Senior Manager, Innovation Hive, Tax Technology and Transformation, London

Ernst & Young; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consultancy firm in the UK is seeking a Tech Lead to oversee a Scrum Team while fostering a culture of performance and innovation. You'll implement scalable solutions and mentor other developers. Experience with Rest APIs, Agile methodologies, and technical leadership is essential. Join in a supportive environment to impact the futures of finance and tax professionals.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

World-class experiences

Inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Experience leading and developing scrum teams.
• Hands-on development experience.
• Knowledge of TDD / BDD methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Scrum Team and provide technical leadership.
• Implement scalable technical solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver client solutions.
• Mentor junior to senior developers.

Skills

Technical leadership

Agile development

Mentoring

Resilience and scalability in solutions

Empathy

Tools

GIT

Angular

Java

Rest APIs

NoSQL

AWS

Azure

Job description

EY Tax is a market leader, renowned for delivering sustainable growth and empowering our people to shape their own careers. Our diverse, collaborative team advises on high-profile transactions, combining technical expertise, innovation and a genuine focus on continuous development. Join us to work on challenging, multi-country projects in a supportive, dynamic environment where your impact truly matters. We are responsible for the innovation and development of human‑centric products within EY. Our approach is to prototype ideas, get feedback from our customers and rapidly scale the very best ideas. It is our mission to transform the working lives of finance and tax professionals. At the heart of our business, is our people. Good people, supported by good internal practice, are the building blocks for making the impossible possible. We are looking for a Tech Lead that will help us to build and release engaging, innovative applications into a rapidly changing market.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible and accountable for leading a Scrum Team, providing technical leadership and fostering a culture of high performance
• Implement technical solutions that are resilient and scalable
• Mentor colleagues through constant learning to improve their skills including junior, mid‑level and senior developers
• Collaborate with other members of our team (designers, business analysts, product owners, developers and quality assurance) to deliver amazing experiences for our clients
• Be the Technical Lead for specific areas of the product, creating solutions to complex business problems whilst holding the team accountable for quality and maintenance
• Develop ideas to find pragmatic approaches to the rapid delivery of prototypes, enabling a reduced time to value for users
• Work closely with our Product team to develop the backlog and sprint pipeline for your scrum team

Qualifications

• Experience breaking down complex problems to build solutions that are resilient, scalable and manageable
• Experience working with Rest APIs
• Experience working with databases
• Experience with continuous integration and automated deployment
• Experience in Agile development environment and familiar with Agile ceremonies (e.g. stand‑up, backlog refinement, sprint planning)
• Recent hands‑on development experience
• Working with QAs and automated testing (e.g. TDD / BDD)
• Use of GIT or similar for code control and management
• Experience leading, coaching and developing scrum teams
• A work attitude that is empathetic, humble, motivated and adaptable (see above)

Ideal Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Angular
• Working knowledge of Java
• Experience deploying web applications on large cloud‑based services providers (e.g. AWS / Azure) and familiar with the underlying architecture
• Understanding of NoSQL database technologies (e.g. MongoDB)

At EY, we'll develop you with future‑focused skills and equip you with world‑class experiences. We'll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.