Engineering Manager

Velociti Solutions Limited

Chadderton

Hybrid

GBP 75,000 - 105,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Life assurance

Income protection

Company pension

25 days holiday

Christmas leave

Birthday leave

Hybrid working

EV car scheme

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Velociti Solutions Limited, based in Oldham, is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a software engineering team and drive architecture and delivery across projects.

You will guide technical direction, uphold coding standards, and own documentation while integrating AI-assisted development practices and ensuring secure, scalable outcomes.

Qualifications

Proven experience managing or leading a team of developers.
Extensive full-stack development skills: front-end JS frameworks and back-end dotnet.
Experience working with an AI augmented environment.
Experience delivering low-latency, API-driven web services and responsive, cross-browser applications.
Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
Comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback.

Responsibilities

Guide technical direction and architecture, ensuring design decisions are well-reasoned and documented.
Line-manage a team of ~7 software engineers with 1:1s and performance reviews.
Define coding standards and ensure secure, maintainable software.
Act as escalation point for production incidents, drive root-cause analysis.
Translate product priorities into a realistic technical roadmap for the team.
Own team technical documentation and release notes.
Establish culture of code reviews and knowledge sharing.
Develop understanding and use of AI within the engineering team.
Support other teams ensuring privacy, security, compliance.
Mentor junior/mid developers and support career development.
Plan and allocate workload against delivery timescales.
Shape team ethos and engineering practices.

Skills

Team leadership

Full-stack development

AI augmentation

API development

Cross-browser

Communication

Tools

JavaScript frameworks

Dotnet

AI tools

Job description

Reporting To

Chief Technology Officer

Location & Working Pattern

Oldham

Hybrid, minimum of two days per week in the office

Hours

37.5 hours per week, core hours 9:30am - 4:00pm Monday to Friday

About Us

Velociti Solutions provides innovative digital transformation solutions and specialist consultancy in operational efficiency, safety and customer service excellence. With deep sector knowledge gained over 30 years, we are trusted by transport authorities, bus operators and rail operators worldwide.

Our software spans planning and scheduling, control room and incident management, safety and compliance, customer information and commercial analytics for bus and rail operators and transport authorities, along with Asset Management.

Role Purpose

As Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of software engineers as a dedicated people and delivery leader. Your impact is measured through the performance, growth and output of your team. You will keep enough technical depth to guide architectural decisions, hold the team to a high standard and ask the right questions to enable the engineering team to achieve outstanding results.

You will help the team work efficiently, collaborating with product and project teams aligning your team workload to delivery timescales and escalating issues to the Chief Technology Officer as needed. You will also support the embedding of AI-assisted development tools into daily practice.

Key Responsibilities

Guide the technical direction and architecture for your area, ensuring key design decisions and trade-offs are made by the right people, well-reasoned and properly documented.
Line-manage a team of c.7 software engineers: regular 1:1s, objective setting, performance reviews, and identifying and addressing performance challenges, providing further support where required.
Define and uphold coding standards, patterns and best practice across the team, reviewing code to ensure delivery of reliable, secure and maintainable software.
Act as the escalation point for production and technical incidents affecting your area, driving root-cause analysis and follow-up improvements.
Represent engineering in cross-functional planning, translating product and business priorities into a realistic technical roadmap for the team.
Own the quality and currency of the team's technical documentation, wikis and release notes across all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle.
Establish and sustain a culture of code and architecture review, continuous learning and knowledge sharing across the team.
Developing the understanding and use of AI within the engineering team.
Support colleagues in other teams, ensuring that our software meets the required standards for privacy, security, compliance and regulation.
Act as the first point of escalation for the team, coaching and mentoring junior and mid-level developers and supporting their career development.
Plan and allocate team workload against delivery timescales.
Shape team ethos and ways of working, embedding consistent engineering practices across the team.
Undertake any additional duties as reasonably required.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Proven experience managing or leading a team of developers, including 1:1s and objective setting.
Extensive full-stack development skills: front-end (JS Frameworks) and back-end (dotnet).
Experience working with an AI augmented environment.
Experience delivering low-latency, API-driven web services and responsive, cross-browser web applications.
Able to communicate clearly, both verbal and written, with technical and non-technical audiences, presenting proposals and solutions, and to take end-to-end ownership of technical work.
Comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback.