About this role
Salary: £38,000 - 78,000 per year
Requirements: Strong commercial software engineering experience with Java, Spring Boot and React.Experience as an Engineering Manager, Software Engineering Manager, Technical Lead or in a similar technical leadership role.Proven experience building, growing or shaping engineering teams, ideally teams of around 5–10 people.Strong people management skills, including coaching, mentoring, performance management and career development.Ability to balance technical involvement with broader management responsibilities.Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, code quality and software design principles.Experience contributing to technical architecture and engineering decisions.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.Experience working in Agile software development environments.Ability to foster a collaborative, accountable and high-performing engineering culture. Responsibilities: Lead, manage and develop a team of approximately 6–7 software engineers.Build and grow effective engineering teams, supporting recruitment, onboarding and team structure.Coach and mentor engineers, provide regular feedback and support career development.Take ownership of team performance, engagement and ways of working.Work with engineering, product and delivery stakeholders to plan and prioritise technical delivery.Provide technical leadership across Java/Spring Boot and React applications.Remain approximately 30% hands-on, contributing to development, code reviews, technical problem-solving and solution design.Support architectural and technical decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable and aligned with engineering standards.Promote engineering best practices, including clean code, automated testing, CI/CD and software quality.Identify technical risks, dependencies and delivery challenges, and work with the team to resolve them.Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, team capability and technical standards. Technologies: CI/CDSupportJavaReactSpringSpring Boot More:
We are looking to build internal capability and are hiring an Engineering Manager for an initial 12-month fixed-term contract, with the role expected to convert to permanent. You will lead a software engineering team in a hands-on leadership role, with approximately 70% of your focus on people management, team leadership and delivery, and 30% on technical work. The role requires 1–2 days a week on-site in Manchester.
last updated 40 week of 2026