Manager, Engineering (BF5238)

PDI Technologies; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking an engineering leader to drive the development of cutting-edge technology solutions for convenience retail and petroleum brands. This role involves leading a talented team of engineers, managing product development processes, and ensuring high-quality deliverables. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency and foster a culture of continuous improvement. With a commitment to diversity and professional growth, this opportunity offers a supportive environment for those eager to make a significant impact in the tech industry.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Market-Competitive Benefits

Quarterly Perks Program

Professional Certifications

Leadership Development Opportunities

Ample Time Off

Hybrid Working Arrangements

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading software engineers for product development.
• 10+ years in software engineering or enterprise architecture.
• Experience with AWS cloud solutions and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global team of development and test engineers.
• Manage deliverables ensuring quality and timely completion.
• Provide architectural guidance and promote technology adoption.

Skills

Software Engineering

DevOps

API Design

Problem-solving

Team Leadership

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Microsoft SQL Server

CI/CD Tools

Job description

At PDI Technologies, we empower some of the world's leading convenience retail and petroleum brands with cutting-edge technology solutions that drive growth and operational efficiency.

By “Connecting Convenience” across the globe, we empower businesses to increase productivity, make more informed decisions, and engage faster with customers through loyalty programs, shopper insights, and unmatched real-time market intelligence via mobile applications, such as GasBuddy. We’re a global team committed to excellence, collaboration, and driving real impact. Explore our opportunities and become part of a company that values diversity, integrity, and growth.

As an engineering leader, you will lead Agile engineering resources & provide guidance from inception through release of major & point product releases, including ongoing maintenance. You will be working closely with your product managers, product owners, engineering leaders, your team and other stakeholders. You will be leading developers, quality engineers and partnering with CloudOps, TechOps, UX Design other cross-functional functional groups to evolve our solutions while continuing to improve your teams’ adoption of SDLC processes, CI/CD integration, code quality & automation test coverage.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead an organization of 4-10 development & test engineers globally to efficiently produce high quality deliverables
• Manage team leads, direct reports or a mix of both
• Manage several deliverables for a product line on time, on scope and on quality
• Instrument your processes, produce scorecards of progress regularly and establish a regular cadence of operational reviews with your management including quality metrics, coding efficiencies, improvements, challenges, remediation needs
• Correlate, report, and drive the adoption of Process/Continuous Improvement initiatives
• Recruit & provide leadership, coaching & career planning for engineering talent
• Be accountable for design decisions for new and existing application development, proactively escalating issues and seeking assistance to overcome obstacles
• Partner with Product Management to consult on solution feasibility and high-level effort estimation
• Provide architectural guidance to your teams towards our PDI Cloud & Platform strategy
• Make recommendation for technology adoption and framework improvement, analyzing trends, patterns and best practices for software
• Serve as the evangelist and custodian of technology, architecture, and product development practices
• Participate in the design & implementation of production cloud grade services supporting high availability
• Actively talent manage your team providing career planning & performance improvement activities when needed

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading software engineers for product development
• Experience managing capitalized software processes
• Preferred: experience with managing teams' operational health by analyzing product teams' work distribution CapEx, Opex, Maintenance, Billable and OH
• Preferred: experience managing the organizational structure of teams as well as headcount & non-headcount budgets
• 10+ years of combined experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture and/or DevOps
• Working experience with scaled software architecture & domain: performance, redundancy, failover, clustering, vertical scaling
• Preferred: experience using AWS cloud solutions, ideally including migration from other hosting services
• Working experience with source code management patterns and DevOps automation
• Proficient in API design, development & production operation
• Working experience managing production client & server code bases across one or more technology stacks
• Working experience with production Microsoft SQL Server schema design, queries & administration
• Preferred: working experience with orchestration, automation, and configuration management processes & related DevOps tools & cloud platforms
• Highly motivated self-starter with a desire to help others and take action
• Requires strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into non-technical terms
• Ability to independently work as a contributing member in a high-paced and focused team
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks with competing deadlines
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to work under pressure
• Ability to socialize ideas and influence decisions without direct authority
• Collaborative in nature with a strong desire to dig in and learn independently and as well as through asking questions
• Considers ‘best-practice’ standards, as well as departmental policies and procedures

PDI is committed to offering a well-rounded benefits program, designed to support and care for you, and your family throughout your life and career. This includes a competitive salary, market-competitive benefits, and a quarterly perks program. We encourage a good work-life balance with ample time off [time away] and, where appropriate, hybrid working arrangements. Employees have access to continuous learning, professional certifications, and leadership development opportunities. Our global culture fosters diversity, inclusion, and values authenticity, trust, curiosity, and diversity of thought, ensuring a supportive environment for all.