Software Engineering Manager
Posted Today by Totaljobs
£750 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham
Summary: Software Engineering Manager required to lead engineering teams delivering scalable digital products within a modern Agile environment. Strong technical leadership, people management, and delivery experience essential.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Software Engineers
- Drive delivery across modern software products and platforms
- Work closely with Product Management to define team goals and technical direction
- Remove delivery blockers and ensure effective team execution
- Support scalable, reliable, and high-performing software architecture
- Promote engineering best practices across:
- Testing
- Automation
- Observability
- Documentation
- Collaborate with engineering, product, design, and data teams
- Provide regular delivery and progress updates to leadership
- Mentor engineers and foster a culture of continuous improvement
- Support agile delivery processes and maintain healthy delivery cadence
Key Skills:
- Strong Software Engineering background across modern technologies
- Previous experience leading and managing engineering teams
- Experience delivering scalable distributed systems and cloud-based services
- Strong understanding of software architecture, engineering quality, and delivery practices
- Experience working within Agile environments
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Comfortable operating within complex and evolving organisations
- Experience across modern engineering environments, ideally including:
- Java
- JavaScript
- Cloud platforms
- Distributed systems
- DevOps / CI-CD practices
Salary (Rate): £750 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Software Engineering Manager
Location: London (Hybrid)
Rate: (Apply online only)/day Inside IR35
Duration: 3-month rolling contract
Overview
We're looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead high-performing engineering teams delivering modern digital products within a fast-paced environment.
This role combines strong technical leadership with people management, delivery oversight, and engineering strategy. You'll work closely with product, design, data, and engineering teams to build scalable, reliable, and high-quality software solutions. The successful candidate will be a hands-on technical leader with experience managing engineering teams, driving delivery, and improving engineering practices across complex environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Software Engineers
- Drive delivery across modern software products and platforms
- Work closely with Product Management to define team goals and technical direction
- Remove delivery blockers and ensure effective team execution
- Support scalable, reliable, and high-performing software architecture
- Promote engineering best practices across:
- Testing
- Automation
- Observability
- Documentation
- Collaborate with engineering, product, design, and data teams
- Provide regular delivery and progress updates to leadership
- Mentor engineers and foster a culture of continuous improvement
- Support agile delivery processes and maintain healthy delivery cadence
What We're Looking For
Strong Software Engineering background across modern technologies
Previous experience leading and managing engineering teams
Experience delivering scalable distributed systems and cloud-based services
Strong understanding of software architecture, engineering quality, and delivery practices
Experience working within Agile environments
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Comfortable operating within complex and evolving organisations
Technical Environment
Experience across modern engineering environments, ideally including:
- Java
- JavaScript
- Cloud platforms
- Distributed systems
- DevOps / CI-CD practices
Summary
Software Engineering Manager required to lead engineering teams delivering scalable digital products within a modern Agile environment. Strong technical leadership, people management, and delivery experience essential.