Engineering Manager: Platform & Growth Lead (Hybrid)

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

25 days holiday

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Pension 11% employer contribution

Life insurance

Health care cash plans

Wellbeing programme

Volunteering days

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown plc in Bristol seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Dealing Journeys squad within the Trading Tribe, building scalable, end-to-end client journeys on React and React Native.

You'll coach engineers, own delivery, guide architectural decisions, partner with product, and drive observability and high-velocity delivery in a regulated financial services environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building full‑stack applications; 2+ years leading engineering teams.
• Strong frontend, mobile and backend knowledge across React, React Native and APIs.
• Experience with AWS and cloud‑native platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with CI/CD, observability, and scalable system design.
• Proven track record mentoring engineers and delivering in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead across four areas: people, delivery, tech decision‑making, and strategy.
• Co‑own the product roadmap with the Product Manager, define outcomes and scope.
• Set engineering standards and guide architecture for web and mobile apps.
• Forecast delivery using capacity metrics and communicate risks early.
• Establish guardrails for scope, quality, and non‑functional requirements.
• Champion observability, SLOs, and incident readiness.
• Grow engineers through coaching, feedback, and structured reviews.
• Remove blockers and maintain a sustainable delivery cadence.

Tools

React

React Native

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

API‑driven architectures

System architecture

Leadership

Mentoring

Job description

Hargreaves Lansdown plc in Bristol seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Dealing Journeys squad within the Trading Tribe, building scalable, end-to-end client journeys on React and React Native.

You'll coach engineers, own delivery, guide architectural decisions, partner with product, and drive observability and high-velocity delivery in a regulated financial services environment.