Software Engineering Manager - Transfers

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

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown is seeking an Engineering Manager in Transfers to lead a Product Engineering Team responsible for building and operating Java microservices. You will drive engineering delivery, technical excellence, team health, and operational resilience in collaboration with Product Managers, Architecture, Operations, and Programme leadership within an end-to-end product-led delivery model.

The role requires coaching, stakeholder management, and a strong background in Java/Spring, cloud,

Qualifications

• 2+ year's experience leading software engineering teams in complex or regulated environments.
• Strong Java software engineering background with ability to engage on architecture decisions.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 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.
• Provide technical leadership on architecture, quality, security, and operability.
• Champion CI/CD, test automation, and cloud-native design.
• Collaborate with Architecture to minimise dependencies and accelerate decisions.
• Line-manage engineers, supporting career progression and performance development.
• Take accountability for live service health, incidents, and preventative improvements.

Skills

Team leadership

Java & Spring Boot

AWS

Stakeholder management

Communication

Architectural discussion

Tools

Java 21

Spring Boot

RDBMS/NoSQL

Job description

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

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.