Engineering Team Lead

MandM Direct Limited; Hereford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary

Volunteer days

Career growth

Staff discounts

Company pension

Holiday allowance

Birthday day off

Free parking

Health & wellbeing

Job summary

MandM Direct Limited in Hereford is seeking an Engineering Team Lead to guide the mobile engineering squad, blend hands-on development with leadership, and drive architecture decisions with a product-focused approach.

You will mentor engineers, set technical direction, and deliver high-value features for a high-traffic e-commerce app.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams.
• Hands-on mobile architecture experience.
• Strong focus on customer value and product delivery.
• Solid understanding of OOP and SOLID principles.

Responsibilities

• Line manage and coach a squad of engineers.
• Lead mobile architecture decisions and ADRs/RFCs.
• Drive early value delivery with a product-led mindset.
• Collaborate across engineering leadership to optimise delivery.

Skills

Team Leadership

Mobile Architecture

Product-Led Delivery

OOP & SOLID

Code Reviews

Tools

Flutter

Firebase

Public APIs

Job description

About The Role

Engineering Team Lead

Hereford, England, United Kingdom

Type: Permanent, Full Time

Working Pattern: Hybrid

The Opportunity

As our technology department continues to evolve within an exciting product operating model, we are looking for an Engineering Team Lead to take ownership of our mobile application engineering team. If you are passionate about mobile architecture, customer-centric product delivery, and growing engineers through clear leadership and coaching, this is an opportunity to make a massive impact on a high-traffic e-commerce app ranked in the Apple App Store and Google play Top 100 with over 1 million downloads.

Who Are we?

MandM is one of the biggest employers in Herefordshire and one of Europe’s leading online, off-price retailers, selling branded Fashion, Sport & Outdoor products for Men, Women and Children.

We offer our customers fantastic value by partnering with companies who we have built long term relationships with, enabling us to offer our customers big household names and up-and-coming brands, giving fantastic value all year round.

We are located in the heart of Hereford City Centre in our brand new, state of the art office. The modern, stylish workspace was designed to encourage collaborative working, teamwork and creativity - everything that MandM is all about.

As our business continues to grow we are recruiting for a talented Engineering Team Lead to join our growing team. Why not come be a part of our journey to success and take advantage of all MandM can offer you!

More than a role

Competitive Salary: Your talent deserves recognition

Giving Back: 2 days paid volunteering to support a cause you care about

Career Growth: Opportunity to grow

Staff Discounts: Stay stylish with our exclusive discounts.

Company Pension: Secure your financial future.

Generous Holiday Allowance: Enjoy 5 weeks of well-deserved breaks. You even have the option to buy an extra week

Birthday Delight: Take your special day off to celebrate YOU

Free Parking

Health & Wellbeing programme; we’ll look after you

The Role Scope

As the Engineering Team Lead for our Mobile team, you will act as the leader, mentor, and facilitator for a multidisciplinary engineering group. Reporting to the Staff Engineer, you will blend hands‑on people leadership with mobile architecture expertise and product‑focused execution to continuously deliver high-value features to our users.

Team Leadership & Engineering Culture

• Line manage, mentor, and coach a squad of engineers (Senior Software Engineer, Senior Backend Engineer, Test Engineer.
• Conduct regular formal 1:1s, set clear technical direction, and foster an environment of psychological safety.
• Champion personal development, identify capability gaps, and empower team members to collaborate and build consensus.

Mobile Architecture & Technical Excellence

• Drive mobile application architecture and systems design decisions (working with Flutter, Firebase, Third-Party Integrations, and Public APIs).
• Establish design standards and document architectural decisions using ADRs, RFCs, and KDDs.
• Lead code reviews, enforce modern development standards (OOP, SOLID), embed security and GDPR controls, and promote the adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools.

Product Operating Model & Value-Driven Delivery

• Drive a customer-centric mindset, championing early value delivery and a "test and learn" engineering culture.
• Assess complex technical trade-offs, articulate architectural value to stakeholders, and align delivery with product goals.
• Collaborate horizontally across the wider engineering leadership group to optimise development and deployment processes.

About You

What we’re looking for

• Team Leadership: Proven experience line managing engineers, conducting formal 1:1s, providing structured coaching, and establishing psychological safety.
• Mobile Architecture & Systems Design: Hands‑on expertise in mobile app architecture (Flutter preferred), public APIs, third‑party integrations, and defining technical standards (ADRs/RFCs).
• Product-Led Mindset: A strong customer‑centric focus, prioritising user value, iterative release cycles, and evaluating architectural trade‑offs against business goals.
• Technical Foundations: Deep understanding of OOP/SOLID principles, code review standards, databases, Git/GitLab/GitHub workflows, and security/GDPR compliance.
• Technical Nice-to-Haves: Exposure to tools like Bloomreach, Algolia, Contentstack (or equivalent CMS), Google Tag Manager (GTM), or AI pair-programming workflows.

Why Join MandM?

• Scale & Reach: Lead technical delivery for a high-performing e-commerce application ranked in Apple and Google Plays Top 100 with over 1 million downloads.
• Product Operating Model Transformation: Play a pivotal role as we evolve into a modern, product-led engineering organisation.
• Empowerment & Growth: Directly impact the ongoing development and capabilities of a dedicated mobile engineering squad.
• Modern Collaborative Office: Work in our state-of-the-art Hereford office designed specifically to foster teamwork, innovation, and creativity.

About Us

Our Values

Integrity

Teamwork

Accountability

Entrepreneurial approach