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Abtrace

Engineering Manager

Abtrace London, England, United Kingdom 1d ago
engineering

About us

We’re a fast-growing pre-Series A healthtech startup with a team of doctors, researchers, developers and data scientists building clinical algorithms for healthcare.  Backed by top-tier investors, we are entering a critical growth phase having tripled our team with 5x growth over the last year.

To succeed, we’re looking grow our engineering team and transform our culture to prepare for scale-ups - where performance, autonomy, velocity, accountability and quality coexist hand in hand.

What You’ll Do

We are seeking a dynamic Engineering Manager to grow our talented team of developers while delivering exceptional products

Requirements

  • Lead & Scale: Grow, mentor and manage high-performing engineering teams, with a focus on speed, rigor, and accountability.
  • Mentor & Grow: Coach engineers to improve technically and professionally, creating a clear growth path
  • Set the Bar: Implement engineering best practices and raise the quality bar across code, architecture, and delivery.
  • Transform Culture: Help transition the team from early-stage startup to an elite engineering organization with structure, pace, and intensity.
  • Own Delivery: Ensure projects are delivered rapidly, always putting customer needs at the heart of what we do
  • Drive Performance: Cultivate a high-output, high-trust culture where engineers take full ownership and move quickly without sacrificing quality.
  • Hire A+ Talent: Recruit, onboard, and retain top engineers who are drawn to a fast, demanding, high growth environment.
  • Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with Product, Design, and Ops to prioritize and execute.

You Might Be a Fit If You…

  • Have 3+ years of engineering leadership experience in high-growth startups or scale-ups.
  • Have seen scale before and be hungry to build it again
  • Cultivate and support engineering in high-velocity environments with clear KPIs and performance expectations.
  • Know how to balance speed with engineering rigor—shipping fast, but (rarely) breaking things.
  • Are hands-on enough to jump into code or architecture discussions but know how to delegate and empower.
  • Have a strong product mindset—you care about outcomes, not just output.
  • Are relentless about raising the bar on execution, hiring, and accountability.
  • Have some hands-on experience with Python, React, public cloud environments (AWS preferred), distributed systems (such as Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary + meaningful equity
  • Fast career progression in a flat, high-ownership environment
  • A unique opportunity to shape engineering culture during hyper growth
  • High agency, high accountability
  • A chance to work with a motivated, highly functioning, multi-disciplinary team
  • Opportunity to work in building something transformative and good for the world