Software Engineering Manager (2 vacancies)

Department: Tech Hub

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Description

Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5

Salary: circa 90,000 depending on experience

Location: London

WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week

Flexible working : Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.

Reports to: Senior Head of Technology
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a medium-sized team of ~12 software engineers through project lifecycles, from planning to deployment.
• Own resource management process providing practical and effective capacity assessments.
• Own the technical roadmap, architecture decisions, and code quality for your team.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements and deliver solutions.
• Drive best practices in software development, including code reviews, CI/CD, testing, and documentation.
• Monitor performance metrics and ensure timely, high-quality delivery of projects.
• Facilitate team growth through coaching, feedback, and performance management.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in tools, processes, and performance.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential:

• Software Engineering Background: Strong background in software development with hands-on experience delivering complex technical solutions.
• Technical Leadership: Ability to define and own the engineering roadmap, drive technical strategy, and ensure system performance, scalability, and stability.
• People Management: Proven experience leading and mentoring a team of engineers (has managed at least 3 mid-level engineers), including performance management, career development, and capacity planning..
• Strong knowledge of modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript, .NET).
• Experience with agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and architectural decisions.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.

Desirable:

• Experience scaling teams and systems in high-growth environments.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Exposure to Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) and/or Data-driven decision-making software.

Employee Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:

• Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
• Up to 8% pension contribution
• Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
• Employee referral scheme (up to 1500), and colleague recognition scheme
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
• Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
• Three paid volunteering days a year
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
• Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
• Employee resource groups