Engineering Manager (Full-Stack)

Compensation: £100K - £112K per year

We're putting together a talented team to build the #1 training platform for Runners

We help everyday runners become outstanding by building an incredible app providing world-class training, coaching and community for everyone, whether you're improving your 5k time or training for your first marathon.

We’re growing extremely fast! In November 2023 we closed a $6.5M funding round led by JamJar with participation from Eka Ventures, Venrex and Creator Ventures. In 2024, we were selected by Apple as one of three global finalists for the iPhone app of the year, reflecting the innovation and impact of what we’ve built & in 2025 we were acquired by Strava!

Our ambition is huge: to become the go-to global leading training platform for millions of runners everywhere. We’re growing with purpose and looking for people who want to build something meaningful with lasting impact. With the recent acquisition by Strava accelerating our journey, now is a really magical time to join. 🚀

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team of engineers at Runna. You’ll be responsible for a medium-sized team of ICs (roughly 4–8+ engineers) and will independently guide that team to deliver meaningful business outcomes across a product or platform area.

This is a people leadership role first, grounded in strong technical judgement. You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, and Engineering peers to align goals, navigate ambiguity, and ensure your team can deliver high-quality work at pace. You’ll be expected to independently manage all aspects of people leadership, while creating the conditions for engineers to grow, experiment, and do the best work of their careers.

You’ll sit on the Train Team where you will work closely with our modelling teams to integrate features that are core to Runna’s mission (think adapting plans around holidays and B races, supporting new cutting edge plans, and building in-app experiences around our AI/ML tooling).

• Lead, support, and grow a medium-sized team of engineers, creating the clarity, context, and accountability needed for the team to do its best work.
• Own team delivery for a product or platform area, driving execution from planning through release and ensuring work is aligned to business goals.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, and other Engineering teams to align priorities, manage dependencies, and coordinate work that affects other teams.
• Independently lead through open-ended or ambiguous problems, identifying risks, proposing solutions, and driving resolutions without heavy guidance.
• Encourage experimentation and thoughtful risk-taking, creating space for exploratory work and creative solutions where it adds value.
• Hold engineers accountable for high-quality technical designs and implementations that result in performant, scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.
• Coach engineers and emerging leaders, providing feedback, mentorship, and support while deliberately delegating opportunities for others to step into leadership.
• Independently manage all aspects of people management, including goal setting, performance reviews, career development, promotions and more.
• Create a team environment built on psychological safety and inclusion, where people feel supported, challenged, and able to contribute fully.
• Communicate company context clearly and effectively, helping the team understand how their work connects to wider company strategy and goals.
• Participate in and drive organisation-level initiatives that improve how we build, plan, hire, and collaborate across engineering.
• Partner with Recruiting and interviewers to calibrate assessments, make strong hiring and levelling decisions, and build a diverse and talented team for the long term.
• Track delivery, unblock work, and improve team effectiveness through healthy processes, strong planning, and continuous improvement.

We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half of your time on-site - 3 days per week in Runna's office based in London, UK.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TEAM

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, including meaningful experience in technical leadership and/or engineering management.
• Experience leading and managing engineers in a fast-paced product environment, ideally owning a team through planning, delivery, and people development.
• Strong track record of delivering complex projects end-to-end, especially in cross-functional environments with evolving priorities or ambiguity.
• Ability to align stakeholders across engineering, product, and design, and to coordinate work effectively where multiple teams are involved.
• Strong technical judgement, with the ability to raise the bar on architecture, design, and implementation quality without needing to be the primary coder on every project.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate company context into clear team direction and surface risks early.
• Comfortable working in a highly skilled, fast-paced engineering team. In 2024, we shipped:
  • 99 mobile app releases (iOS and Android)
  • 443 API releases
  • 237 modelling backend releases
• Technical fluency across modern product engineering environments. Experience with TypeScript/JavaScript, React Native, AWS cloud environments, and serverless architectures would be especially valuable.
• A strong advocate for modern engineering practices, including:
  • Iterative development, continuous deployment, and test automation
  • Knowledge sharing, pair programming, and collaborative design & development
  • Shared code ownership and cross-functional product team collaboration

BONUS POINTS IF YOU:

• Have experience leading teams working on consumer mobile products, especially React Native apps at scale
• Have delivered impactful work across the full stack, from mobile to backend services and cloud infrastructure
• Are confident improving CI/CD pipelines, release processes, and developer productivity
• Have experience with AWS services and serverless architecture patterns
• Have hands-on experience with SwiftUI or native mobile development
• Thrive in autonomous, high-growth environments and can bring clarity without heavy direction
• Have a personal interest in health, fitness, or sports technology

OUR TECH STACK

Check out our Tech Radar, which we are constantly iterating, and below you can find a small reflection of our current tech stack:

FRONTEND:

• React Native (iOS and Android)
• Typescript
• GraphQL (Apollo Client)
• Fastlane
• SwiftUI (Apple Watch)
• Maestro E2E tests

BACKEND:

• Serverless (AWS)
• Lambdas (NodeJS & Python)
• AWS AppSync
• DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, SageMaker
• Snowflake

ALL THE OTHER GOOD STUFF:

• Sentry
• GitHub Actions
• Intercom, Mixpanel
• RevenueCat
• App Store Connect / Play Store
• Google Tag Manager

SALARY AND BENEFITS

We’re offering a salary of £100,000 - £112,000 per year, depending on experience, plus participation in Strava's long-term incentive (stock) programs.

We’re also committed to continually evolving our benefits to support you as we grow. Here is a brief overview what we currently offer in the UK 🇬🇧

1. 🏢 Flexible working – we typically spend 3 days a week together in our Vauxhall office
2. 🏝️ 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
3. 📱Free Runna & Strava subscriptions for you and 3 of your friends (get ready to be your friends fave person or save them for holiday presents!)
4. 🧘 Headspace membership
5. 💸 Money every year to spend on gear, events and the gym!
6. 🏥 Private health insurance with Bupa and workplace pension scheme
7. 💖Modern Health is a mental wellness platform and app that combines technology with professional support to improve mental well-being and reduce stress
8. 🥕Carrot fertility support - this benefits provider can provide inclusive fertility, hormonal health, and family-forming benefits to our global employee population and takes the burden off what we know can be a stressful process.

Please see more info on our amazing benefits here: Benefits at Runna

Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to better accommodate you throughout the interview process - this can be from scheduling interviews around childcare commitments to accessibility requirements. We want you to show your best self in the process, so please speak to your Talent Partner!