Engineering Manager

The Role
At Robin AI, we create ground-breaking products that are transforming legal teams. Our work is multi-disciplinary and brings together the best talent in engineering, AI and the law. Our current product uses neural networks to read and comprehend written contracts, assesses whether they adhere to our customers’ preferred positions, and then automatically amends them. But our ambitions go way beyond reviewing contracts – we want to build technology that changes the way companies all over the world do deals. To do that, we need to build. Specifically, we want to build a new, structured way for businesses to make and agree contracts by replacing the outdated Microsoft Word workflow with a browser-based, visual contract building application that will empower anyone to create a world class contract without a lawyer. Just like Figma has democratised design tools, and WebFlow has democratised website development, we want to give business owners, HR teams, procurement teams and in-house lawyers all over the world the ability to create and negotiate any business contract by combining legal, design, software and machine learning expertise. You will help us build software that will allow our customers to create contracts from a library of templates, and quickly review and edit contracts sent to them by counter-parties. You’ll also help us develop our machine learning service which can automatically edit contracts and explain the changes to the user in plain English. And you’ll help us build an intelligent contract repository that will help companies save thousands of hours searching for information trapped inside their contracts. We’ve already made great progress towards this product vision, but you will play a pivotal role in making it a reality.
Tech Stack
Our frontend is built using React and Apollo, and we use Python web frameworks, such as Django and Flask, to implement our back-end services, alongside various other services and libraries such as Celery and Elasticsearch. Everything runs on AWS services, including but not limited to ECS, Lambda and SQS. We use CircleCI to build and deploy, and all of our infrastructure is managed using Terraform.
Responsibilities
Be the direct Line Manager of 6-8 Engineers; promote an open forum for giving and receiving feedback; understand and manage an engineer’s career goals;
Identify future resource needs and lead the recruitment efforts of other engineers;
Design and Introduce a mentoring program to enable the recruitment of Junior Engineers, ensuring they are on-boarded effectively into a Product Squad;
Mentor and coach Backend engineers, ensuring best practices and processes are defined, discussed, and continuously improved;
Ensure an effective engineering culture that prioritises growth, transparency and improvement is maintained;
Identify, prioritise and take ownership of key projects in conjunction with Product Managers, taking into account company objectives and goals;
Take ownership of projects, ensuring any risks or uncertainty are identified and communicated to appropriate stakeholders;
Your Skills
You enjoy developing the careers and skills of engineers; you have demonstrable experience developing and executing on-boarding processes with engineers that have limited commercial experience;
You have a background of designing and implementing web applications and API’s, utilising a variety of tools and technologies; you place an emphasis on attention to detail, write effective technical designs, and debate and challenge other ideas;
You have led the development of native applications on Cloud Infrastructure; you are able to identify and promote architectural improvements to enhance the security, stability, and scalability of infrastructure;
Have a background working in a start-up or similar size organisation and are passionate about building high quality products;
Have an in-depth understanding of the entire development process (design, development and deployment), and you have previously led recruitment efforts, and are able to identify resource requirements based on company and engineering road maps and objectives in advance;

You will enjoy working in a stimulating, diverse and intellectually challenging environment where collaboration is essential to achieving results. You should have at least two years experience working in an engineering team and be confident managing your own schedule while achieving measurable results. Experience working with Machine Learning/Data science models isn’t a pre-requisite, but it is a bonus – so let us know if you’ve worked in the space or have an interest in it.

DEI @ Robin AI

We want to break diversity, inclusion and equality barriers within the tech industry. In building our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, and welcome applications regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, education, opinions, nation of origin, languages spoken, age, pregnancy and maternity, or veteran’s status.

Compensation & Benefits
Competitive salary
£110,000 - £120,000
salary
Meaningful equity in the business
Flexible working from home and in our WeWork office
Focus on continual learning and development
Unlimited sick leave and gender-neutral parental leave
Technology to enable you to work seamlessly from the office or home

We are deliberate about the culture we are building, and are committed to creating an inclusive environment that attracts the best talent from diverse backgrounds. Whether it’s helping curate the Robin Spotify playlist, discussing gender equality in tech, or taking a meditation break with our holistic health plan, we want you to find your space within the Robin community.
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Depending on your location, you’ll have access to WeWork amenities ranging from co-working space, bike lockers, pool tables, table tennis, free barista-made coffee and free beer in the evenings.