Digital Engineering Manager

Anglian Water Services; Lincoln; Hybrid; GBP 69,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Virtual GP service

26 days annual leave

Pension scheme with 7% match

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Life assurance (8× salary)

Enhanced family leave policies

Discounts and perks

Job summary

Anglian Water Services is seeking a Digital Engineering Manager to lead our Software Engineering Practice and shape the future of software delivery. This is a leadership role that blends technical credibility, people leadership and strategic influence to create an environment where engineers can thrive and deliver secure, scalable digital products.

You'll lead a community of software engineers, including delivery partners, and help evolve engineering capability while guiding workforce planning,

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams or practices.
• Technical credibility to engage at strategic and detailed levels.
• Experience building high-performing engineering teams and talent development.
• Knowledge of cloud-native delivery, DevOps and governance.
• Experience in agile, product-centric environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Software Engineering Practice across Anglian Water.
• Build an engineering culture focused on quality, collaboration and value.
• Define and evolve engineering standards, guardrails and best practices.
• Partner with Product, Architecture and Cyber to align with strategic outcomes.
• Provide leadership and line management for senior software engineers.
• Support workforce planning, recruitment and succession planning.
• Champion modern engineering practices including DevOps and CI/CD.
• Drive engineering maturity with metrics and performance insights.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and improve software delivery.
• Act as a senior technical leader influencing investment and direction.

Skills

Leadership

Software engineering

Cloud-native delivery

DevOps

Observability

Strategy & influence

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Coaching & mentoring

Job description

Salary starting from £76,500, salary dependent on skills and experience

Permanent / 37 hours per week / Full-time (with flexibility for part-time working)

Huntingdon, Lincoln or Peterborough – Hybrid

Technology is playing an increasingly important role in how we serve our customers, colleagues, and communities.

We're looking for a Digital Engineering Manager to lead our Software Engineering Practice and help shape the future of software delivery across Anglian Water. This is a leadership role that combines technical credibility, people leadership and strategic influence. You'll be responsible for creating an environment where engineers can thrive, engineering standards are consistently applied, and delivery teams are equipped to build secure, scalable, and resilient digital products.

You'll lead a community of software engineers spanning permanent employees and delivery partners, supporting their development while ensuring the organisation continues to evolve its engineering capability and ways of working.

As our Digital Engineering Manager, you'll:

• Lead and continuously develop the Software Engineering Practice across Anglian Water.
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on quality, collaboration, continuous improvement and customer value.
• Define and evolve engineering standards, guardrails, patterns and best practices.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Cyber and other Digital, Data and Technology teams to ensure bespoke software products align to wider strategic outcomes.
• Provide leadership and line management for senior software engineers and lead software engineers.
• Support workforce planning, capability growth, recruitment and succession planning.
• Champion modern engineering practices including DevOps, automation, observability, secure‑by‑design development and continuous delivery.
• Drive improvements in engineering maturity through the use of meaningful metrics and performance insights.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate and improve the effectiveness of software delivery.
• Act as a senior technical leader, influencing investment decisions, technical direction and delivery approaches across the organisation.

You’ll bring:

• Significant experience leading software engineering teams or practices within a complex technology environment.
• A strong software engineering background with the technical credibility to engage at both strategic and detailed levels.
• Experience building high‑performing engineering teams and developing technical talent.
• Knowledge of modern software engineering practices, cloud‑native delivery, DevOps, Artificial Intelligence and engineering governance.
• Experience working within agile and product‑centric delivery environments.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and drive organisational change.
• A passion for coaching, mentoring and building inclusive, high‑performing teams.
• Experience balancing technical excellence, risk management, technical debt and business outcomes.
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively across Product, Architecture, Cyber Security and other DDaT functions.

What’s in it for you?

• Private healthcare and physiotherapy
• 24‑hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
• 26 days annual leave (rising with service)
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double‑matches your contributions up to 7% (up to 21% combined)
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits and working culture
• Life Assurance (8× salary) and Personal Accident cover
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Great discounts and perks

Why apply?

This isn’t just an opportunity to lead a software engineering team. It’s a chance to shape how engineering is done at Anglian Water.

You’ll influence our engineering strategy, develop talented people and help create the standards, culture and ways of working that enable teams to deliver secure, scalable and resilient digital products. Working across Product, Architecture, Cyber and DDaT, you’ll have the visibility and influence to make meaningful change while building an engineering community where people can thrive.

If you want the autonomy to shape an engineering practice, develop great people and leave a lasting impact on a major organisation’s digital future, we’d love to hear from you.

Closing date: 11th October 2026