Engineering Manager — Hybrid, Multi-Vendor Leader

National Energy System Operator; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 15% of salary

28 days annual leave

Pension with 12% company match

Flexible benefits programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Job summary

National Energy System Operator (NESO) seeks an Engineering Manager for Market Change Delivery to own and elevate the engineering practice for Response and Reform Services. You will guide cross-functional and vendor teams, shaping the technical roadmap and delivering high-quality production systems.

Lead with strong architectural awareness, drive delivery, and mentor engineering leads while promoting robust testing, CI/CD, and observability in a complex, regulated energy context. Hybrid UK role.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with hands-on experience in distributed system architectures.
• End-to-end engineering proficiency including CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, automated testing, observability, and operational readiness.
• Deep expertise in one of: real-time/event-driven systems, transactional systems, or modern front-end frameworks.
• Proven ability to drive delivery and mentor multi-vendor teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the engineering practice for Response and Reform product areas within Market Change Delivery.
• Provide strong technical leadership across distributed, multi-vendor engineering teams.
• Define and uphold engineering standards, guardrails, reusable patterns and best practices.
• Translate architectural direction into actionable engineering plans and ensure production-ready delivery.
• Drive improvements in test automation, CI/CD, observability, and DevOps maturity.
• Ensure documentation and remediation planning for technical debt.
• Proactively manage engineering risks and dependencies across teams.
• Partner with Product Managers and Solution Architects to shape delivery roadmap.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Distributed systems

CI/CD

DevOps

Communication

Job description

National Energy System Operator (NESO) seeks an Engineering Manager for Market Change Delivery to own and elevate the engineering practice for Response and Reform Services. You will guide cross-functional and vendor teams, shaping the technical roadmap and delivering high-quality production systems.

Lead with strong architectural awareness, drive delivery, and mentor engineering leads while promoting robust testing, CI/CD, and observability in a complex, regulated energy context. Hybrid UK role.