Software Engineering Manager

Our client is a well-established regional organisation with a strong focus on digital innovation and technology-led growth. Through a dedicated product and innovation function, they are investing heavily in scalable platforms, customer experiences, and modern digital capabilities that support both existing businesses and new ventures.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams across onshore and offshore locations.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, Designers, Marketing teams, and business stakeholders to deliver high-impact digital products.
• Drive software engineering excellence, governance, coding standards, and best practices.
• Evaluate and introduce modern technology solutions, frameworks, and engineering tools.
• Champion AI-assisted development practices and productivity-enhancing technologies.
• Oversee architecture decisions, API strategy, microservices design, and cloud deployments.
• Manage technical roadmaps, engineering KPIs, delivery performance, and resource planning.
• Reduce technical debt and improve platform scalability, stability, and performance.
• Conduct technology assessments, proof of concepts, and vendor evaluations.
• Support business stakeholders through workshops, demonstrations, requirement gathering, and solution design activities.
• Drive agile delivery practices and continuous improvement across engineering teams.

The successful candidate is likely to possess:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years' experience leading software engineering teams, including distributed and offshore teams.
• Experience working within product-led organisations and agile delivery environments.
• Strong knowledge of modern architecture patterns, including microservices and API-first design.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, ideally Google Cloud Platform.
• Technical exposure to technologies such as Node.js, React.js, React Native, Next.js, and mobile application development.
• Experience with MACH architecture principles.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps practices, source control, and software delivery lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.
• Previous experience within digital products, e-commerce, marketplace, automotive, property, or consumer-facing platforms would be advantageous.