Full job descriptionSoftware Engineering Manager
London (Hybrid) | Permanent, Full-time | Reports to the CTO
Salary: £120,000 - £130,000

The role
Our client is evolving its engineering organisation into a modern, high-performing, scalable team, and needs an Engineering Manager to lead that shift. You’ll sit between technology, strategy and leadership: setting the technical culture, building the capabilities the team needs, and embedding engineering best practices across the business.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll work with senior stakeholders and product leaders across an international organisation to shape a long-term technology vision, while coaching engineers and setting the standard for how software gets built.

Tech stack
Backend: Python, C# or Go
Frontend: React or Angular
Cloud: AWS, Azure or GCP

What you’ll do
*Lead, coach and mentor software engineers across a range of experience levels
*Run 1:1s, performance reviews and career development planning
*Drive hiring, onboarding and retention
*Oversee architecture decisions and keep them aligned with long-term technical strategy
*Stay hands-on where it counts: code reviews, design input, troubleshooting
*Partner with product to define roadmaps, scope projects and prioritise work
*Run sprint planning and delivery, track velocity and remove blockers
*Champion testing, CI/CD, monitoring and observability
*Guide incident response and root cause analysis
*Translate technical concepts into business impact, and the reverse
*Contribute to budgeting, resource planning and technology strategy

What you’ll bring
*Proven track record managing and developing software engineering teams
*Strong technical background in modern, cloud-native development
*Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure or GCP
*Experience with Agile and scalable engineering practices
*Familiarity with DevOps, microservices or data-driven architectures
*Experience leading geographically distributed or cross-functional teams
*Background in a high-growth, fast-paced environment
*Strong communication, conflict-resolution and organisational skills
*Ability to align team output with business goals while protecting solid technical foundations

What’s on offer
*The chance to build and shape a high-impact engineering organisation
*A collaborative culture where new ideas are encouraged
*Competitive salary, benefits and professional development support