Software Engineering Manager

Emerge Web Studio; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Maidenhead seeks an Engineering Manager to lead software development teams. This role involves guiding teams through Agile processes, managing deliverables, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product solutions. Candidates should have significant experience in software engineering management and skills in DevOps practices.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead an organization of 4-10 development & test engineers.
• Manage deliverables for product lines within timelines and quality.
• Partner with Product Management to consult on solution feasibility.

Skills

Leadership

Agile Methodology

Software Development

DevOps Automation

Problem Solving

Communication

Tools

AWS

Microsoft SQL Server

DevOps Tools

Job description

I am looking for an Engineering Manager for a market leading client in Maidenhead. They work the hybrid model, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote. Looking for candidates with strong experience in leading SW Development teams.

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.

Primary 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

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

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