Software Engineering Manager - Transfers

Partner with Operations and Programme teams to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions.

Take accountability for live service health, incidents, and preventative improvements.

Support the transition to enduring product teams with strong agile rituals.

2+ year’s experience leading software engineering teams in complex or regulated environments.

Strong Java software engineering background with the ability to engage on architecture decisions. We use Java 21 and Spring Boot paired with RDBMS and NoSQL databases

Experience with AWS and event-driven architectures.

Experience delivering product-led, agile software.

Strong stakeholder management across Product, Operations, and Engineering.

Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Experience in financial services including pensions and ISA products.

Experience with Typescript.

Experience with agent-first organisations

Teams deliver predictable, high-quality outcomes that improve Transfers throughput and client experience.

Teams are engaged, stable, and continuously improving.

Transfers systems are resilient, observable, and easier to change.

3 Stage Interview

A chance to talk with our Hiring Manager in more detail about the role, our tech stack and some of the problems we solve every day. Here, we’ll dig a bit more into some of your experiences, understand the processes you’re familiar with and the technologies you’ve used to deliver end user value as well as your approach to managing a team.

For the technical part, we’d like you to sit down with some of your potential peers to work through a technical solution or a coding problem. We’ll be looking together at where a sample piece of technology / code has issues and how we might address them.

In our Cultural Fit interview, we’ll be looking to learn more about your past experiences, what keeps you motivated, where we may be able to help you improve further, key decisions you’ve helped to make and issues you’ve resolved.

Why us?

Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

Discretionary annual bonus * and annual pay review

25 days * holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure

Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday **

Flexible working options available, including hybrid working

Enhanced parental leave

Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution

Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)

Private medical insurance*

Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patient care

Health screening programme

Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP

Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness provider s and w ellness c oach sessions

Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities

Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches

T wo paid volunteering days per year

* dependant on role level

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

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Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.