Engineering Manager - Trading Journeys Platform

Hargreaves Lansdown group; West of England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown group is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Dealing Journeys squad within the Trading Tribe. You will guide cross‑functional teams delivering end‑to‑end client journeys, from pre‑trade decision making to order placement and trade execution.

You will work with modern technologies including React, React Native and AWS, promoting ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement to scale investing experiences for millions of UK users.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering full‑stack applications.
• Strong frontend mobile and backend background with React/React Native and modern API architectures.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes to scale distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of API design, performance, security and microservice or event‑driven patterns.
• Experience with CI/CD, modern development workflows and observability practices.

Responsibilities

• Co-own the product roadmap with your Product Manager, defining outcomes and trade‑offs.
• Drive engineering standards, architecture decisions, and cross‑team reviews for web and mobile.
• Forecast delivery using capacity metrics and communicate risks early and transparently.
• Establish guardrails on scope, quality, and non‑functional requirements.
• Champion observability and operational excellence across the platform.
• Collaborate with Tech Leads and Architects on system design and evolution.
• Grow engineers through coaching, feedback, hiring, and enabling autonomy.
• Remove blockers and maintain a sustainable delivery cadence.

Skills

React

React Native

Leadership

Mentoring

API-driven architectures

CI/CD

Observability

Stakeholder management

Distributed systems

Communication

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Security best practices

Performance optimization

DevOps tooling

Job description

Hargreaves Lansdown group is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Dealing Journeys squad within the Trading Tribe. You will guide cross‑functional teams delivering end‑to‑end client journeys, from pre‑trade decision making to order placement and trade execution.

You will work with modern technologies including React, React Native and AWS, promoting ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement to scale investing experiences for millions of UK users.