Software Engineering Manager

PLEASE NOTE:

Our hiring teams will be taking a short winter break between 22 December and 2 January. We'll pick things back up as soon as we're back.

About the team

The Interviewing Team builds and evolves the survey runtime and related capabilities that power reliable, fraud-resilient data collection across devices and channels. The team collaborates closely with Authoring, Sampling, Data Management & Data Processing, the Member Platform and the SRE team to deliver secure, observable, and performant participant experiences.

About the role
As an Engineering Manager you have a deep understanding of your teams' technology. You are able to represent your team's needs and interests to stakeholders and other company leaders. You make sure that the decisions your team makes are aligned with YouGov's long term goals and vision. You own delivery and technical solutions within the team. You not only are a technological leader but also a people leader. You help your teammates grow through delegation, feedback and regular 1:1's. You play an active role in the Engineering Management team shaping the entire YouGov Engineering Organisation.

Responsibilities

• Guide modernization efforts, including large-scale migrations from Python 2 to Python 3.

• Oversee discovery, documentation, and assessment of undocumented features to determine deprecation paths or continued support.

• Drive innovation in survey authoring tools, ensuring usability, scalability, and flexibility.

• Lead, coach, and inspire a team of software engineers to deliver high-quality, scalable, and reliable products.

• Partner with product, design an upper management to align on vision, priorities, and roadmap execution.

• Drive technical excellence, ensuring best practices in architecture, testing, CI/CD, and observability.

• Provide mentorship and career growth opportunities for engineers through regular feedback and development plans.

• Help recruit, hire, and onboard top engineering talent.

• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance team culture.

• Balance technical debt, delivery timelines, and innovation to ensure sustainable engineering practices.

Key Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or Tech Lead in a software development environment.

• Strong technical foundation with hands-on background in Python, React, Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure.

• Demonstrated experience leading modernization initiatives such as language/platform migrations.

• Excellent people leadership skills with a track record of growing and mentoring engineering teams.

• Strong collaboration skills, able to partner effectively with product, design and stakeholders.

• Experience driving complex projects from planning through delivery.

• Passion for building not only great products but also great teams.

Here's what we have to offer

• A full-time, 100% remote role based in any worldwide YouGov office, or country in which we have a legal entity

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Flexible working hours (we are a global team of remote first developers operating in European, Indian and US/Canada time zones)

• A good work-life balance. Because we all work better when we are rested

• Top-notch equipment to work with. You just have to bring your talent

• LinkedIn Learning courses

• 1 additional day off to celebrate your Birthday

• Growth and learning opportunities

If you think you would be a good fit and even if you do not have 100% of the skills mentioned above, we would still love to hear from you

Why join YouGov?
Join our global team to help us achieve our social mission: to make millions of people's opinions heard for the benefit of our local, national, and international communities.

Understanding diversity of opinion requires diversity of background. Although our global panel of millions of people worldwide powers our research, our biggest asset is our people. If our research is to be truly representative of what the world thinks, we need people from all walks of life to be part of the team to bring their perspective to the work we do. 

Life at YouGov
We are driven by a set of shared values. We are fast, fearless, and innovative. We work diligently to get it right. We are guided by accuracy, ethics, and proven methodologies. We respect and trust each other, bringing these values into everything that we do.

We strive to provide YouGovers with best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. We want our employees to have a sense of belonging and uniqueness in a supportive workplace, so they can bring their full selves to work. 
 
Equal Opportunity Employer
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, HIV status, political affiliation, socioeconomic background, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law or in line with our responsibilities as a fair and ethic employer. All employment decisions are made based on occupational qualifications, merit, and business need.

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