Summary: The Engineering Manager role in Knutsford, UK, focuses on leading and developing a team of engineers while ensuring high-quality product delivery. This position emphasizes the importance of team health, skill growth, and effective collaboration across departments. The Engineering Manager is responsible for agile project management, technical guidance, and fostering a supportive team culture. A strong background in Java microservices and familiarity with tools like Jira and Confluence are essential for success in this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of engineers.
• Help the engineers grow their skills and experience.
• Author project plans for epics.
• Run agile project management processes.
• Provide guidance and coaching to team members on technical contributions, product architecture, and other areas.
• Maintain empathy for the team by keeping awareness of engineering processes and practices.
• Ensure high quality delivery of technical stories while working with scrum teams.
• Responsible for story-based design, development & local test and adherence to all coding standards.
• Lead the team into delivery of high-quality code.
• Contribute strongly in all agile ceremonies to ensure high velocity is maintained.
• Support the team technically and culturally to help achieve all targets.
• Generate and implement process improvements.
• Hold regular 1:1s with all team members and provide clear feedback on performance.
• Foster technical decision making on the team, making final decisions when necessary.

Key Skills:

• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Experience with agile methodologies and project management.
• Technical background in Java microservices and API development.
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence.
• Knowledge of DevOps and Continuous Integration & Delivery.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and contribute to delivery discussions.
• Strong communication and coaching skills.
• Experience in conducting code reviews and providing technical guidance.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT