Software Engineering Manager

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Significant senior leadership experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams (circa 20).
• Proven ability to build, inspire and scale high-performing teams.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience aligning technology to business growth.
• Deep technical knowledge and a hands-on engineering background.
• Experience operating at executive level and influencing senior stakeholders.
• A track record of delivering secure, scalable platforms in regulated or complex environments (financial services experience desirable).
• Gravitas, energy and the confidence to influence at CEO level.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute a clear engineering strategy aligned to business growth and revenue objectives.
• Partner with the CEO and executive team to ensure technology investment delivers measurable commercial value.
• Drive performance, efficiency and scalability across the 20-person engineering function.
• Own budget, resource planning and cost management within engineering.
• Lead, mentor and energise a team of approximately 20.
• Create a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Develop leadership capability within the engineering management layer.
• Foster an environment that attracts, retains and develops top technical talent.
• Oversee the design and delivery of secure, scalable, high-quality digital platforms.
• Ensure best-in-class Agile, DevOps and modern software engineering practices.
• Maintain hands-on credibility with strong technical depth and architectural understanding.
• Drive engineering KPIs focused on quality, velocity, stability and customer impact.
• Work closely with the Chief Architect to ensure architectural vision is effectively implemented.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Operations and Commercial teams.
• Translate complex technical strategy into clear business language for executive stakeholders.
• Constructively challenge senior leaders where appropriate to ensure optimal outcomes.

Technologies:

• Architect
• DevOps

More:

We are a progressive and ambitious organization looking for an exceptional Software Engineering Manager to lead, energize and elevate our engineering function of approximately 20. This pivotal executive-level role involves working closely with our Chief Architect and reporting directly to the CEO, contributing to our technical direction and commercial outcomes. We offer a dynamic work environment, 28 days of holiday, healthcare benefits, and a hybrid working model.

last updated 32 week of 2026