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Key skills for this role
Proven engineering management experience with distributed or remote-first teams across multiple time zones
A strong technical background in software engineering, with enough depth to guide architectural and infrastructure decisions
Experience partnering with product management to define priorities and deliver meaningful outcomes
Track record of hiring well, onboarding effectively, and building teams that retain good people
A focus on engineering quality: observability, analytics and reporting, testing practices, and ensuring the team ships work they can stand behind
Familiarity with our core stack: Go, Scala, React/TypeScript, Next.js, GraphQL, gRPC
Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
Background in real-time, event-driven, or high-value transaction systems
Experience establishing engineering standards, governance, or communities of practice
E-commerce, marketplace, or auction domain experience
RESPONSIBLITIES
Own the health, output and growth of an engineering team distributed across time zones, from hiring through to career development and performance
Partner with product management to shape your team’s roadmap, balancing feature delivery, technical investment and operational health
Set and maintain the quality bar for your team’s area of the platform, including engineering practices, observability, reliability and how work gets reviewed
Run the delivery cadence: planning, prioritisation, retrospectives, and the day-to-day work of keeping things moving and unblocked
Manage dependencies and communication across teams, reducing coordination overhead and making sure nothing falls between the cracks
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WHAT WE OFFER
Competitive salary with discretionary bonus
Private health insurance
Health cash plan and dental insurance
Workplace nursery benefit
Generous holiday allowance, Christmas shutdown, summer Fridays, and volunteer and wellbeing days
Great hardware
Cycle to work scheme and eye care vouchers
Regular social events, meetups, and use of our London space (the summer and Christmas parties are worth showing up for)
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Founded in 1744, Sotheby's is the world's premier auction house for fine art, luxury goods, jewelry, and collectibles, operating across 40 countries.
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