Engineering Manager

Fruition Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fruition Group in Leeds, United Kingdom, is seeking a hands-on Senior Engineering Leader to shape technical direction, grow high-performing teams, and deliver high-quality products for global sports data applications.

You will combine people management with technical leadership, collaborating with Product, Design, Data, and Engineering to drive delivery while fostering collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and developing high-performing software engineering teams.
• Strong software engineering background with ability to influence technical decisions.
• Proven track record delivering complex products in Agile environments.
• Experience improving engineering practices and delivery performance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading remote or distributed engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture focused on learning and continuous improvement.
• Own end-to-end delivery of product initiatives.
• Drive engineering excellence through testing, CI/CD, documentation, and code quality.
• Monitor delivery metrics, reliability, and engineering performance.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Data teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Communicate priorities, trade-offs, and delivery risks effectively.
• Guide architecture and technical decision-making.
• Participate in design discussions and code reviews.
• Support the team with complex technical challenges.

Skills

Leadership

Software engineering

Agile delivery

Communication

Remote leadership

Rails & React

Job description

Join a fast-growing SportsTech company transforming how sports data is captured, analysed, and experienced. Their technology powers products used by organisations worldwide, turning complex real-time data into meaningful insights that help athletes, analysts, and teams make better decisions.

The Role

This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll combine people management with technical leadership to build high-performing teams and deliver high-quality products. Working closely with Product, Design, Data, and Engineering, you'll help shape technical direction, improve engineering practices, and drive successful product delivery while fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.

What You'll Be Doing

Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture focused on learning and continuous improvement.
• Support career development through regular feedback and mentoring.

Delivery

• Own end-to-end delivery of product initiatives.
• Drive engineering excellence through best practices in testing, CI/CD, documentation, and code quality.
• Monitor and improve delivery metrics, reliability, and engineering performance.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Data teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Communicate priorities, technical trade-offs, and delivery risks effectively.
• Help ensure the team remains aligned with business objectives.

Technical Leadership

• Guide architecture and technical decision-making.
• Participate in design discussions and code reviews.
• Support the team with complex technical challenges and critical delivery initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• Experience leading and developing high-performing software engineering teams.
• Strong software engineering background with the ability to influence technical decisions.
• Proven track record delivering complex products in agile environments.
• Experience improving engineering practices and delivery performance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading remote or distributed engineering teams.
• A collaborative leadership style, growth mindset, and passion for developing people.

Ruby on Rails, React, React Native, GraphQL - You must still be a hands-on leader with this stack.