Engineering Manager

Vuemastery; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vuemastery is seeking an Engineering Manager in Nottingham to lead product development teams responsible for technical execution and delivery of software. This role focuses on mentoring engineers, ensuring engineering excellence, and overseeing architectural improvements.

Ideal candidates will have validated leadership experience, strong agile understanding, and a solid technical background in software stacks including Java and Vue, preferably within regulated environments. Vuemastery values inclusivity and equality in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Validated experience leading software and quality engineers in a delivery-focused environment.
• Strong understanding of agile delivery and planning techniques.
• Solid engineering background with experience in software development stacks, particularly Java and Vue.
• Experience operating in regulated or data-heavy domains.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop multi-functional engineering teams for product delivery.
• Provide technical guidance on system design and architecture.
• Collaborate with Product and Delivery Management for road map initiatives.
• Act as the engineering point of contact and communicate progress clearly.

Skills

Leadership in software engineering

Agile methodologies

Software development (Java, Vue)

Experience with AWS

Communication with technical and non-technical teams

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

APIs

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Role Summary

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead some of our product development teams, responsible for the day‑to‑day people leadership, delivery, and technical execution of complex, business‑critical software. This role will focus on building high‑performing teams, delivering reliable outcomes, and ensuring engineering excellence within a regulated, data‑intensive product environment. You and your team will be key service owners for elements of the Product architecture, accountable for balancing feature development with architectural and operational improvements.

You will mentor development and quality engineers, partner closely with Product, Architecture, and Operations, and translate roadmap priorities into predictable, high‑quality delivery. While not a hands‑on coding role, a strong technical background is crucial to guide design decisions, challenge assumptions, and support the team.
This role will report to a Senior Engineering Manager, and be a key member of the World Check One engineering leadership team. The role will be based in our Nottingham engineering centre of excellence.

Key Responsibilities

People Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop multi‑functional engineering teams (typically 6–10 FTE, supplemented with vendors).
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance evaluations, and career development planning.
• Develop a culture of accountability, psychological safety, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Support engineers’ growth in technical, delivery, and behavioural competencies.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical guidance on system design, architecture changes, and implementation approaches.
• Ensure solutions align with platform standards, security requirements, and regulatory obligations.
• Promote modern engineering practices including clean code, automated testing, observability, and resilience.
• Partner with Architects and Principal Engineers on technical direction while ensuring team understanding and agreement.
• Support incident response and post‑incident learning, driving sustainable fixes.

Delivery & Execution

• Collaborate with Product and Delivery Management to break down roadmap initiatives into clear, achievable plans.
• Ensure effective agile ways of working (Scrum/Kanban), adapting practices as needed for real‑world delivery.
• Manage dependencies, risks, and trade‑offs, calling out appropriately to the wider management team for support.
• Balance feature delivery with technical health, operational stability, and cloud efficiency.

Collaboration

• Act as the engineering point of contact for your teams' scope.
• Work closely with Product, SRE/Operations, and Security teams.
• Communicate progress, risks, and outcomes clearly to interested parties and leadership.
• Lead and contribute to broader engineering initiatives and communities of practice across the engineering department.

Required Skills & Experience

Leadership & Delivery

• Validated experience leading and developing software and quality engineers in a delivery‑focused environment.
• Strong understanding of agile delivery, planning, and estimation techniques.
• Experience operating in complex, regulated, or data‑heavy domains is highly desirable.
• Ability to make pragmatic decisions and handle challenging priorities.

Technical Background

• Solid engineering background with deep experience in software development stacks (preferably Java, Vue) and CI/CD release pipelines.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, data pipelines, and cloud‑based infrastructure (preferably AWS).
• Comfortable reviewing designs, challenging solutions, and supporting technical decision‑making.
• Experience working with non‑functional requirements such as security, performance, and resilience.

Communication & Behavioural Skills

• Clear, confident communicator with engineers and non‑technical partners.
• Able to influence without authority and navigate matrixed organisations.
• Calm and effective under pressure, particularly during incidents or delivery challenges.
• Demonstrates strong ownership, integrity, and customer focus.

We are a proud equal‑opportunity employer. Our company does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or disability. We comply with applicable law, and we can reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and mental or physical disabilities.