Engineering Manager (Mobile)

Sky; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications and media company is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a talented team within Group Digital Platforms. You will oversee mobile product development for Sky Sports and Sky News, advocating software best practices and agile methodologies. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in technical leadership, particularly in mobile application development. This role offers a chance to innovate and drive improvements in widely used applications, along with a hybrid working environment in Leeds.

Benefits

Generous pension package

Private healthcare

Discounted mobile and broadband

Access to Sky Q products

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in technical leadership roles, including leading, managing or mentoring mixed disciplines.
• Experience of working on mobile Android or iOS applications, ideally with experience of Backend for Frontend technologies.
• A good understanding of agile and a keenness to continually improve through sharing knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a cross-functional team, ensuring high-quality delivery of features.
• Champion software development best practices and Agile methodologies.
• Support the team to gather and use Engineering Metrics for decision making.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mobile Android/iOS development

Agile methodologies

API and backend integration

Collaboration with stakeholders

Job description

We are looking for an Engineering Manager within Group Digital Platforms to lead a team responsible for the development and operational needs of our Android and iOS mobile products for Sky Sports and Sky News brands across UK, Germany and Italy.

You will be joining a friendly, established group of creative people, getting hands-on with the code and driving an agile mindset within the team - always looking to elevate and modernise the applications which millions of people rely on every day for information and entertainment.

What you'll do

• Lead, manage and inspire a cross functional team, helping individuals to be their best
• Ensure high-quality and timely delivery of features and projects by championing software development best practices and promoting Agile practices within your squad
• Lead technical planning of your squad's work and oversee the coding, testing and architectural implementation of the squad, ensuring it aligns to our standards
• Work in partnership with your peers across Product, Project Management, Design and Engineering to ensure your squad's roadmap and direction aligns with the strategic goals of the organisation
• Support the team to gather and use Engineering Metrics in to help drive decision making
• Empower your team to advocate technical product improvements
• Lead recruitment and onboarding activities
• Support budgeting, contract and forecasting processes
• Act as the technical Service Owner for change and incident management, including being the escalation point for on-call, representing the team in incidents wash-ups, and on-call coordination, where relevant

What you'll bring

• Demonstrable experience in technical leadership roles, including leading, managing or mentoring mixed disciplines
• Experience of working on mobile Android or iOS applications, ideally with experience of Backend for Frontend technologies
• Experience with all parts of the development process, including UI development, Accessibility, monitoring and observability, automated CI/CD pipelines, API and backend integrations while collaborating closely in a multi-functional team
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders, squads and wider areas of Sky to identify opportunities for collaboration and learning to help benefit Sky and the delivery of our products
• A good understanding of agile and a keenness to continually improve through sharing knowledge, keeping on top of the newest technologies and fostering an open, learning mindset within the engineering team

Team overview

Product Delivery

Want to deliver brilliant products and unmissable entertainment that grips millions of households? Our 1000 strong, Product Delivery team does everything from developing innovative AI technology to creating the best HDR viewing experience for TV products. From Sky Go to Sky Q & Sky Glass, we take our products to the next level and make them more agile and reliable with every release.

The rewards

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Inclusion & how you'll work

We are a Disability Confident Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.

We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.

Your office space

Leeds

Our spacious tech hub is under a mile away from Leeds train station. There's plenty of parking in the surrounding streets and at the nearby CitiPark. You can also blow off steam over a game of pool or table tennis, and stay fit at our subsidised gym.

We'd love to hear from you

Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next. But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.