Engineering Manager (Software Infrastructure)

Oxa Autonomy; Oxford; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Oxford is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead teams in building high-performance systems. You will design CI/CD pipelines, manage large codebases, and mentor junior engineers. Required skills include experience with CI/CD, C++, Python, and Docker. Competitive salary and benefits are provided, including relocation support.

Benefits

Competitive salary, reviewed annually

Company share programme

Flexible work arrangements

Private medical insurance

Critical illness coverage

Life assurance

Income protection

Relocation support

Visa sponsorship if needed

Salary exchange pension plan

25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays

Pet-friendly office environment

Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD systems like Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience with large codebases and third-party dependencies in C++ and/or Python.
• Knowledge of containerisation (Docker) and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Understanding of cloud platforms like GCP and AWS.
• Strong communication skills and ability to mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design CI/CD pipelines for autonomy codebase.
• Maintain core libraries and triage support requests.
• Review features for code quality and reliability.
• Define and schedule work packages.

Skills

CI/CD systems experience

Managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams

C++ and/or Python and large codebases

Containerisation knowledge (Docker)

Infrastructure as code (Terraform)

Cloud platforms understanding (GCP, AWS)

DevOps principles understanding

Strong communication skills

C++ package manager (conan)

Software design and architecture

Mentoring junior engineers

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Engineering Manager (Software Infrastructure), Oxford

Location: Oxford, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: d2585a363210

Job Views: 18

Posted: 12.08.2025

Expiry Date: 26.09.2025

Job Description:

Your Role

As an Engineering Manager at Oxa, you'll be part of a team building a distributed high-performance system that tackles a range of technical challenges, including data handling, interprocess communication, networking, and machine learning workloads on GPUs. The role involves engaging with software architecture, API design, migrations, and versioning, offering opportunities for growth into a software architect role.

You will:

• Design CI/CD pipelines for a large autonomy codebase, managing software updates in production.
• Maintain core libraries of autonomy software, triaging support requests.
• Review features and improve code quality, security, reliability, and scalability.
• Define and schedule work packages aligned with company priorities.

Requirements

What you need to succeed:

• Experience with CI/CD systems like Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI.
• Managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience with large codebases and third-party dependencies in C++ and/or Python.
• Knowledge of containerisation (Docker), infrastructure as code (Terraform), and cloud platforms (GCP, AWS).
• Understanding of DevOps principles.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience with conan, the C++ package manager.
• Understanding of software design and architecture.
• Mentoring junior engineers.

The Candidate Journey: Multi-Step and Two-Way

Our process is designed to give you and us the chance to understand if we're a good fit, ensuring a positive and fulfilling work environment.

We provide:

• Competitive salary, reviewed annually
• Company share programme
• Flexible work arrangements
• Benefits including private medical insurance, critical illness coverage, life assurance, EAP, income protection
• Relocation support
• Visa sponsorship if needed
• Salary exchange pension plan
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pet-friendly office environment