Engineering Manager - City Of London - Skin + Me

Description

Skin + Me is a technology-driven start-up with seriously big skin goals.

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to join our growing Technology Team. This is a hybrid role with three days a week in our Paddington HQ (Monday, Tuesday, and Friday), and two days remote.

About the role

As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead and enable one or more of our engineering teams to deliver high-quality, impactful software that powers Skin + Me's personalised skincare platform.

You'll balance people leadership, technical direction, and delivery excellence, supporting engineers to grow while ensuring our systems are robust, scalable, and aligned with business goals.

This is a key role at the intersection of product and technology. You'll work closely with Product Managers, Designers, and other stakeholders from discovery through delivery, ensuring the team builds the right thing, in the right way, at the right time.

What you'll do

Day to day, you'll be working across the following areas.

End-to-End Ownership

• Take accountability for the delivery, operation, and reliability of your team's products and services.
• Ensure infrastructure, testing, observability, and security are embedded in everything we build.
• Foster a "you build it, you run it" mindset and drive continuous improvement in stability, scalability, and cost-efficiency.

People Leadership & Team Development

• Manage and mentor up to 10 software engineers across one or more teams.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and development planning.
• Foster a culture of psychological safety, collaboration, and learning.
• Identify growth opportunities and support engineers in achieving their goals.
• Encourage autonomy, accountability, and high standards in everything the team delivers.

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Define and uphold the technical direction and architectural integrity of your team's work.
• Make pragmatic decisions that balance quality, speed, and long-term maintainability.
• Support hands-on technical work when appropriate, especially during early-stage product discovery.
• Champion best practices in design, testing, and code quality.

Delivery & Process

• Partner with Product Managers to align technical delivery with business priorities.
• Drive predictable, efficient delivery of features and improvements.
• Continuously improve engineering workflows, communication, and release processes.
• Use data and metrics to inform decisions and track team performance.

Product Collaboration

• Work closely with Product and Design teams from early discovery through delivery.
• Contribute to roadmap discussions, ensuring technical feasibility and long-term scalability.
• Represent engineering in cross-functional planning and prioritisation.

Innovation & Productivity

• Encourage experimentation, smart use of AI, and emerging tools to improve productivity.
• Stay up to date with new technologies and assess their value to our stack.
• Balance innovation with pragmatism, focusing on high-impact, high-leverage improvements.

Who you are

We know great people don't always tick every box, so if you feel you're right for this role, we'd still love to hear from you.

• Proven experience managing or leading software engineers.
• Strong technical foundation, (e.g. full-stack, backend, or platform background).
• Experience overseeing end-to-end delivery, including infrastructure and operations.
• Solid understanding of cloud environments (e.g. AWS) and CI/CD tooling.
• Skilled in modern development practices, automated testing, observability, and security.
• Excellent communicator and coach who builds trust and drives alignment.
• Able to make sound architectural decisions under ambiguity.
• A pragmatic leader who empowers others and delivers results.

Bonus Points

• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude Code).
• Experience with our core tech stack: Python, Flask, MySQL, Typescript, React.
• Background in eCommerce or other product-led environments.
• Experience optimising for cost and scalability.
• Familiarity with application and network security.

Why should you choose Skin + Me?

• A daily challenge – in a thrilling, entrepreneurial start-up environment, no two days will ever be the same.
• Make a difference – work within a revolutionary company that is focused on improving millions of lives.
• Serious commitment to growth – personal development is important to us and we'll make sure we support your growth, and give you broad experience across your role.
• Support network – the Skin + Me investors and advisors that you'll have the opportunity to work with have built some of the world's best consumer companies.

Benefits

• 25 Days Holiday (+ all the usual Bank Holidays) – It's important to take a break and recharge, that's why we offer a generous holiday allowance
• Free Breakfast & Lunch – It's important you are well fuelled for the day so we've got your breakfast and lunch covered. Plus drinks and snacks are available too
• Hybrid working to give you flexibility – We are all remote on Wednesday and Thursday. When we are in the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday our core hours are 10-4. If you're an early bird you can do 7-4, and if you're a night owl 10-7 is fine too. Need more flexibility around your life – just let us know.
• Equity – We offer a competitive salary and a generous share award package that means every employee has a stake in the business. We really are all in this together
• Health and wellbeing focus – We offer a healthcare cash plan, cycle to work schemes plus free healthy breakfast and lunch in the office. We'll be sure to always prioritise your physical and mental health.
• £500 annual development budget for any learning, training and development opportunities. Courses, books, software – if it helps you in your role, we'll help you get it.
• For working parents, we're proud to offer assistance, helping you save on nursery fees. The workplace nursery benefit allows you to save tax and National Insurance on the full cost of your nursery fees each month.
• Culture club – Our culture club team meets every week to make sure we celebrate our big wins and milestones too, with parties, surprises and more.
• You'll get highly discounted Skin + Me products for you, and 10 friends + family too.
• Generous employee referral scheme, if you know more fabulous people refer them to work with us too and you'll get a bonus when they pass probation.
• Dog-friendly office with two very cute resident dogs

More about Skin + Me

There's a huge problem in the world of skincare: people struggle with more than just how their skin looks. They also worry about how it makes them feel and how to manage it long-term. We're on a mission to change that.

The truth is that achieving your best skin isn't complicated. The secret? Using a stripped back routine with the best combination of active ingredients for your skin goals. The right products and knowledge make it possible to tackle everything from fine lines and wrinkles to adult acne, rosacea and pigmentation. We're united in the belief that everyone should have access to expert advice, treatment plans and ingredients that work – minus the big price tag and the long dermatologist waitlist.

Skin + Me is a mission-driven start-up, building a pioneering online dermatology service powered by experts. We take customers through a simple online medical consultation and our prescribers formulate custom treatments that can't be bought on the high street. Each one is personalised to the individual's skin goals. It arrives in their letterbox each month and evolves alongside their skin – because everyone's skin is different and no two journeys are the same.

Skin + Me recently secured £10 million in a series B funding round, reflecting the growing interest in expert-approved skincare. We've raised funding from some of the best-known direct-to-consumer entrepreneurs and VCs, including Octopus Ventures. Our highly experienced founding team comes from the likes of Facebook, Charlotte Tilbury, and

Our journey has just begun and we'd love for you to join us as we change the face of skincare Think you're up for the challenge?