Software Engineering Manager

• This role will be responsible for leading a team of approximately 8 software engineers, who range from senior to junior level
• As a Software Engineering Manager, you won’t just be staring at code; you’ll be building the team that writes it. You are responsible for the growth, productivity, and happiness of your engineers
• Your goal is to bridge the gap between business objectives and technical execution, ensuring we ship high-quality products while maintaining a healthy, sustainable engineering culture
• People Leadership: Mentor and coach engineers at all levels. You’ll handle performance reviews, career mapping, and one-on-ones to ensure everyone has a clear path to promotion
• Delivery & Execution: Own the “how” and “when.” You’ll work with Product Managers to define roadmaps, manage sprints, and remove any blockers slowing the team down
• Technical Strategy: While you might not be pushing code daily, you’ll participate in design reviews and ensure the team is making scalable architectural decisions
• Recruiting: Actively participate in hiring to scale the team with diverse, high-caliber talent
• Culture Building: Foster an environment of psychological safety, continuous learning, and “blame-free” post-mortems

Benefits

• Flexible work models
• Paid time off
• Paid parental and family leave
• Health care benefits
• Global wellness resources
• Employee assistance programs
• Rotation programs
• Mentor relationships
• Learning and development opportunities
• Retirement benefits
• Employee bonuses
• Stock grants & employee stock purchase plans

• We are looking for someone who is a very strong software engineer, who may have some previous experience of leading small, agile software engineering teams
• Operational Excellence: Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and a data-driven approach to measuring team velocity and health
• Technical Depth: You can still “talk shop” and understand the implications of $O(n)$ complexity or microservices architecture without needing a refresher
• Emotional Intelligence: You can navigate difficult conversations with empathy and clarity
• A relevant university qualification such as a BSc Computing Science or BSc Software Engineering
• Must be able to attain Non-Police-Personnel-Vetting Level 3 (NPPV3) - which includes the need for a minimum of 3 years UK residency
• 7+ years of experience in commercial software engineering
• A strong understanding of software design patterns used for architecting and developing high performing, scalable software solutions
• Previous experience architecting and developing server/gateway applications and client/server model communications
• Full stack experience across a variety of technologies including front-end and back-end
• Previous experience of architecting and developing mobile smartphone applications
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team
• Experience of leading and managing software development teams
• Previous working experience in an Agile environment (Scrum)
• Java and/or Kotlin
• Struts and Sprint Boot
• SQL (preferably MSSQL)
• REST APIs
• Vue, Angular, React, HTML/CSS
• AndroidX, Compose, Room
• XML processing, XSLT, Saxon, JAXB
• CI/CD using GitHub Actions
• Gradle
• Distributed event streaming platforms (Azure Event Hubs, Apache Kafka)
• OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT
• Google Web Toolkit (GWT), Kotlin multiplatform