Software Engineering Manager

Hargreaves Lansdown; Eastbourne; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

25 days holiday

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Health care plans

Volunteer days

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown in Bristol is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple squads within a Product Team. You will own delivering goals, set technical direction with Architecture and Principal Engineers, and ensure high-quality delivery of software throughout the life cycle.

You will mentor staff, manage headcount, and collaborate with senior Platform & Product teams to align strategy and execution.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multiple squads within a product/customer driven environment.
• Proven track record delivering complex software while setting technical direction.
• Strong people management, coaching and performance development skills.
• Able to balance delivery, quality and timelines in a scalable architecture.

Responsibilities

• Set direction for all team members to deliver solutions to the business.
• Ensure the team works in an optimal way to deliver outcomes.
• Act as mentor and coach to staff.
• Ensure the team has the right balance and experience of team members.
• Work closely with Platform & Product Teams on engineering and management.
• Encourage documentation of code and processes, especially around best practices for Agentic AI solutions.
• Cultivate relationships with colleagues, business users and other technical teams.
• Review quarterly objectives and assess team performance.
• Hire and onboard new team members and retain top talent.
• Escalate resource or infrastructure needs as required.
• Schedule regular 1:1 meetings with team members.

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Engineering management

Stakeholder collaboration

Agentic AI knowledge

Job description

Excited to grow your career?

Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We'd love to hear from you!

About the role

A Software Engineering Manager works at a Product Team level, managing multiple squads within the team. Their time is primarily spent on management and both the day to day running and future planning of their team, ensuring that it is operating at its maximum capability. They are typically a manager of other managers.

They will own and be responsible for delivering specific goals within a Product Team.

They are also responsible, in conjunction with the Architecture team and Principal Software Engineerd, for setting the overall technical direction of their product team. They are accountable for the volume, quality & timeliness of work produced by their team throughout the development life cycle.

A Senior Software Engineering Manager is an expert influencer, adept at building a technical consensus and achieving the best technology outcomes for their team.

What you will be doing:

• Sets direction for all members of the team to deliver solutions to the business

• Ensure the team works in an optimal way to deliver the outcomes of the team

• Act as mentor and coach to staff

• Ensure the team has the right balance and experience of team members

• Work closely with the other senior members of the Platform & Product Teams, specifically engineering and Senior engineering management.

• Encourages and facilitates the documentation of code and processes developed, specifically around the best practices for Agentic AI solutions.

• Cultivate strong relationships with colleagues, business users and other technical teams

• Set and review quarterly objectives/goals for team members

• Review and discuss solution designs by team members, validating and seeking approvals' from the relevant technical authorities.

• Hires new team members and ensure they are appropriately on-boarded

• Motivating existing staff, aim to retain top talent wherever possible

• Escalation of potential resource or infrastructure requirements or dependencies to team head

• Schedule and host regular 1:1 meetings with team members

About you:

• Delivers team objectives on time, to quality and often beyond expectation.

• Drives continuous improvement throughout the development life cycle and is always looking at opportunities to improve our processes, utilising Agentic AI solutions and budling foundational services.

• Focuses on achieving business results for others, with a focus on maximising the success of their team

• Nurtures high performing culture within their team

• Able to introduce new skills to their team through personal experience, external networks, or hiring top talent

• A highly respected point of reference for others in the department with highly valuable, relevant skills, knowledge and wisdom

• Actively seeks out and shares new knowledge, facilitates a culture of collaboration within their team and between teams

• Business communication is of highest written and verbal standards and consistently impresses clients and colleagues across the business

• Leads efficient and inclusive discussions and knows when to conclude decisively

• Skilled at managing inter-team conflicts for a positive outcome

• Gives clear direction. Not afraid of difficult conversations or addressing hard issues

• Encourages team members to participate in risk management and problem solving

• Delegates appropriately

Working Schedule:

This role is based in Number One, Welcome Building, Bristol, BS2 0TR. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We have returned to the office 2 days a week.

Why us?

Here at HL, We're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus* and annual pay review
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday**
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and outpatient care
• Health screening programme
• Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Two paid volunteering days per year

* dependant on role level

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.