Senior Engineering Manager, AI-First Delivery

Waystone; Leeds; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Waystone is seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the software factory, owning the end-to-end build, testing and delivery of production-ready software within a regulated financial environment.

You will drive engineering throughput, quality and standards across enterprise change and BAU work, while shaping the architecture practice and toolchain to enable predictable delivery at scale.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading software engineering teams and delivering production software on a predictable cadence.
• Experience running an engineering function serving multiple demand channels including BAU and enterprise change.
• Experience defining and enforcing engineering standards and raising quality across a function.

Responsibilities

• Own the build lifecycle and deliver production-ready software on a predictable cadence.
• Lead engineering capacity planning, throughput and staffing for multiple demand channels.
• Provide technical leadership to delivery leads and project managers across architectural boundaries.
• Manage the engineering toolchain and ensure integration with platform capabilities.
• Embed AI-first and automation-first approaches to improve throughput and quality.

Skills

Technical leadership

CI/CD

AI-first engineering

Quality management

Regulated environment

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

Waystone is seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the software factory, owning the end-to-end build, testing and delivery of production-ready software within a regulated financial environment.

You will drive engineering throughput, quality and standards across enterprise change and BAU work, while shaping the architecture practice and toolchain to enable predictable delivery at scale.