As Engineering Manager at AmplifyME, you will lead a small team while remaining technically hands-on. Reporting to the CTO, you will hire new talent, own code quality, and shape architectural decisions for a real-time simulation engine. This is an ideal first formal management step for a high-performing Tech Lead ready to lead.
Engineering Manager at AmplifyME
Ready to step into your first Engineering Manager role without leaving the keyboard behind? AmplifyME is looking for a hands-on leader to join their London team. You will be the third voice at the technical table alongside the CTO and Principal Engineer, building immersive finance simulations used by titans like JP Morgan and Citadel. With an AI-first development culture and a focus on high-performance Java microservices, this is a unique chance to shape a growing engineering organization while staying deep in the code. If you are a Tech Lead ready to formalize your leadership and hire your own team, apply now!
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
£80k-100k
Company
AmplifyME
Role overview
Overview AmplifyME is a leading global provider of finance simulations in markets, banking, and technology.
We apply our unparalleled expertise to:
• Educate and assess students from all backgrounds and connect them with the right first role in finance
• Partner with universities to apply theory in practice, enhance engagement and improve student employability
• Help financial institutions to make smarter, data-driven hiring decisions for their specialist roles
We believe technology is the key to democratise the industry and level the playing field.
Website: http://www.amplifyme.com Industry: Higher Education and Early Careers Finance & Banking Company size: 11-50 employees Headquarters: London, England Specialties: Education, Finance, Investment Banking, Inclusivity, Asset Management, Talent Acquisition, EdTech, Recruitment, Quantitative Finance, Technology, Early Careers, Simulations, and Practical Learning
What you will do
- Manage a distributed team across London and Nairobi, providing mentorship, setting engineering standards, and hiring a new Backend Engineer within your first few months.
- Drive technical excellence by owning code reviews, shaping architectural decisions for distributed systems, and leading the transition of legacy components into modern Java microservices.
- Optimize delivery speed by enhancing CI/CD pipelines, moving security and testing earlier in the lifecycle, and ensuring robust production operations on containerized AWS infrastructure.
Who this is a fit for
- Strong production experience in Java with Spring Boot, coupled with practical knowledge of event-driven architectures, WebSockets, and managing distributed system patterns.
- Proven history of informal technical leadership, showing evidence of mentoring, setting goals, and giving feedback even if you haven’t held the formal management title yet.
- Expert-level fluency with AI coding tools and a hands-on approach to infrastructure management using AWS, Docker, and Terraform to deploy containerized workloads.
Why this role is remarkable
- Transition into your first formal Engineering Manager role while maintaining a high-impact technical seat at the leadership table alongside the CTO and Principal Engineer.
- Work at the intersection of finance and education, building high-concurrency simulation tools used by the world’s most prestigious financial institutions and hundreds of global universities.
- Join a mature “AI-first” engineering culture that has integrated coding agents as standard practice for three years, maximizing developer productivity and staying at the forefront of technical innovation.
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