance between face time and focus that produces great work and a healthy life around it.
Benefits
- Market-competitive salary, benchmarked against your function and reviewed every year.
- Annual performance bonus, linked to company performance and your contribution.
- Share options, a real stake in the company and a share in the future you build
- Private medical insurance.
- Pension, generous holiday, and £1,000 a year to spend on getting to the office or learning something new.
- Cutting-edge systems and tools, so you always have what you need to drive your impact.