Engineering Manager - Build Scalable, High-Impact Tech

Adria Solutions Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Birthday day off

Pension scheme

Job summary

Adria Solutions Ltd in Manchester seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead high-performing engineering teams. You will shape product delivery, drive technical excellence, and foster an ownership-driven engineering culture in a fast-moving, enterprise-backed setting.

You will mentor engineers, partner with Product, and implement Agile and DevOps practices to deliver scalable, secure systems across the finance and technology space.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading or mentoring engineering teams (or strong senior/principal engineers ready to step into leadership)
• Strong hands-on background in modern software development
• Experience working in fast-paced, product-led or startup-style environments; a genuine passion for building scalable, high-quality technical solutions

Responsibilities

• Leading, inspiring, and motivating engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions
• Building a strong engineering culture centred on ownership, innovation, and rapid delivery
• Partnering closely with Product to translate vision into robust technical solutions
• Coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers through 1:1s, feedback, and career development support
• Driving agile delivery and embedding DevOps best practices across teams
• Championing a “build fast, learn fast” mindset while maintaining engineering quality and discipline
• Contributing to solution design, architecture decisions, and technical direction
• Ensuring systems are designed with strong attention to non-functional requirements (security, scalability, reliability, performance)

Skills

Leadership experience

Engineering management

Agile delivery

DevOps practices

Mentoring

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps tooling

Distributed systems

Job description

Adria Solutions Ltd in Manchester seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead high-performing engineering teams. You will shape product delivery, drive technical excellence, and foster an ownership-driven engineering culture in a fast-moving, enterprise-backed setting.

You will mentor engineers, partner with Product, and implement Agile and DevOps practices to deliver scalable, secure systems across the finance and technology space.