Remote — United Kingdom & Europe | Full-time | Senior $140,000 – $170,000 + meaningful equity About the Opportunity Our client is an early-stage, remote-first company building a next-generation platform that helps organizations ship trusted software faster. Operating at the intersection of cloud-native infrastructure, DevSecOps, and AI-driven automation, the team is tackling complex software delivery challenges for high-stakes environments. As part of their next growth phase, they are hiring a Founding Engineering Manager to lead and scale a distributed engineering organization while remaining deeply technical. This is a true player-coach role — ideal for leaders who still enjoy getting hands-on to unblock teams and drive delivery. The Mission You will own the health, velocity, and evolution of a remote engineering team spanning backend, frontend, and forward-deployed engineers. Working closely with the CTO, you will translate strategy into execution while building a high-trust, high-performance engineering culture. What You'll Own - Lead and scale a high-performing remote engineering team - Act as a hands-on technical leader when needed to unblock delivery - Drive predictable, high-quality software delivery in an async-first environment - Partner with the CTO on roadmap planning and resource forecasting - Own hiring strategy and close exceptional engineering talent - Align Core, Frontend, and Forward-Deployed teams into one cohesive system - Champion adoption of AI and automation to increase engineering throughput - Protect team focus by translating external priorities into clear execution plans What We're Looking For - Senior engineering background with recent hands-on technical depth - 5+ years of engineering management experience in startup or high-growth environments - Strong expertise in cloud-native architectures, CI/CD, and API-first systems - Solid experience with Go (preferred) or adjacent backend languages - Proven track record hiring and scaling remo...