Engineering Manager (Full-Stack)

Join Runna, a fast-growing health and fitness technology company, as an Engineering Manager. In this role, you will lead a medium-sized team of engineers, drive execution from planning through release, and partner closely with Product, Design, and other Engineering teams. You will also manage all aspects of people leadership, create a team environment built on psychological safety and inclusion, and participate in organization-level initiatives. Enjoy benefits such as stock options, paid vacation, and a dedicated hour each week to run.

Lead and manage a medium-sized team of engineers, providing guidance and support to ensure high-quality work and professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Drive execution from planning through release for a product or platform area, ensuring alignment with business goals and managing dependencies.
• Foster a team environment built on psychological safety and inclusion, where team members feel supported, challenged, and able to contribute fully.
• 237 modelling backend releases
• Experience leading and managing engineers in a fast-paced product environment, ideally owning a team through planning, delivery, and people development
• Iterative development, continuous deployment, and test automation
• 443 API releases
• Strong technical judgement, with the ability to raise the bar on architecture, design, and implementation quality without needing to be the primary coder on every project
• 99 mobile app releases (iOS and Android)

Shared code ownership and cross-functional product team collaboration

• Have delivered impactful work across the full stack, from mobile to backend services and cloud infrastructure
• Have experience leading teams working on consumer mobile products, especially React Native apps at scale

Requirements

A strong advocate for modern engineering practices, including

• Strong track record of delivering complex projects end-to-end, especially in cross-functional environments with evolving priorities or ambiguity
• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, including meaningful experience in technical leadership and/or engineering management
• Ability to align stakeholders across engineering, product, and design, and to coordinate work effectively where multiple teams are involved
• Comfortable working in a highly skilled, fast-paced engineering team. In 2024, we shipped:
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate company context into clear team direction and surface risks early
• Knowledge sharing, pair programming, and collaborative design & development
• Technical fluency across modern product engineering environments. Experience with TypeScript/JavaScript, React Native, AWS cloud environments, and serverless architectures would be especially valuable
• Are confident improving CI/CD pipelines, release processes, and developer productivity
• Have experience with AWS services and serverless architecture patterns
• Have hands-on experience with SwiftUI or native mobile development
• Thrive in autonomous, high-growth environments and can bring clarity without heavy direction

Preferred

• Have a personal interest in health, fitness, or sports technology

Pay

GBP 100,000 - 112,000