Engineering manager

Maxwell Bond; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Hybrid work

25 days annual leave

Life assurance

Workplace pension

Home office budget

Learning budget & certs

Job summary

Maxwell Bond in Liverpool partners with a SaaS business seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a growing team delivering modern web apps and APIs. You’ll mentor engineers, shape architecture, and drive delivery with Product and Tech Leads in a hybrid setup.

The role offers up to £95,000 with annual bonus, 25 days leave, life assurance, pension, a home office budget and a learning budget to certify your team and yourself.

Qualifications

• Leads and develops a software engineering team of 6+ engineers.
• Owns delivery planning, architectural direction and roadmaps.
• Collaborates with Product and Tech Leads to shape architecture.
• Drives quality, testing and observability across the stack.
• Supports hiring, coaching, and career development.
• Explores practical AI opportunities to improve delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of 6+ software engineers across Azure/AWS serverless technologies.
• Own delivery, planning and technical priorities for the team.
• Work with Product and Tech Leads to shape architecture and technical roadmaps.
• Drive engineering best practices across quality, testing and observability.
• Support hiring, coaching, performance reviews and career development.
• Identify opportunities to improve tooling, automation and engineering processes.
• Introduce AI into the engineering function, helping the team identify practical ways to use AI across development, testing and delivery.

Skills

People Leadership

Mentoring

Technical Delivery

Architecture

Roadmapping

Product Collaboration

Tools

Azure

AWS

Serverless

Job description

Are you ready to take your next step into leadership and an Engineering Manager role?

We have partnered with a Liverpool-based SaaS business looking for an Engineering Manager to join its growing engineering team.

Over the past decade, the business has supported some of the world's leading brands with data-driven intelligence that supports growth and decision-making. Following a period of strong expansion, they continue to invest in their engineering and data capabilities as they scale through 2026.

You’ll lead a small, high-performing engineering team of 6, supporting technical delivery, mentoring engineers and working closely with Product and Tech Leads to develop modern web applications and APIs.

What you'll do

• Lead and develop a team of 6+ software engineers across Azure/AWS serverless technologies.
• Own delivery, planning and technical priorities for the team.
• Work with Product and Tech Leads to shape architecture and technical roadmaps.
• Drive engineering best practices across quality, testing and observability.
• Support hiring, coaching, performance reviews and career development.
• Identify opportunities to improve tooling, automation and engineering processes.
• Introduce AI into the engineering function, helping the team identify practical ways to use AI across development, testing and delivery.

What's in it for you

• Salary up to £95,000 + annual bonus.
• Hybrid and flexible working, 2 days onsite per week.
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Life assurance.
• Workplace pension.
• Home office budget.
• Learning and Development budget, including paid certifications.

This role suits an experienced Senior or Lead Engineer ready to move into management, or an existing Engineering Manager looking for a hands-on leadership position.

You’ll have the opportunity to introduce AI into the business, shape how the engineering team uses new technology and help build the approach from the ground up.