Hi, I'm Stephane Moreau

I'm a London-based Leader in Tech.

Senior Engineering Manager with over a decade of experience in strategic leadership, technical excellence, and driving innovative engineering solutions.

My journey

I skipped uni to chase my dream in London - and it was the best decision I ever made.

Here’s what happened:

• 2016: Dropped out of university in Greece and moved to London with no degree, no connections, but a dream - to work as a software engineer. Landed my first software engineering job within 1 month.

• 2019: Was offered an Engineering Manager role at a leading Cyber Security company. Led a team that developed solutions protecting millions of users from cyber threats.

• 2022: Advanced to a Senior EM / Head of Engineering role at a high growth startup, overseeing 4 global teams (20+ engineers) managing 25 open-source libraries. Improved innovation and enhanced cross-functional collaboration across the company.

• 2024 & Beyond: Founded EM Tools to empower engineers to confidently transition into leadership roles. My mission is to provide the resources I wish I had when I started: an EM masterclass, 50 actionable templates, career frameworks for ICs and EMs, and more.

I am currently working at Zopa Bank as an Engineering Manager leading three teams responsible for AI and Open Banking.

Zopa Bank is a Fintech unicorn 🦄, which, among other recognitions, received the Fintech of the Year award in 2023.

Over the past decade, I have Managed teams of up to 20 people at Mimecast, Egress (a KnoweBe4 company), Ably, and IG.

In this newsletter

My goal is to support:

• Engineers ready to level up in their careers.

• First-time Engineering Managers stepping into leadership roles.

• Seasoned leaders aiming to stay on top of the latest trends and tools.

• Founders looking to build high-performing, scalable engineering teams.

• Anyone eager to dive deeper into engineering leadership topics.

As a free subscriber, you’ll get:

• ✉️ 1 post per week

• 🧑‍🎓 Access to the Engineering Manager Masterclass

As a paid subscriber, you’ll get:

• 🔒 1 chapter each week from the book I am writing “The Engineering Manager’s Playbook”

• 🔒 50 Engineering Manager templates and playbooks (worth $79)

• 🔒 The complete archive

Useful links

📂 Get my 50 Engineering Manager Notion Templates to streamline hiring, onboarding, team management, and more!

🎉 CodeCrafters helps you become a better Software Engineer using my favourite method! Build your own Redis, Git, Kafka and more from scratch. Use my partner link if you want to get 40% off.

🚀 Check out my Leadership Accelerator program. Let’s set up a free intro call and chat about how I can help you in your leadership journey.

👋 Let’s connect on LinkedIn to exchange ideas, share insights, and grow together!

If you wish to make a request on a particular topic you would like to read, you can send me an email to stephane@em-tools.io.