Engineering Manager

Albany Growth; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Albany Growth is partnering with an established technology business to recruit an Engineering Manager who will lead a software engineering team and shape engineering culture. You will coach engineers, manage performance and hiring, and raise delivery standards while remaining technically credible to challenge decisions.

The role focuses on coaching, career progression and building high-performing teams, with emphasis on CI/CD, automated testing, and modern tooling.

Formación

• People-focused Engineering Manager role with hands-on background
• Coaching, developing engineers and building high-performing teams
• Strong emphasis on engineering standards, processes and tooling

Responsabilidades

• Lead and develop a team of 6–8 software engineers including seniors
• Own coaching, 1:1s, career progression, performance management and hiring
• Improve engineering processes, delivery effectiveness and team productivity
• Challenge senior engineers on standards, testing, quality and best practices
• Own engineering tooling, infrastructure practices, CI/CD and automated testing standards
• Support AI-assisted and agentic engineering practices
• Collaborate with Product, Design and Tech Leads to deliver effectively
• Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement

Conocimientos

People Leadership

Coaching

Team Building

Cloud Infrastructure

CI/CD

Automation Testing

AI-assisted Dev

Technical Credibility

Performance Improvement

Herramientas

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Descripción del empleo

Engineering Manager – Software Engineering

Albany Growth are exclusively partnered with an established technology business developing specialist, business-critical software used by customers internationally.

They're hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a team of talented software engineers, helping shape engineering culture, improve delivery processes and maintain high standards across a business where software quality, reliability and performance are critical.

This is a people-focused Engineering Manager role, with a strong emphasis on coaching, developing engineers and building high-performing teams. A hands-on software engineering background is highly valued, as you'll need the technical credibility to challenge decisions, drive engineering standards and improve processes, tooling and overall team effectiveness.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading and developing a team of approximately 6–8 software engineers, including senior engineers
• Owning coaching, 1:1s, career progression, performance management and hiring
• Improving engineering processes, delivery effectiveness and team productivity
• Challenging senior engineers on technical standards, testing, quality and engineering best practices
• Taking ownership of engineering tooling, infrastructure practices, CI/CD and automated testing standards
• Helping introduce and scale AI-assisted and agentic engineering practices
• Working closely with Product, Design and Technical Leads to ensure teams deliver effectively
• Building a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and consistently high engineering standards
• Multiple years' experience as a dedicated Engineering Manager, managing software/senior engineers, and ideally Technical Leads
• A strong software engineering background, with the technical credibility to challenge decisions without needing to code day-to-day
• Proven experience coaching engineers, developing talent and managing performance
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, automated testing and Infrastructure as Code
• Someone comfortable challenging engineering standards and driving improvements across teams
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot or similar, ideally with experience introducing them into engineering teams
• Experience in regulated, high-reliability or business-critical software environments would be advantageous, but isn't essential

People-first leadership – Lead, coach and develop talented engineers

Modern engineering environment – Cloud, IaC, CI/CD and automated testing

AI-assisted engineering – Help shape how AI is adopted across software development

Engineering impact – Influence processes, standards and team effectiveness

This is a great opportunity for an Engineering Manager who loves developing people, enjoys challenging engineering standards and wants to make a genuine impact on how engineering teams operate.

If you're looking for a role where you can combine strong people leadership with technical credibility, engineering improvement and emerging AI practices, we'd love to hear from you.