Engineering Manager

at  Noon Academy

ABOUT NOON

Noon’s mission is to radically change the way people learn, with a primary focus on the Middle East, where the company has its roots and where the need and urgency to improve education are highest.
We have taught over 12 million students successfully with our remote learning products. Our next big challenge is to build a network of schools, supported by top teachers and driven by technology and innovation, to positively impact even more lives.

Why work at Noon?

• The opportunity to have a real impact on millions of students.
• A strong leadership and engineering team to learn from.
• A solid runway: we recently closed our Series B and have substantial recurring revenue.

Requirements

• 1-2 years of experience as an Engineering Manager, successfully leading, managing, and coaching a team in a high-growth tech/product company.
• Strong technical skills, architectural knowledge, problem-solving abilities, and experience setting strategic direction.
• A passion for mentoring and supporting the career development of engineers.
• Experience building cross-functional teams, including recruiting, promoting, and onboarding.
• Bonus points if you have hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot in the backend, or TypeScript, React or React Native in the frontend

We are looking for a passionate leader who can grow and manage a distributed, high-performing team. This is a hybrid role (2 days in the office per week) based in our central London office, where the core of our tech team is located.

Responsibilities:

• Line manage one or more cross-functional teams (backend, frontend, infrastructure).
• Contribute to product strategy, set team-level OKRs, and track progress and accountability.
• Grow a diverse, highly skilled, and motivated group of engineers.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and knowledge sharing.
• Play a key role in improving and implementing processes and values.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, design, operations, and learning teams.

Requirements

• 1-2 years of experience as an Engineering Manager, successfully leading, managing, and coaching a team in a high-growth tech/product company.
• Strong technical skills, architectural knowledge, problem-solving abilities, and experience setting strategic direction.
• A passion for mentoring and supporting the career development of engineers.
• Experience building cross-functional teams, including recruiting, promoting, and onboarding.
• Bonus points if you have hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot in the backend, or TypeScript, React or React Native in the frontend.