Engineering Manager: Lead Secure, Scalable Software Teams

Simplyhealth; Reading; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Simplyhealth in Reading is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead multiple squads and shape the technical direction of our digital health solutions. You will balance people leadership with hands-on software delivery to create high-quality, scalable products.

Collaborate with Product, Delivery and Architecture teams, coach engineers, manage risks, and drive DevOps practices, agile ways of working, and ongoing improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software teams and delivering high-quality software.
• Hands-on leadership with ability to guide and mentor engineers.
• Familiarity with Agile practices (Scrum/Kanban) and DevOps principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop software engineers and technical leaders to improve performance and career growth.
• Build healthy, high-performing teams empowered to deliver.
• Set and drive technical direction across squads to ensure scalable, secure solutions.
• Balance roadmap delivery with technical debt, resilience, security and long-term platform sustainability.
• Drive engineering excellence through modern software development practices and quality engineering.
• Improve delivery effectiveness through agile ways of working (Scrum/Kanban).

Skills

Leadership

Software engineering

DevOps

Agile methodologies

Job description

Simplyhealth in Reading is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead multiple squads and shape the technical direction of our digital health solutions. You will balance people leadership with hands-on software delivery to create high-quality, scalable products.

Collaborate with Product, Delivery and Architecture teams, coach engineers, manage risks, and drive DevOps practices, agile ways of working, and ongoing improvement.