Software Technology Manager

SR2; Shaw; Hybrid; GBP 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech company is looking for a Software Engineering Manager to join their growing team. You will lead and mentor a product engineering team, ensuring delivery of secure and scalable technology. This role requires expertise in cloud-native architectures and supplier management. You’ll contribute to architectural discussions and enhance team efficiency while fostering a collaborative environment. The position allows for hybrid work with office presence required twice a week and offers a competitive salary of £120,000 plus benefits.

Benefits

Travel reimbursement for office hub visits

Hybrid work model

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures.
• Experience working across software, data, quality, and platform engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead a product engineering team to deliver secure and scalable technology.
• Champion engineering best practices and drive innovation.
• Improve day-to-day engineering operations and processes.

Skills

Leadership in software engineering

Understanding of cloud-native architectures

Experience with CI/CD

Mentoring and coaching engineers

Supplier management

Job description

Software Engineering Manager

Office choice - London, Cheshire, Hampshire (all travel paid if you live outside of 50 mile radius of any office) Hybrid (2 days per week) £120,000 + benefits

We are supporting one of our longstanding FinTech clients on the search for a Software Engineering Manager to join their growing tech function. This role is for someone who’s as passionate about building high‑performing engineering teams as they are about building great software. Note: You are unlikely going to be coding but we need someone who has been close to the code recently and hasn’t been too far removed.

You’ll lead a talented product engineering team, helping them deliver technology that is secure, scalable, reliable and thoughtfully designed. Acting as the bridge between vision and delivery. You’ll translate strategy into software that genuinely improves customer outcomes and supports the business to move faster, smarter and more safely.

This isn’t just a delivery role. It’s about people, purpose and progress. You’ll coach and mentor a team of around five engineers, creating an environment where people feel supported to grow, challenge ideas and do their best work.

You’ll champion engineering best practice, encourage curiosity, and help embed a culture that’s collaborative, commercially aware and outcome‑focused. Working closely with product, design and third‑party partners, you’ll tackle complex technical challenges, reduce technical debt and raise the bar for engineering quality.

From contributing to architectural discussions to embedding automation, testing and quality standards, your leadership will ensure systems are built with performance, resilience and security at their core. You’ll also play a key role in improving how engineering works day‑to‑day, driving initiatives that make processes more efficient, systems more resilient, and teams more empowered.

Above all, you’ll help build technology that serves customers better, manages risk responsibly, and delivers against business goals with integrity and innovation.

What you’ll bring :

You’re an engineering leader with strong technical foundations and a genuine passion for people. You know how to get the best from engineers and how to guide teams through complex, regulated environments in a way that’s sustainable, motivating and effective.

You’ll likely have :

Proven experience leading software engineering teams, ideally within financial services or a regulated environment

• A strong understanding of cloud‑native architectures, modern SDLC, CI / CD and software design principles
• Experience working across software, data, quality and platform engineering

Strong supplier management expereince - THIS IS ESSENTIAL

A pragmatic approach to risk and compliance, balancing innovation with appropriate controls

A genuine interest in new technologies, automation and improving how teams work

You don’t just manage you mentor, inspire and elevate those around you. You understand that great engineering is as much about people as it is about code.

• Why this role? This is a genuine opportunity to shape a growing engineering function, influence product direction and lead initiatives that have a real, visible impact across the business. It’s a role for someone who thrives in a fast‑moving environment, enjoys solving meaningful problems, and wants to leave a lasting mark on how technology is built and delivered.

They have as three offices across the UK. Your nearest office will be your main hub, though some travel is expected. You will be in your office hub 2 days per week, once a month you will be required in London for a day and the next month in Hampshire – the other times you can work from home.

Interview process :

3 stages

Salary

£120,000 + benefits

This is an urgent requirement and we will be looking to interview asap and hire before the end of January if possible.