Swap

Commerce

EngineeringManager

London, United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Engineering Manager at Swap. Skills: Engineering leadership, AI, Commerce. Lead, grow and inspire a team. Drive execution across the full SDLC”

What You'll Achieve.

shipping quality software at speed; automate processes; accelerate development cycles; remove friction throughout the engineering workflow

Industry & Context.

Commerce

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years of software engineering experience, at least 3 years in an engineering leadership or management role, Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with other Engineering teams, Product, and Commercial teams, Comfortable getting hands-on when needed, Experience working in a start-up or scale-up environment, Hands-on experience building or managing teams working on agentic systems, LLM-powered products, or AI-driven workflows

Nice to Have

background in distributed systems, cloud-native GCP, Background in e-commerce, fintech, or similarly high-growth product domains

What You'll Do.

grow and inspire a team

Drive execution across the full SDLC

Embed AI-first thinking into the team's day-to-day

Work closely with Product

and Commercial leadership

Define and uphold engineering best practices

Foster a culture of continuous improvement

Stay close to the JavaScript ecosystem

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Commercial teams; align on roadmap priorities; surface dependencies early; ensure cross-functional delivery runs smoothly

Full Job Description

Engineering Manager Hybrid - two days in office, London ABOUT SWAP Swap is the infrastructure behind modern agentic commerce. The only AI-native platform connecting backend operations with a forward-thinking storefront experience. Built for brands that want to sell anything - anywhere, Swap centralises global operations, powers intelligent workflows, and unlocks margin-protecting decisions with real-time data and capability. Our products span cross-border, tax, returns, demand planning, and our next-generation agentic storefront, giving merchants full transparency and the ability to act with confidence. At Swap, we’re building a culture that values clarity, creativity, and shared ownership as we redefine how global commerce works. ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Agentic Commerce team — one of the most strategically important and fast-moving teams at Swap. You will lead a team of engineers building the next generation of AI-powered commerce experiences, working at the intersection of product, engineering, and data to ship impactful work at speed. This is a role for someone who has built and scaled high-performing teams, knows when to lead from the front and when to roll up their sleeves and get hands-on, and who genuinely lives and breathes AI — not as a buzzword, but as a practical lens for building faster, automating relentlessly, and pushing deliverables through the SDLC with conviction. You will work closely with Product, Engineering, and Commercial teams to align on priorities, reduce friction, and drive execution across the full software development lifecycle. RESPONSIBILITIES - Lead, grow and inspire a team of engineers on the Agentic Commerce team, creating an environment of ownership, psychological safety, and high performance. This includes recruiting top talent, developing careers, managing performance and setting the bar for engineering excellence at Swap. - Drive execution across the full SDLC, from discovery and plan

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