Software Engineering Manager - Transfers

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Hybrid working options

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plans

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC in Bristol is seeking an Engineering Manager for Transfers to lead a Product Engineering Team building Java microservices and cloud-native platforms. You will own delivery, technical excellence, team health and operational resilience in an end-to-end, product-led environment.

You will partner with Product, Architecture and Operations to shape backlogs, reduce technical debt and ensure secure, scalable solutions that meet regulatory requirements while enabling seamless

Qualifications

• 2+ years leading software engineering teams in complex or regulated environments.
• Strong Java software engineering background with Java 21 and Spring Boot.
• Experience with AWS and event-driven architectures.
• Experience delivering product-led, agile software.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach cross-functional engineering teams to deliver value-driven outcomes.
• Ensure technical excellence, security, resilience and operability.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture and Operations to maintain backlogs.
• Drive live service health, incidents and continuous improvement.

Tools

Spring Boot

Java 21

RDBMS

NoSQL

AWS

Event-driven

Job description

About the Role

About HL And The Opportunity We’re building the next generation platform for one of the UK’s largest financial services companies, trusted by over 2 million clients and managing c.£150 billion in assets.

You will contribute in expanding our new capabilities that will enable our clients to seamlessly transfer in (and out) financial products like SIPPs and ISAs.

Be part of HL’s future. Be part of the future of investing. Shape it with us.

About the Role

As an Engineering Manager in Transfers, you will lead a Product Engineering Team responsible for building and operating a number of applications, primarily but not limited to Java microservices. You will be accountable for engineering delivery, technical excellence, team health, and operational resilience, working in close partnership with Product Managers, Architecture, Operations, and Programme leadership within an end-to-end product-led delivery model.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineering Leadership & Delivery Lead and coach high-performing, cross-functional engineering teams. Own engineering delivery outcomes, ensuring work is value-driven, predictable, and aligned to sprint goals. Partner closely with a Product Manager to maintain well-shaped backlogs with clear Definitions of Ready and Done. Balance feature delivery with technical debt reduction, resilience, and regulatory commitments.
• Technical Excellence & Architecture Provide technical leadership on architecture, quality, security, and operability. Champion modern engineering practices including CI/CD, test automation, and cloud-native design. Collaborate with Architecture to minimise dependencies and accelerate decisions.
• People Management & Talent Development Line-manage engineers, supporting career progression and performance development. Create inclusive, psychologically safe teams with regular feedback and coaching. Contribute to hiring and onboarding across the Transfers Tribe.
• Operational & Programme Collaboration Partner with Operations and Programme teams to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions. Take accountability for live service health, incidents, and preventative improvements. Support the transition to enduring product teams with strong agile rituals.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• 2+ year’s experience leading software engineering teams in complex or regulated environments.
• Strong Java software engineering background with the ability to engage on architecture decisions. We use Java 21 and Spring Boot paired with RDBMS and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with AWS and event-driven architectures.
• Experience delivering product-led, agile software.
• Strong stakeholder management across Product, Operations, and Engineering.
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Desirable

• Experience in financial services including pensions and ISA products.
• Experience with Typescript.
• Experience with agent-first organisations.

What Success Looks Like

Teams deliver predictable, high-quality outcomes that improve Transfers throughput and client experience. Teams are engaged, stable, and continuously improving. Transfers systems are resilient, observable, and easier to change.

Interview Process

3 Stage Interview

Stage 1 – Discussion with our Hiring Manager (45 mins)

A chance to talk with our Hiring Manager in more detail about the role, our tech stack and some of the problems we solve every day. Here, we’ll dig a bit more into some of your experiences, understand the processes you’re familiar with and the technologies you’ve used to deliver end user value as well as your approach to managing a team.

Stage 2 – Technical (75 mins)

For the technical part, we’d like you to sit down with some of your potential peers to work through a technical solution or a coding problem. We’ll be looking together at where a sample piece of technology / code has issues and how we might address them.

Stage 3 - Culture Fit (30 mins)

In our Cultural Fit interview, we’ll be looking to learn more about your past experiences, what keeps you motivated, where we may be able to help you improve further, key decisions you’ve helped to make and issues you’ve resolved.

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
• * 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.

Hargreaves Lansdown is the UK's number one platform for private investors. Our purpose is to empower people to save and invest with confidence, and today, we are trusted with more than £120 billion by over 1.7 million clients. We are based in the heart of Bristol now with over 2,000 colleagues. We believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams and a great ethos. We're steered by our core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.