Engineering Manager

🍊Our mission 

We're powering biology's century with radically faster, more reliable clinical trials. Every new treatment needs clinical trials to prove safety and efficacy, but today's infrastructure is stuck in the past- driving up cost, causing delays and ultimately meaning new treatments don’t get to patients. We're fundamentally changing that- not just being a "better CRO," but transforming how people think about developing new treatments, so patients can access breakthrough treatments faster.

Our impact speaks for itself: Since March 2021, we've powered 100+ clinical trials involving tens of thousands of patients. We recently raised a $55M Series B from Balderton Capital, alongside backing from Creandum, Firstminute, Seedcamp, and Visionaries.

🍊What's it like to work here?

When you join us, you’ll experience:

• High-Impact, Mission-Driven Work: Lindus Health is disrupting an outdated industry, giving you the chance to directly improve patients’ lives and see tangible results from your work.

• Fast-Paced Growth & Ownership: We recognise hard work and outcomes over anything else. You’ll take on real responsibility, work across different areas, and actively shape the company’s success.

• Collaborative, No-Ego Culture: Work with smart, driven people in a supportive and informal environment. At Lindus we break down silos, fun is a core value, and creativity is encouraged.

Ready to power biology's century? We'd love to hear from you.

🍊About the role

Lindus Health are looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead a team building the platform for the next generation of clinical trials. Join us and help us scale the team and the product, and bring new treatments to patients faster! This role is ideal for an early-to-mid career engineering leader who has broad technical knowledge and experience of managing a team of software engineers.

This is an onsite role in London with a flexible (hybrid) office arrangement. After an initial onboarding period full-time at our headquarters (near London Bridge) we expect you to be in the office at least 2 days a week. All of your team regularly gets together in the office.

🍊About you

We’d like to hear from you if…

• You have 2 or more years of experience as a hands-on software engineer working in a team and 2 or more years of experience as a line manager of software engineers

• You are an excellent listener and communicator who motivates people, doesn’t shy away from giving direct feedback and resolves conflicts

• You are product-minded: you want to understand why we are building something to create the best environment to make it happen

• You collaborate well with broader teams and functions, and lead your team to deliver high quality software

• You thrive in a startup environment where you can take on lots of different responsibilities and rapidly grow your management and leadership skills

• You are able to occasionally do non-critical hands-on coding to keep you grounded in your direct reports’ reality

• Bonus: You have experience with engineering in a regulated environment (such as health tech or fintech)

• Bonus: You have experience with AI development tooling or AI enabled products.

You belong here! If your experience and interests match with some of the above, we want you to apply.

🍊What you’ll focus on

In your first month

• Build your understanding of clinical trials and the problems we are trying to solve through our onboarding training and chats with people across the company

• Get to know your reports (up to 6-8 software engineers)

• Learn about the Citrus product and stack (React, TypeScript, Django, Python, Postgres, Amazon ECS) and ways of working

In your first 3 months

• Support your reports in their personal development by building a shared understanding of their goals, setting clear expectations, holding them accountable and providing coaching and mentoring

• Lead and empower the engineering team to deliver high-quality software by understanding user needs, developing effective processes, and supporting your reports with prioritisation and risk management.

• Contribute actively to the team’s processes and rituals, such as product planning, retrospectives, release management and backlog grooming

• Learn about and pick up broader engineering team responsibilities, such as audits and compliance

• Participate in ongoing engineering recruitment

Within your first year

• Nurture and promote a productive environment where all engineers can fail safely, learn and grow

• Collaborate with product management on roadmapping and planning engineering resources

• Become fluent in regulatory frameworks applicable to clinical trials and keep your team’s processes aligned with them

• Develop deep understanding of user needs and ensure they remain central to technical decisions

• Support your reports on cross-functional collaboration and communication, especially with clinical operations

🍊What we offer:

We believe in rewarding the people who are building the future of clinical research.

Financial & Growth:

• Competitive salary plus meaningful equity - you'll own a piece of what we're building

• £1,000 annual Learning & Development budget for courses, certifications, and conferences

• 39 days annual leave (30 days PTO + 8 bank holidays + 1 James Lind Day)

Health & Wellbeing:

• £60 monthly wellness allowance with flexibility on how to spend this, including opting in to a company private health insurance or wellhub membership.

• Access to gym and retail discounts through Happl

Culture & Connection:

• Monthly lunch vouchers for remote team members

• Regular company events and team gatherings (both virtual and in-person)

• Charity partnerships and volunteering opportunities with Forward Trust

• Work with a team that's genuinely changing healthcare for the better

  We are open to supporting relocation to the UK for the right candidate

🍊Our Hiring Process:

We believe hiring should be transparent, respectful of your time, and give you a real feel for what Lindus Health is like. Here's what to expect:

Criteria a 15 minute critical thinking and problem solving test

Introduction with Sophie, our Talent Lead (30 mins)
Get to know each other, discuss the role, and answer any questions about Lindus

Expertise interview with 2 members of our product organisation (60 minutes)

Management Interview with Gemma, our CPTO (60 mins)
Deep dive into your experience and how you'd approach key challenges.

Values interview with Michael and Meri our co-founders (30 mins)

Referencing

We try to arrange for at-least one interview to be in-person so you can see our office and meet more of the team.

We will only contact you from lindushealth.com email addresses. Please check the spelling of emails which appear to come from Lindus Health carefully before responding. We will never ask for your financial information over email.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We evaluate all candidates based solely on their skills, experience, and qualifications relevant to the role. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status