SUMMARY

Storm Ideas work with globally-recognised clients in the US TV industry on extraordinary digital and marketing projects. Every day we produce work that is innovative, challenging and enjoyed by millions of people!   

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to take the lead with our talented technical team – spanning Web, iOS and Android. 

As you’d expect the remit for this role is wide - from working closely with clients to understand their vision and requirements, to taking ownership of our entire technical output and shaping product decisions. 

We can’t stress enough that this is a hands-on role, where you’d need to be willing to contribute to code delivery on a regular basis.   

Strategic thinking and strong business acumen are essential in this role. We expect you to be well-versed in current technological trends, familiar with a variety of business concepts and able to make sound business decisions with clear data and reasoning behind them. 

If you are comfortable leading from the front, have an entrepreneurial mindset, are action and solution-orientated and driven to do the right thing for our customers then we’d like to talk! 

ABOUT US

Founded in 2008, we are an international team with our home office based in Edinburgh, that works with incredible clients all over the world, particularly in the US TV industry.

Whether it’s developing our own products, producing engaging social content en masse, or designing and delivering services to help our clients work more efficiently, our work is varied, exciting and at the very forefront of the latest technology and trends.

Currently, we are a growing team of 100+ people but still looking for new colleagues who make an impact and believe in the same ideas and values as we do.

RESPONSIBILITIES

What can you expect?

• Taking responsibility for the output of our technical team – decision-making and real responsibility would sit with you
• Acting as a technical consultant to clients and internally
• Discovering and implementing new technologies that yield a competitive advantage
• Attracting, retaining and developing engineering talent, whilst sustaining an engaging and challenging environment for the team to work and develop within 
• Supervising and mentoring engineers of different seniority levels – the team encompasses engineers from graduate to senior level
• Influencing and inspiring excellence in engineers related to both project work and their self-development
• Building system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency
• Building quality assurance and data protection processes
• Providing strategic input into client/internal product decisions
• Leading and understanding the architecture design process, which includes contributing to day-to-day software development challenges
• Putting in place efficient and effective processes, continuously improving current practices
• Optimizing team efficiency and continually looking for better ways of working
• Standing up for both your team and the organization if you feel decisions are not in the best interests of either
• Acting as a technology leader with a strong focus on quality, performance, scalability and maintainability 

YOU’LL LIKELY BE A STRONG CANDIDATE IF:

• You are hands on and willing to deliver code yourself alongside managing the wider team
• Are confident in engaging with customers, understanding their requirements and packaging that into a digestible vision for the team to execute
• Have experience managing a multi-disciplinary dev team
• Feel comfortable tackling business problems head on, developing and implementing solutions independently 

YOU PROBABLY WON’T BE SUITABLE IF:

• You are not hands on, preferring to delegate rather than to get stuck in yourself
• You don’t feel confident solving business problems independently. You’d need to be able to proactively identify changes to ways of working required, and execute independently, gaining the buy in of the wider team