Hands-On Engineering Manager — Java & Spring Boot Leader

Banner-Life-Family-of-Companies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus plan and share schemes

Generous pension

Life assurance

Healthcare plan

25 days holiday + holidays

Electric car scheme

Discounts

Net-zero offices

Job summary

Legal & General is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing engineering team while staying hands-on in delivering modern software solutions. You will work with engineering, product, architecture and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable systems that create value for customers and support our business ambitions.

You will mentor engineers, drive quality and security, and foster a culture of continuous improvement, observability and reliable delivery across the team in a

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on Java engineering experience, including building and operating Spring Boot microservices.
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture principles, including domain-driven and event-driven design
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and developing people through coaching and mentoring
• Excellent knowledge of test-driven development, quality engineering practices and automated testing approaches
• Experience working with CI/CD practices, modern version control workflows and software delivery pipelines
• Strong understanding of secure software development, operational readiness and observability practices
• Ability to balance technical, commercial and delivery considerations while influencing stakeholders effectively
• Passion for building inclusive, collaborative environments where individuals and teams can perform at their best

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a team of engineers to deliver high-quality, secure and reliable software solutions
• Prioritising, planning and overseeing delivery activities to achieve predictable and effective outcomes
• Designing and building scalable, maintainable software while remaining an active hands-on engineer
• Coaching, mentoring and supporting engineers through feedback and structured development plans
• Embedding a culture of quality, testing and security across day-to-day engineering practices
• Driving continuous improvement through delivery metrics, operational insights and observability data
• Managing operational readiness, incident response processes and technical debt to maintain resilient systems
• Collaborating with product, architecture and business stakeholders to remove blockers and deliver customer value

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Domain-driven design

Event-driven design

Team leadership

Coaching & mentoring

Testing & quality engineering

CI/CD

Observability

Job description

Legal & General is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing engineering team while staying hands-on in delivering modern software solutions. You will work with engineering, product, architecture and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable systems that create value for customers and support our business ambitions.

You will mentor engineers, drive quality and security, and foster a culture of continuous improvement, observability and reliable delivery across the team in a