Engineering Manager

Mindera; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company is seeking a passionate Software Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team in London. You will oversee Agile delivery of software projects, promote technical excellence, and ensure quality standards. With a focus on scalable solutions and cloud technologies, you will be vital in building a best-in-class engineering culture. The role is a 6-month contract requiring on-site work in Paddington, London.

Qualifications

• Hands-on senior software engineer experience in multiple languages.
• Experience on scalable software solutions for web or backend.
• Extensive background with various systems and technologies.
• Experience leading high-skilled engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of system design and software standards.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a high-performing software engineering team.
• Oversee planning and delivery of software projects.
• Provide technical guidance for complex projects.
• Establish and enforce software quality standards.

Skills

Team Management

Agile Delivery

Technical Leadership

Quality Assurance

Tools

Java

Spring

React

Azure Cloud

Job description

We are seeking a passionate Software Engineering Manager who will provide technical expertise and operate with excellence. Being creative, curious, and confident, you will be an integral part of our empowered, self-managing, multi-disciplinary engineering teams - designing, building, releasing, and maintaining products. You will play a key role in driving our ambition to create a best-in-class software engineering team, environment, and culture.

This is an initial 6 month contract (outside IR35) that requires you to work on client site 3 days a week in London, Paddington.

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Team Management: Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing software engineering team. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team. Facilitate communication and collaboration among team members. Ensure budgets, people and resource allocation, and workload, balance across projects.
• Agile Delivery: Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines. Monitor project progress, risks, and dependencies, taking corrective action when necessary. Work closely with product management, design, programme management, and others to define project scope, goals, and deliverables.
• Technical Leadership: Drive the adoption of standards, and methodologies for software development. Provide technical guidance and support to engineering teams for complex projects. Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and platforms to improve the engineering process and software quality. Work with senior engineers to develop the team's technical roadmap and support the product management team to prioritise it against the commercial roadmap.
• Quality Assurance and Maintenance: Establish and enforce quality standards, ensuring software products meet performance, reliability, and usability requirements. Oversee the maintenance and support of existing software systems, ensuring prompt resolution of issues and bugs.

Your skills and experience will include:

• Previous polyglot hands-on senior software engineer
• Experience working on highly scalable software solutions across web or backend
• Extensive background in software engineering with several years’ experience in a variety of systems and technologies
• Experience building and leading teams of highly skilled, senior software engineers that deliver high-quality software
• Excellent understanding of system design, software architecture, cloud, and software engineering standard methodologies
• Promoter of DevOps: you build it, you run it

Tech Stack:

• Java, Spring, SpringBOOT, Micronaut
• React, Next.js, Typescript, Angular
• Azure Cloud, Kubernetes, Dynatrace (observability)
• SQL Server, MongoDB
• Ignite, Redis