Software Engineering Manager

Software Engineering Manager 

Fully Remote (but a London office if you wish to use it)

Pod Point is building the charging infrastructure that’s accelerating electric vehicle adoption in the UK, Norway and the Republic of Ireland.

At Pod Point we’re changing the way people drive.  We fundamentally believe that travel shouldn’t damage the Earth so we’ve made it our mission to install a Pod Point (an Electric Vehicle charging point) everywhere you park. To make that vision a reality, we need the brightest, most tenacious and most inspiring talent in the world - we are growing faster than the market and we need to maintain that velocity - that’s where you come in!

The Role

We pride ourselves on product development. Our technology and its users are at the heart of everything we do, ranging from consumer applications that enable EV drivers to charge on our network; to an expansive ecommerce solution for our customers and our partners;back-office systems for managing our network; and a big data pipeline for the communications of our charge points. We’re leading the industry in how great software helps define the best EV charging experience.

We aim to build even more awesome things, so we’re looking for an innovative and passionate Software Engineering Manager to join the team and help us in our mission to become a high performing team, develop our products to our roadmap with confidence, collaboration and expertise, and follow appropriate modern technologies, processes & practices. The position will report into the Head of Software and will be based remotely (although we have an office near Old Street Station in London that you are welcome to use).

What you’ll do

• Provide line management, coaching and career development support to  members of our engineering team, including regular 1:1’s and nurturing the personal development and performance of your direct reports
• Play a leading role in growing our high-performing engineering teams, including  leading recruitment campaigns, reviewing technical tests and chairing technical interviews
• Establish and nurture a performance culture of continuous delivery and  continuous improvement that is oriented to delivery outcomes, engineering excellence and a sustainable, high-quality software product portfolio
• Actively remove impediments (capability, process or technology) to the implementation of continuous delivery across product development teams
• Foster and develop effective engineering communities of practice
• Help teams to assess and understand their current practices and abilities, identifying weak spots and opportunities for improvement
• Coaching teams and individuals to improve quality and flow of development through better collaboration and engineering practices

What you’ll need

•  Experience leading, developing, and scaling a software engineering team
• Significant experience of professional software engineering
• Significant experience working with modern agile software development practices, e.g. Scrum and/or Kanban, pair programming, TDD, BDD, story splitting, CI/CD, etc.
• Experience of coaching and mentoring within software development

Bonus Points

• Experience with our tech stack which includes: PHP, Laravel, JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, Node.js + Express, React, React-Native, HTML5, CSS3, SASS, TailwindCSS, MySQL, AWS Services (RDS, EC2, OpsWorks, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, Kinesis, CloudFront, API Gateway, Codebuild etc) Serverless, Websockets, Elasticsearch, Redis, Docker.
• Understanding of DevOps principles/practices
• Experience with AWS platform engineering
• Educational qualifications in computer science or related field

• You have a pet (our office is dog friendly should you want to go in and have a dog!)
• Passionate and knowledgeable about climate change, sustainability and/or the EV industry

Your mentality

• You work to the highest quality & security standards
• You follow appropriate modern technologies, processes & practices
• You’re a proponent of continuous learning and improvement
• You’re organised, motivated and detail-oriented
• You’re confident, communicative and collaborative
• You love problem solving, tinkering and building things
• You play well with others and are always willing to help
• You get stuff done and are looking to make a difference
• You won’t be afraid to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in, especially when coaching more junior team members

And if you’re not sure whether you’re what we’re looking for - send us your CV anyway! We love to hear from people who are passionate about what we do, and we always take the view that a good cultural fit (and mission alignment) is much more important than ticking all the “qualifications, skills and experience” boxes.

Our culture is electric

At Pod Point we like to think we are anything but conventional. We have worked hard to create a rapidly-growing, constantly innovating, flat-structured world, where each employee can see the vital contribution they are making to the company. We knew from the very beginning that a rigid, corporate environment was never going to work for us, and we have stayed true to our word - we’re anything but.

We work hard; we’re not clock-watchers but equally you may find yourself working into the evening very occasionally. In return we’ll pay you well, give you complete ownership to shape the role, give you ground-breaking projects to work on and surround you with fantastic, talented people. We also provide the following benefits:

• Flexible working hours and a casual dress code
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Very generous maternity and paternity leave scheme
• Pension scheme
• Eyecare scheme
• The odd Pod Point puppy to cuddle if you go into the office. 

The socially distant elephant in the room

So, you may have noticed that the world is a little different right now. As such, there might be a few parts of this spec that appear a bit wishy-washy. We’re sorry about that and we’ll try to give as much clarity as possible as and when we have answers.

Our first priority (at all times, but especially during the COVID-19 pandemic) is to make sure we’re not unnecessarily exposing Pod Pointers to potential health risks, so for now the majority of our team is working from home and we’re not sure when it will be safe for everyone to return to the office. We are, however, continuing to look for candidates who are able to commute to the Old Street area of London when the world becomes a bit more safe. In the meantime, we’re conducting all interviews on Google Meet and are able to onboard new starters remotely.

We also realise it may seem daunting starting a new role remotely (and some people struggle with their mental health when working from home at the best of times) so we’ve put in place some extra initiatives whilst we’re in lockdown (for both “work” and “play”) to keep our culture humming.

Final things to note

Pod Point is an equal opportunities employer, although you must be legally able to work in the UK, and any data you provide us will be stored and disseminated in accordance with Pod Point’s Privacy Policy.

We like to deal directly with our candidates so no agencies please!