Engineering Manager: Lead High-Impact Public Sector Apps

Civica UK Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days Annual Leave + bank holidays

Option to buy up to 10 extra days

Pension Contributions – 5% employer

Income protection

Life assurance – 4x salary

Critical illness cover – £25k

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Dental insurance

Affinity groups

Bounty bonus

Job summary

Civica UK Ltd is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a software engineering team, combining hands-on coding with strategic delivery to ensure high-quality products.

You will recruit, coach and empower engineers, drive CI/CD, agile practices, security and observability, and partner with product managers to shape technical solutions across the portfolio.

This role offers the chance to influence engineering culture, mentor diverse teams and deliver critical public-sector software used by millions.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and manage a team of software engineers.
• Lead by example in engineering work and promote best practices.
• Design, develop, deploy and maintain software products.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers and other engineers on requirements.
• Establish CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Mentor engineers and foster learning and growth.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Software architecture

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Code reviews

Observability

Security best practices

Cloud platforms

Collaboration with product

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Civica UK Ltd is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a software engineering team, combining hands-on coding with strategic delivery to ensure high-quality products.

You will recruit, coach and empower engineers, drive CI/CD, agile practices, security and observability, and partner with product managers to shape technical solutions across the portfolio.

This role offers the chance to influence engineering culture, mentor diverse teams and deliver critical public-sector software used by millions.