About the job
We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead one of our engineering tribes of multiple squads. As a leader in our engineering department, you will be responsible for guiding the teams through the development lifecycle and ensuring the delivery of high-quality products and services. You will also be a key advisor and contributor to the Director of Engineering, helping to continue the transformation of the organisation.
What You’re Great At
- Independently tackling challenges: You don’t need anyone to keep you on track.
- You’re organized and efficient
- Articulate complex problems simply
- A strategic thinker - able to understand and develop where we are, where we want to get to and how we can get there
- Strong soft skills & ability to work with and influence multiple teams
- Flexibility and adaptability to work in a growing, dynamic team
- A people-first approach
- A growth mindset: you love learning challenging yourself
What You Must Have Experience In
- Some hands-on coding experience
- Working with Agile methodologies (ideally several)
What You’re Good At
- You would have a value-driven and principle approach rather than a dogmatic one
- You understand architecture and can take part in discussions
- You look outside your team responsibilities and try to improve the organisation as a whole
What technical skills are nice to have but not essential
- At least one of Java, Golang, Kotlin, Python or a similar programming language
- Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS preferable)
- Mapping of platform architectures
- System design
- Strong understanding of security best practices
- Kubernetes or a similar container orchestrator
- Kafka or similar event bus technology
- Database architecture
Qualities About You That Might Make Our Decision Easier
- Diverse background, working in different roles
- Seeing the bigger picture and grasping the full scope of the business.
- Be a strong advocate for DevOps, agile and lean software development practices.
- A drive to always leave things better than how you found them: Code, processes, documentation, interactions with people and every other aspect of your work life.
What's in it for you
Helping others can only be achieved with the right people and the right resources. That’s why we’ve created a workplace culture that is supportive, encouraging and progressive. We think about the future as much as we think about the present. That’s why we offer our people a competitive salary and flexibility where they need it, plus:
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Income Protection
- Private Medical Insurance
- Dental Cover
- Unlimited paid vacation
- Annual bonus (TBO)
- Eye tests
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