# Engineering Manager (Product) at Apollo Research

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- **Company:** Apollo Research (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/apollo-research)
- **Location:** United Kingdom
- **Work arrangement:** On-site
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Experience level:** 5–10 years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** Engineering management, Python, TypeScript, Software engineering, Team leadership, Product delivery, Performance management, Hiring, Technical architecture, Code review, AI tools, Project management, Stakeholder communication, Mentoring, Strategic planning
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-08-28
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-08-28
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/apolloresearch/0e5d1f41-850d-4675-b212-9b6261448667 (the employer's own application page)
- **Human page:** https://jobs.trythestack.co/jobs/engineering-manager-product-apollo-research

## About the role

Responsibilities:
- Own planning, tracking and delivery for the product engineering team; convert goals and commitments into scoped tickets with clear owners.
- Run the team operating rhythm (planning, standups or async equivalents, retros) and manage dependencies across research and infrastructure.
- Track customer commitments and coordinate releases, testing and documentation; surface risks and status to leadership.
- Directly manage engineers: run 1:1s, give actionable feedback, manage performance and support growth and wellbeing.
- Drive hiring decisions, run interview loops and onboard new hires to help them ship quickly.
- Stay hands-on: ship code in Python/TypeScript, review architecture and code, set technical standards and incident/release processes.
- Build tooling and processes (including AI-assisted tooling) that speed up the team and improve operational visibility.

Requirements:
- Strong software engineering background with several years of production coding experience and prior people-management responsibility.
- Comfortable shipping code (Python and TypeScript preferred) while operating as a player-coach in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Proven track record in planning, execution, and delivering customer-facing products; good judgment on scope and trade-offs.
- Experience hiring, mentoring and running performance management cycles.
- Excellent communication skills, ability to translate between researchers, engineers and product/CEO-level stakeholders.
- Comfortable with ambiguity, rapid change and building processes as the team scales.

## Responsibilities

Lead and manage the product engineering team while remaining hands-on with coding and architecture. Oversee project execution, team growth, and the delivery of high-quality security products for coding agents.

## Requirements

Requires at least 4 years of software engineering experience and proven leadership or management capabilities. Candidates must be comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment and leveraging AI tools for both management and development tasks.

## FAQ

- **Is this Engineering Manager (Product) role still open?** It was posted on 2026-08-28. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Apollo Research's site before applying.
- **Does Apollo Research offer visa sponsorship?** This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Apollo Research's site.
- **Where is this role located?** The listing gives the location as United Kingdom. It is marked on-site.
- **What skills does this role ask for?** The listing names: Engineering management, Python, TypeScript, Software engineering, Team leadership, Product delivery, Performance management, Hiring, Technical architecture, Code review, AI tools, Project management, Stakeholder communication, Mentoring, Strategic planning.

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