Engineering Manager

Summary: The Engineering Manager role focuses on delivering technical projects while leading a team with hands-on experience in Java, Kafka, and CI/CD practices. The position requires strong leadership skills to implement best practices and foster a collaborative environment. Candidates should have a solid background in engineering methodologies and be able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Immediate starters are preferred for this hybrid position based in London.

Key Responsibilities:

• Hands on experience working with the listed tech stack: Java, Spring, Kubernetes, Docker, Postgres (relational databases) and Kafka
• Experience working on OTT technologies
• Demonstrated ability to deliver with exceptional engineering practices, having hands on experience with Coding Best practices/standards, TDD, BDD
• Implementing CI/CD without manual human interventions, fully rolling non disruptive automated production deployments, fully automated functional and non functional testing
• Understanding the benefits and disadvantages of microservices architecture. This includes experience effectively building and ensuring the implementation of tooling required to ensure high availability and reliability
• Understanding of the non functional aspects of delivery and operations (scale, reliability, observability) and what is required to maintain standards
• Applied knowledge of lean methodologies and how to use the best approaches to deliver our goals eg scrum, kanban, iterative delivery, continuous improvement
• Excellent communication skills, being able to convey ideas clearly with a wide range of technical and non technical stakeholders as well as being able to help with direction and problems of the engineers and SREs within the team
• Experience practical daily problem solving within a team, encouraging innovative ideas whilst negotiating practicalities to keep the team moving to deliver as effectively as possible
• Foster a harmonious atmosphere within the team

Key Skills:

• Strong commercial experience in delivering within technical teams
• Hands-on experience with Java, Spring, Kubernetes, Docker, Postgres, and Kafka
• Experience with OTT technologies
• Knowledge of coding best practices, TDD, and BDD
• Experience implementing CI/CD processes
• Understanding of microservices architecture
• Knowledge of non-functional delivery aspects (scale, reliability, observability)
• Familiarity with lean methodologies (scrum, kanban)
• Excellent communication skills
• Problem-solving skills and ability to foster team collaboration

Salary (Rate): £650 daily

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Engineering Manager - Delivery - Tech Lead - Hands on Java - Kafka - CI/CD - Hybrid - £600/£650 (Inside IR35) - Immediate Starters

Paying up to £650 Inside IR35

My client is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to join their team. You will need strong commercial experience in Delivering within Technical teams and helping support on best practises.

Responsibilities/What you'll do:

• Hands on experience working with the listed tech stack: Java, Spring, Kubernetes, Docker, Postgres (relational databases) and Kafka
• Experience working on OTT technologies
• Demonstrated ability to deliver with exceptional engineering practices, having hands on experience with Coding Best practices/standards, TDD, BDD
• Implementing CI/CD without manual human interventions, fully rolling non disruptive automated production deployments, fully automated functional and non functional testing
• Understanding the benefits and disadvantages of microservices architecture. This includes experience effectively building and ensuring the implementation of tooling required to ensure high availability and reliability
• Understanding of the non functional aspects of delivery and operations (scale, reliability, observability) and what is required to maintain standards
• Applied knowledge of lean methodologies and how to use the best approaches to deliver our goals eg scrum, kanban, iterative delivery, continuous improvement
• Excellent communication skills, being able to convey ideas clearly with a wide range of technical and non technical stakeholders as well as being able to help with direction and problems of the engineers and SREs within the team
• Experience practical daily problem solving within a team, encouraging innovative ideas whilst negotiating practicalities to keep the team moving to deliver as effectively as possible
• Foster a harmonious atmosphere within the team

The interview process has begun, so if you believe you have the right experience then please get in touch ASAP!