Tech Lead Manager

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Description

Curve was founded with a rebellious spirit, and a lofty vision; to truly simplify your finances, so you can focus on what matters most in life.

That's why Curve puts your finances simply at your fingertips, so you can make smart choices on how to spend, send, see and save your money. We help you control your financial life, so you can go out and live the life you want to live.

With Curve you can spend from all your accounts, track spend behaviour and provide insights, and security to protect you from fraud. For the first time giving you bright insights and control of all your money in one beautiful place.

We're developing a ground-breaking product with our customers at the core. Our user base is growing rapidly and we have exceptional metrics. We have funding from the leading names in tech investment, and a visionary leadership team who wants everyone who joins this remarkable adventure, to have the autonomy to masterfully develop their expertise.

Welcome to Curve. On a mission to help you live inspired.

Role Purpose:

We are looking for a Tech Lead Manager (TLM) to lead a high-impact engineering team, combining hands-on technical expertise with people leadership. You will be responsible for driving technical excellence, mentoring engineers, and delivering scalable, high-quality solutions that align with our company's strategic goals.

As a TLM, you will split your time between technical leadership (hands-on coding, system design, architecture, code reviews, and problem-solving) and people management (coaching, performance development, and talent growth). You will play a key role in hiring and developing the best, ensuring we maintain a culture of innovation, ownership, and high performance.

What you'll be doing:

• Architect and design scalable, reliable, maintainable, and high-performing systems across the team
• Provide technical direction and guidance, championing best practices in system design, code quality, and DevOps
• Stay hands-on when required - review code, debug complex issues, and contribute to critical projects
• Drive adoption of modern engineering principles, including automation, CI/CD, and cloud-native architecture
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Data, Design) to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Hire, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing engineers, fostering learning and ownership
• Provide regular coaching, feedback, and career development support to engineers at different levels
• Ensure the team operates with high psychological safety and accountability, promoting open discussions and continuous improvement
• Lead performance management and talent reviews, developing the next generation of engineering leaders
• Own execution of the technical roadmap, balancing technical debt with feature development to ensure delivery and long-term scalability

What you'll bring:

• Proven experience as a Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Engineering Manager in a high-growth, fast-paced environment
• In-depth knowledge of Golang (additional experience with PHP, Swift, or Kotlin is a bonus)
• Experience building microservices, ideally deployed in containers on Kubernetes
• Experience with agile development practices
• Experience with RDBMS and NoSQL datastores
• Deep understanding of scalable architecture, distributed systems, and cloud platforms (AWS or equivalent)
• Track record of leading and mentoring high-performing engineers, growing individuals and teams
• Strong collaboration skills with Product, Data, and Design teams, balancing technical and business priorities
• Bias for action - thrive in ambiguity, move quickly, and focus on impact

What success looks like here:

• Systems are architected and delivered to be scalable, reliable, maintainable, and high-performing, meeting team and business objectives
• Engineers on the team grow and develop under your mentorship, taking ownership and contributing effectively to team outcomes
• The team operates in a culture of psychological safety and accountability, with open discussions and continuous improvement embedded in daily practices
• The technical roadmap is executed successfully, balancing technical debt with feature delivery, ensuring long-term scalability and business impact

Benefits:

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Bonus days off for Learning & Development, Mental Wellbeing, Birthday, Moving House & Christmas
• Working abroad policy (up to 60 calendar days per year)
• Bupa Health Insurance (YuLife)
• Life insurance powered by AIG (5x Annual Salary)
• Pension Scheme powered by "People's Pension"
• EAP (Mental health & wellbeing support, Life coach, Career coach)
• 24/7 GP access (Smart Health via YuLife)
• Annual subscriptions to Meditopia & FIIT for your mind and body (via YuLife)
• Discounted shopping vouchers (via YuLife)
• Enhanced parental leave
• Ride to work scheme & Season ticket loan
• Six nights of Night Nanny for new parents
• Free Curve subscription for you and your +1

A note from us:

• We know that great candidates don't always tick every single box. If this role excites you and you think you'd be a great fit, we want to hear from you.
• We design our hiring process to be fair, inclusive, and practical. If you ever need adjustments or feel there's a way we can improve - we're all ears.