Senior Manager, Software Engineering – Core Technology
Cpl are partnering with a leading organisation in the financial technology space to appoint a Senior Manager, Software Engineering. This is an opportunity for an experienced engineering leader to manage a portfolio of critical cloud-based applications, lead and develop a high-performing software engineering team, and work closely with product and architecture stakeholders to shape delivery priorities.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of software engineers delivering scalable, secure and resilient web-based applications.
- Own the technical delivery of a portfolio of business-critical applications and services.
- Partner with product owners, architects and senior business stakeholders to translate strategy and requirements into prioritised technical roadmaps and delivery plans.
- Drive modern engineering standards across software development, testing, deployment and operational excellence.
- Support the design and delivery of cloud-native, microservices-based solutions.
- Manage, mentor and develop engineering talent, supporting career progression, performance and team engagement.
- Lead hiring activity and help build a strong, inclusive and high-performing engineering culture.
- Ensure consistent adoption of best practices including CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure-as-code and containerisation.
- Collaborate with distributed teams and stakeholders across multiple locations.
- Balance delivery, technical quality, risk and operational priorities across several workstreams.
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline.
- 7+ years’ experience in software engineering, ideally delivering secure, scalable and resilient web applications.
- 5+ years’ direct people-management experience leading software engineering teams.
- Strong hands-on software engineering background across both frontend and backend development.
- Experience delivering cloud-based applications and services within a modern engineering environment.
- Good understanding of microservices architecture, cloud deployments and API-led systems.
- Proven experience managing delivery for mission-critical or highly available applications.
- Exposure to CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure-as-code and containerisation.
- Demonstrated experience hiring, developing and retaining engineering talent.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, organisation and problem-solving skills.
- Experience managing remote or geographically distributed engineering teams would be advantageous.
On offer
- Base salary of €85,000–€95,000.
- Up to 20% annual bonus potential.
- Full benefits package.
- Hybrid working model, with flexibility currently available.
- Senior engineering leadership opportunity with scope to influence technology strategy, engineering standards and team development.
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