Senior Software Engineer

City Football Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports organization in Manchester is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive the delivery of secure, scalable applications within their technology team. The role emphasizes strong software engineering skills, particularly in Python and cloud platforms like Azure. The ideal candidate will lead teams, shape product roadmaps, and promote engineering best practices. This position offers competitive benefits including annual leave and private healthcare.

Benefits

26 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Annual discretionary bonus

Lifestyle discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software engineering and system integration across front-end and back-end systems.
• Strong track record of delivering enterprise applications on Azure or other cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps tooling and CI/CD automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and delivery of software applications and data integrations.
• Guide CI/CD pipeline development and DevOps practices.
• Collaborate with the Architecture team to ensure delivery aligns with architectural goals.

Skills

Software engineering

System integration

Python

Azure

DevOps

Integration technologies

Communication skills

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Senior Software Engineer – Foundational Solutions

Closing Date of Applications - 24/09/2025

Our Story

Established in 2013, City Football Group is the world’s leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with total or partial ownership of twelve clubs across the world. City Football Group also invests in other football related businesses and serves as a global commercial platform for our partners, whilst fulfilling our purpose of empowering better lives through football on a local and global scale, consistent with what “City” football has meant to people for over a century.

Our Winning Team

Our purpose is to empower better lives through football. We are proud of the role City Football Group clubs play in their localities, delivering positive economic, social and environmental impact through our operations and through programmes and activities that bring about meaningful, lasting change.

Purpose

City Football Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the technical delivery of enterprise-grade applications and integrations within our Technology team.

Join the tech team behind some of the world’s top football clubs. We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead the delivery of secure, scalable applications. You’ll guide engineering best practices, shape product roadmaps, and ensure platforms are built for performance, reuse, and resilience. This is a hands-on leadership role at the intersection of sport and technology.

This is Your City

As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and a simply health cash plan, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.

Your Impact

• Lead the design, implementation and delivery of software applications and data integrations aligned to enterprise architecture standards.
• Take full ownership for documenting systems, workflows and technical processes, ensuring your work is well understood, maintainable and transferable.
• Guide CI/CD pipeline development and DevOps practices, with a focus on quality, reliability and automation.
• Develop integration patterns using APIs, data pipelines or messaging systems.
• Collaborate with the Architecture team to interpret design specifications and ensure delivery aligns with architectural goals.
• Line manage software engineers, providing coaching, technical support and professional development.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate business needs into well-defined, deliverable technical work.
• Promote engineering best practice through code reviews, documentation standards, knowledge sharing and architectural discussions.

What we are looking for

Essential

• Proven experience in software engineering and system integration across front-end and back-end systems, with demonstrable experience in Python. Experience with other languages such as Go or TypeScript is advantageous but not essential.
• Strong track record of delivering enterprise applications on Azure or other cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps tooling and CI/CD automation.
• Clear understanding of integration technologies such as REST APIs, message queues and orchestration services.
• Ability to document systems clearly and thoroughly, with a mindset of building for maintainability and scale.
• Experience mentoring or line managing engineers.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder engagement

Desirable

• Familiarity with container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes) and messaging platforms.
• Experience delivering projects within Agile, Scrum or hybrid environments.
• Interest in enabling automation and efficiency through improved tooling and platform design.

*We regularly review applications and reserve the right to close an advert early if we identify suitable candidates. To avoid disappointment, submit your application as soon as possible.