Engineering Manager

About Us

Duco is on a mission to reduce the time spent on data-related work by 90%. Our enterprise data automation platform empowers teams to work more efficiently and meaningfully by giving them the ability to automate data controls with the latest technology, such as no-code, the cloud, and AI.

We help firms to start trusting their data, by giving them one intuitive platform to automate the front-to-back processing of all kinds of data (from structured Excels and RTFs to unstructured PDFs and emails). This eliminates the boring manual work across the data lifecycle and enables firms to act faster, work smarter, save money, reduce risk and comply with regulatory requirements.

We’re headquartered in London and have offices in New York, Boston, Wroclaw, Singapore, and Antwerp. We’re proud to call some of the largest global financial institutions our clients, including over 15 of the world’s largest international banks, as well as brokers, exchanges, asset managers, hedge funds, administrators, service providers and corporates.

About the role

An Engineering Manager at Duco leads one of our cross functional, empowered engineering teams, owning the delivery of the functionality that ensures our platform continues to meet, and ultimately exceeds, the needs of our customers. Reporting to a Director of Engineering, you will lead the Standard recon team - developing our enterprise scale cash reconciliations product & growing it’s uptake within the wider Duco platform.

Wrocław

What you will be working on:

• Provide leadership and direction to a team of 3-6 engineers, owning the planning, execution and success of complex technical deliverables
• Ensuring that the team are making sound architectural & technical decisions from the inside - contributing code, code reviews & quality assurance to help the team move faster
• Influencing & developing the product & technology backlogs in collaboration with Product Managers, & other stakeholders - ensuring that work is well scoped & aligned to company's mission
• Hiring and line management within the team, including performance management and reviews, helping to grow your team members’ careers
• Shape the future of the engineering organisation - contributing to process & practice development to put the teams in the best position to succeed

Ideally, you will have:

• Proven experience leading high-performing teams in a fast-growth environment, making strategic decisions and fostering continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate a sense of ownership and accountability in decision-making, ensuring follow-through on collective decisions and learning from both successes and failures.
• Background as a hands-on engineer & a desire to continue contributing code.
• History of empowering team members - encouraging autonomy, innovation, and creativity within established guidelines.
• Strong communication skills with a track record of providing regular updates on team outcomes and acting as an ambassador for company and engineering values.
• Technical Acumen to identify and address technical risks effectively, ensuring systems meet reliability and performance standards in a proactive manner.
• Proven ability to collaborate with stakeholders both inside and outside of engineering.
• Experience with progressive agile methodologies, fostering adaptability and efficiency within the team.

Our benefits

• Competitive salary package aligned with your skills and experience. Reviewed annually.
• Success Share or Commission bonus payments
• Private Medical Insurance - Inter Polska
• Life Insurance
• Multisport Program
• Unlimited annual holiday, because we trust our people to manage their own time off
• Enhanced family leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 4 Volunteering days off
• Flexible working policy (2 days per week in office)
• Home working allowance
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to 6 weeks per year
• Personal learning and development opportunities (annual dedicated budget)
• Referral bonus if we hire someone great who you’ve recommended to us
• Spot Rewards
• Employee of the Month and Employee of the Year awards
• Pressure-off Fridays (no meetings)
• Wellbee