Engineering Manager

Ventula Consulting Ltd.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ventula Consulting Ltd. seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a new team in Manchester building a customer-facing digital product. The role blends hands-on engineering leadership with delivering product features and owning the backlog.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with Product Managers and UX, facilitate Scrum ceremonies and ensure high engineering standards while scaling the new product. Onsite presence in Manchester is required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing and developing software engineers.
• Strong ownership of software delivery in a product-led environment.
• Technical background with architecture, system design and code reviews.
• Experience partnering with Product Managers and UX teams.
• Experience leading Scrum teams and managing delivery backlogs.
• Onsite work in Manchester for at least two days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop a team of software engineers.
• Partner with the Product Manager to shape priorities and manage the backlog.
• Own feature delivery from planning through to release.
• Lead Scrum ceremonies and facilitate effective collaboration.
• Work closely with Product and UX teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Contribute to system design, engineering architecture and technical reviews.
• Review code, maintain engineering standards and drive quality.
• Help establish and scale a completely new product and engineering team.

Skills

People management

Software delivery

Architecture & design

Code reviews

Scrum / Agile

Stakeholder management

Android experience (desirable)

Job description

Engineering Manager

Rate: £100 per hour (Inside of IR35)

Location: Manchester - minimum two days per week onsite

Duration: 6 months

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Manager to join a completely new team responsible for developing and scaling a new customer-facing digital product.

This is a hands-on people-management role. You will lead and develop engineers, partner closely with the Product Manager and take ownership of delivering new product features. You must also be comfortable contributing to technical discussions, reviewing code and challenging engineering decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop a team of software engineers.
• Partner with the Product Manager to shape priorities and manage the backlog.
• Own feature delivery from planning through to release.
• Lead Scrum ceremonies and facilitate effective collaboration.
• Work closely with Product and UX teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Contribute to system design, engineering architecture and technical reviews.
• Review code, ask the right technical questions and maintain engineering standards.
• Help establish and scale a completely new product and engineering team.

Required experience

• Proven experience managing and developing software engineers.
• Strong ownership of software delivery within a product-led environment.
• A technical background with experience contributing to architecture, system design and code reviews.
• Experience partnering closely with Product Managers and UX teams.
• Strong facilitation, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience leading Scrum teams and managing delivery backlogs.
• Android development experience would be highly desirable but is not essential for an otherwise strong candidate.
• Ability to work onsite in Manchester for at least two days per week.

This role would suit a technically credible Engineering Manager who enjoys people leadership, product delivery and remaining closely involved in engineering.