Engineering Manager at Kernel

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Updated 2026-11-05, from our data and official sources.

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Lead, hire, and develop a high-performing engineering team; grow engineers through coaching, 1:1s, and career planning.
- Set technical direction and make architecture decisions for a data- and ML-heavy platform built for scale.
- Own end-to-end engineering delivery with a focus on velocity, reliability, and operational simplicity.
- Collaborate closely with Product on roadmap, prioritization, and customer-driven tradeoffs.
- Remain hands-on: contribute code (~30% time initially) to stay connected to the product and technical debt.
- Drive hiring roadmap and participate in recruiting to expand the team from early stages toward scale.
- Ensure systems and processes enable scaling from ~$3M to $30M ARR while handling large token and agent volumes.

Requirements:
- 8+ years in software engineering with 2+ years leading engineering teams (player-coach mindset).
- Proven track record hiring, mentoring, and scaling small engineering teams in high-growth environments.
- Strong production systems and distributed systems experience; history of building and operating large-scale services.
- Comfortable making architecture decisions spanning databases, queues, and ML/data pipelines; familiarity with TypeScript/Node/Postgres/Kubernetes a plus.
- Experience working closely with data engineering or ML teams and shipping data-driven products.
- Able to operate autonomously in a fast-moving startup, balance speed with sound technical judgment.

Responsibilities

You will lead, hire, and develop a high-performing engineering team while setting technical direction and architecture. You will also collaborate closely with product teams to drive delivery and maintain a hands-on role by contributing code.

Requirements

The role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in a leadership capacity. Candidates must have a strong background in distributed systems and experience scaling production-grade enterprise software.

Key skills

• Engineering leadership — in 9 other listings on The Stack
• Technical strategy — in 26 other listings on The Stack
• Distributed systems — in 342 other listings on The Stack
• NodeJS — in 24 other listings on The Stack
• Postgres — in 69 other listings on The Stack
• TypeScript — in 467 other listings on The Stack
• Kubernetes — in 585 other listings on The Stack
• Data engineering — in 120 other listings on The Stack
• Machine learning
• LLMs
• RAG
• Prompt engineering
• System architecture
• Hiring
• Team development
• Product roadmap

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)

• Kernel has 7 other listings on The Stack, 5 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 214 visa-sponsored jobs in the United Kingdom on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 37 visa-sponsored engineering manager jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• The top of its stated salary (GBP 180,000 per year) is higher than 11 of the 16 other GBP per-year salaries stated by listings in the United Kingdom on The Stack.

Frequently asked questions about Kernel

Is this Engineering Manager role still open?

It was posted on 2026-04-19. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Kernel's site before applying.

Does Kernel offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Kernel's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as London, United Kingdom. It is marked on-site.

What is the salary for this role?

The listing states a salary of GBP 140,000–180,000 per year.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Engineering leadership, Technical strategy, Distributed systems, NodeJS, Postgres, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Data engineering, Machine learning, LLMs, RAG, Prompt engineering, System architecture, Hiring, Team development, Product roadmap.