Software Engineering Practice Manager

The Nottingham; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mutual society in the UK is seeking a Software Engineering Practice Manager to lead a Centre of Excellence in engineering. This role involves mentoring teams, promoting best practices, and ensuring high-quality delivery in a collaborative environment. The successful candidate will help define engineering vision and strategy, and align teams with organizational objectives while fostering a culture of excellence and innovation.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Healthcare

29 days leave plus bank holidays

Family leave

Support for personal and professional development

Health and wellbeing resources

Qualifications

• Experience coaching and developing engineering teams is required.
• Deep knowledge of Agile methodologies and tooling like Scrum and Kanban.
• Broad technical expertise with modern technologies including cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Centre of Excellence for consistent data engineering practices.
• Establish best practices and uphold engineering standards across teams.
• Mentor engineers and track key metrics for quality and productivity.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Leadership

Mentoring

Problem Solving

Communication

Cloud Knowledge

Agile Delivery

Tools

Mulesoft

Salesforce

Node.js

React

TypeScript

Python

Jira

Confluence

Terraform

Azure

AWS

Job description

About The Role

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours

Location: Head Office, Nottingham (Hybrid working, minimum 2 days per week)

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As the Software Engineering Practice Manager, you will lead a Centre of Excellence (CoE), a dedicated team that promotes innovation, technical leadership, and continuous learning through best practices, research, and collaboration.

In this role, you will guide a team focused on embedding consistent data engineering practices, aligning resources effectively, and delivering high-quality outcomes. You will actively engage in agile ways of working and maintain a strategic view across teams to ensure operational efficiency and uphold engineering standards.

You will serve as a key technical leader, coaching engineers, ensuring the quality of technical delivery, and connecting day-to-day engineering work with the organisation’s broader architectural vision.

Here’s what you will do as a Software Engineering Practice Manager at Nottingham Building Society:

• Set the Vision for Engineering Excellence: Define and promote a clear engineering vision and strategy for the CoE, aligning with organisational objectives.
• Lead Standards and Best Practices: Establish and uphold high engineering standards, practices, and processes across teams for consistency and excellence.
• Actively Support Agile Delivery: Participate in agile ceremonies such as scrums and sprint planning, contributing to technical decisions and problem-solving.
• Align and Optimise Resources: Ensure engineering resources are effectively allocated and adaptable to changing priorities.
• Foster a Positive Engineering Culture: Build a culture of collaboration, shared ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Define and Track Key Metrics: Develop and monitor metrics and KPIs to evaluate engineering quality and productivity.
• Ensure Robust Technical Delivery: Oversee the delivery of scalable, secure, and resilient technical solutions.
• Support Growth and Cross-Team Collaboration: Mentor engineers and encourage collaboration with architects, product owners, QA, and infrastructure teams.

About you:

• Leadership and People Development: Proven experience in coaching, mentoring, and developing engineering teams.
• Broad Technical Expertise: Skilled in technologies like Mulesoft, Salesforce, Node.js, React, TypeScript, Python; experience managing integration projects.
• Cloud and Infrastructure Knowledge: Understanding of Azure, AWS, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
• Agile Delivery and Tooling: Deep knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Jira, and Confluence.
• Testing and Quality Assurance: Experience with testing frameworks and supporting testing activities.
• Technical Leadership and Delivery: Ability to lead teams through technology migrations and strategic oversight.
• Mobile and Distributed Teams: Experience developing mobile applications and working with offshore/hybrid teams.
• Communication and Decision-Making: Excellent skills in translating technical concepts and pragmatic problem-solving.

Reward & Benefits:

• Competitive salary, annual bonus, healthcare, 29 days leave plus bank holidays, and family leave.
• Support for personal and professional development.
• 35-hour workweek promoting work/life balance.
• Inclusive culture and sustainability initiatives.
• Community involvement and volunteer leave.
• Health and wellbeing resources, including mental health support.

Embracing Diversity:

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and contribute. We actively work to eliminate barriers and biases, fostering a culture of collaboration and belonging.

Our commitment extends beyond internal culture to our engagement with customers and communities, ensuring equal opportunities for all.

About Us

We are a mutual society owned by our members, reinvesting in our community and responsible causes. With over 170 years of history, our mission is to help members save, plan, and achieve homeownership, breaking down barriers and building better futures.