Manager, Software Engineering

Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers through structured 1:1s, career development planning, performance feedback, and clearly set expectations, owning the full people management cycle including goal-setting, reviews, promotions, and compensation conversations.

Rebuild team culture from the ground up, establishing psychological safety, accountability, and a genuine appetite for continuous improvement, identifying root causes of underperformance rather than addressing symptoms.

Own delivery by introducing and maintaining effective operating rhythms, removing blockers systematically, and bringing rigour to planning and sprint health using metrics including velocity, cycle time, throughput, and defect rates.

Be the technical conscience of the team, setting and enforcing engineering standards across code quality, testing, reliability, and maintainability, reducing technical debt strategically, and providing hands-on technical guidance.

Lead the adoption of AI-first ways of working, introducing generative AI tooling into the engineering workflow and helping engineers understand and embrace their role as orchestrators in a spec-driven development environment.

Develop multidisciplinary engineers by actively breaking down silos between front end, back end, data, and QA, building development plans that broaden capability and reduce single points of failure across the team.

Partner with product and wider stakeholders to align engineering delivery with business priorities, communicating progress, risks, and trade-offs clearly and ensuring engineering has a credible voice in strategic conversations.

5+ years of direct engineering management experience with a track record of developing individuals, managing performance, hiring talent, and building high-functioning teams.

Proven experience leading a team through a period of significant change, whether through a merger and acquisition, organisational restructure, or a turnaround from low morale and underperformance.