Hybrid Senior Engineering Manager: Set Tech Direction

Ocho People Ltd.; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Global career development

Job summary

Ocho People Ltd. is recruiting a Senior Engineering Manager for a Belfast-based role with hybrid working. You will shape technical direction, coach a growing team and provide architectural oversight, while not being hands-on coding.

You\'ll partner with product management and design to drive features delivering value to millions of users. A strong Java/AWS background is preferred, with 6+ years in engineering and 3+ years in people leadership.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience with a strong technical background.
• 3+ years as a People Manager/Lead.
• Experience in an agile software development environment, identifying and managing risk while seeking continuous improvement.
• An analytical approach to evaluating capability needs and the suitability of initiatives against strategy.
• Comfortable balancing speed-to-market with long-term engineering decisions.

Responsibilities

• Setting technical direction for your team and providing architectural oversight.
• Providing coaching, mentorship and career development for your engineers.
• Optimising team velocity - prioritising workload, removing roadblocks, and protecting the team from outside disruption.
• Collaborating closely with Product Management on strategy and backlog prioritisation.
• Anticipating future hiring needs and partnering with talent to recruit and evaluate new team members.
• Giving regular and formal performance feedback, including completing performance evaluations.
• Advising teams on technical difficulties that arise in the course of their work.
• Flagging issues your team might overlook - scalability, performance, security, compliance, operational readiness.
• Staying current on the development tools and technologies your team uses.
• Interfacing regularly with other engineering teams across the organisation.

Skills

Software engineering

People management

Agile development

Analytical thinking

Prioritisation

Job description

Ocho People Ltd. is recruiting a Senior Engineering Manager for a Belfast-based role with hybrid working. You will shape technical direction, coach a growing team and provide architectural oversight, while not being hands-on coding.

You\'ll partner with product management and design to drive features delivering value to millions of users. A strong Java/AWS background is preferred, with 6+ years in engineering and 3+ years in people leadership.