WHO ARE WE

Cognism is the leading provider of European B2B data and sales intelligence. Ambitious businesses of every size use our platform to discover, connect, and engage with qualified decision-makers faster and close more deals. Headquartered in London with global offices, Cognism’s contact data and contextual signals are trusted by thousands of revenue teams to eliminate the guesswork from prospecting.

OUR WORK MODEL

Remote or Hybrid: This can be a remote or hybrid role depending on your location and proximity to one of our local offices.

YOUR ROLE

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team of backend, frontend, and data engineers within Cognism’s Data Engineering team. In this high-impact role, you’ll guide the development of scalable distributed systems that power our internal data platform. You’ll shape the technical roadmap, mentor engineers, and ensure successful collaboration across product and data teams.

YOUR CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES

• Lead a High-Impact Team – Manage a team of engineers across backend, frontend, and data disciplines, ensuring delivery, performance, and alignment with Cognism’s engineering standards.

• Mentor & Develop Talent – Conduct regular 1:1s, provide actionable feedback, and support career development for each team member.

• Drive Technical Excellence – Participate in architectural discussions and code reviews, providing strategic and technical guidance across projects.

• Shape the Roadmap – Collaborate with Product Managers and stakeholders to define and deliver on the team’s roadmap and goals.

• Own Execution – Oversee delivery of services and features owned by the team, ensuring quality and timeliness.

• Promote Best Practices – Champion engineering principles and processes that enhance collaboration, scalability, and system resilience.

• Cross-Team Collaboration – Work closely with teams across data engineering, research, infrastructure, and beyond to align on key initiatives.

• Drive Knowledge Sharing – Establish and maintain strong documentation practices and onboarding processes.

OUR EXPECTATIONS

• Leadership Experience – 2+ years of people or technical leadership, with 5+ years in software engineering.

• Technical Depth – Proven experience with distributed systems and microservice-based architectures.

• Code Fluency – Ability to read and review production code, and guide engineers on architectural decisions.

• Cloud-Native Mindset – Familiar with serverless data processing tools (e.g., AWS Glue, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3), with a preference for AWS experience.

• Strong Communication – Skilled at influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.

• Track Record of Delivery – Demonstrated success in managing and delivering complex software projects.

• Collaborative Leadership – Builds trust, promotes alignment, and fosters an inclusive, high-performing team culture.

OUR TECH STACK

• Scala – Especially with Play Framework and Pekko (or other strongly typed, object-oriented or functional languages).

• AWS – Lambda, Glue, Step Functions, EventBridge, DynamoDB, S3.

• Data Tools – Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS Athena, MongoDB, SQL, Apache Iceberg.

• Frontend – Angular (limited involvement, but understanding is helpful).

• Collaboration Tools – Jira (capacity planning), Asana (roadmap alignment), Confluence (documentation), Figma (feature planning).

WHY COGNISM

At Cognism, we’re not just building a company - we’re building an inclusive community of brilliant, diverse people who support, challenge, and inspire each other every day. If you’re looking for a place where your work truly makes an impact, you’re in the right spot!

Our values aren’t just words on a page—they guide how we work, how we treat each other, and how we grow together. They shape our culture, drive our success, and ensure that everyone feels valued, heard, and empowered to do their best work.

Here’s what we stand for:

✅ We Are Nice! We treat each other with respect and kindness (because life’s too short for anything else).
🤝 We Are Collaborative. We’re in this together—great things happen when we work as one.
💡 We Are Solution-Focused. Every challenge is just an opportunity in disguise.
💙 We Are Understanding. We empower and support each other to do our best work.
🏆 We Celebrate Individual Contributors. Every role matters, and so do you!

At Cognism, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and supportive workplace. Our values—Being Nice, Collaborative, Solution-Focused, and Understanding—guide everything we do, and we celebrate Individual Contributors. We welcome applications from individuals typically underrepresented in tech, so if this role excites you but you’re unsure if you meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply!