Software Engineering Manager

hargreaveslansdown; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday

Christmas closure

Hybrid Working

Enhanced parental leave

Pension scheme 11%

Income Protection

Life insurance

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plans

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown in Bristol is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Technical Excellence team, shaping the enterprise-wide AI enablement capabilities and shared platform services.

You will define and deliver the roadmap for developer tooling and integrations across source control, CI/CD, artefact management, quality engineering and developer experience, ensuring these services are reliable, scalable, and widely adopted.

Qualifications

• Leads and mentors engineering teams to deliver complex AI-enabled platforms.

Responsibilities

• Sets direction for all team members to deliver solutions to the business.
• Ensure the team works efficiently to deliver outcomes.
• Mentor and coach staff and manage team composition.

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, we'd love to hear from you!

About the role

We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager to join our Technical Excellence team, leading the evolution of Hargreaves Lansdown's enterprise-wide AI enablement capabilities and shared engineering platform services. This role will be responsible for defining and delivering the roadmap for developer tooling and integrations across source control, CI/CD, artefact management, quality engineering, and developer experience, ensuring these services are reliable, scalable, and widely adopted across the organisation.

Leading multiple squads, you will be accountable for the performance, delivery, and growth of your teams, ensuring high standards throughout the software development lifecycle. You will help shape technical direction, drive engineering excellence, and influence technology decisions across the business. As a senior leader, you will build strong technical consensus, develop high-performing teams and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

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 out