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The Citation Group

Engineering Manager

The Citation Group

. Lead multiple engineering teams to deliver secure, reliable, high-quality products at pace .

Posted 10/8/2026full-timeWilmslow • United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in leading cross-functional engineering teams, driving modern software engineering practices, and implementing AI-enabled solutions while ensuring high-quality product delivery. Capable of fostering team development, managing performance, and improving operational processes in complex environments.

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Leadership In Software EngineeringExperience With .NET / .NET CoreCloud Platform Expertise (Azure/AWS)AI/Agentic Coding Assistant ImplementationCI/CD Pipeline Management

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Hard Skills
.NET / .NET CoreJavaPHPJavaScriptTypeScriptReactRelational DatabasesNoSQL DatabasesAutomated TestingCloud Platforms
Soft Skills
Excellent Communication SkillsStrong Problem-Solving CapabilityCollaborative Partnership SkillsOwnership MindsetCoaching and Mentoring
Tools & Technologies
DockerKubernetesTerraformAnsibleMonitoring ToolsLogging ToolsPerformance Analysis Tools
Industry Keywords
B2B SaaSHRHealth & SafetyCertificationBackground ScreeningELearning

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AnsibleAWSAzureCloudDockerJavaJavaScriptKubernetesNoSQLPHPReactSDLCTerraformTypeScript.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead multiple engineering teams to deliver secure, reliable, high-quality products at pace
  • Drive modern engineering practices, DevOps maturity and AI-enabled ways of working
  • Work with Product, Design, Architects and Tech Leads to shape technical direction and improve delivery effectiveness
  • Coach teams to build, ship and operate software successfully
  • Lead, coach and support multiple cross-functional engineering teams and tech leads
  • Foster ownership, psychological safety, accountability and continuous improvement
  • Run regular 1:1s, provide feedback, support career development and manage performance
  • Grow leadership capability within teams
  • Support hiring, onboarding and retention
  • Provide technical leadership and enable engineering decisions across teams
  • Champion TDD/BDD, Clean Code, pair and mob programming, automated testing and secure SDLC practices
  • Evolve robust, observable, secure and cost-effective cloud-native architectures
  • Drive AI and automation adoption in engineering workflows and product capabilities
  • Lead adoption of AI/agentic coding assistants across coding, testing, documentation and operational workflows
  • Ensure AI usage aligns with security, privacy and compliance standards
  • Run experiments and spikes to validate AI use cases and measure impact
  • Collaborate with AI/ML specialists and vendors to integrate AI services
  • Support AI-enabled features from prototype through production monitoring and operation
  • Partner with Product Managers and Product Owners on outcomes, priorities, roadmaps and delivery plans
  • Ensure small, frequent, high-quality increments and proactive dependency management
  • Communicate priorities, risks, trade-offs and delivery scope to stakeholders
  • Contribute to cross-team planning, portfolio alignment and architectural reviews
  • Improve agile delivery practices, operational processes, testing, release management, resilience and non-functional standards
  • Use metrics and team feedback to improve delivery flow, reliability, stability and team health
  • Improve coordination around technical debt, releases, environments and operational change

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Significant experience leading software engineering teams delivering production systems
  • Experience managing multiple teams or complex product-focused engineering organisations
  • Proven ability to develop engineers and tech leads, manage performance effectively and improve team health
  • Strong background in modern software engineering
  • Experience with .NET / .NET Core, Java, PHP and related frameworks
  • Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, React and modern front-end technologies
  • Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases
  • Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform or Ansible
  • Experience with monitoring, logging and performance analysis tooling
  • Practical experience using and rolling out AI/agentic coding assistants in engineering teams
  • Experience designing, integrating or operating AI-enabled product features
  • Ability to evaluate AI tools and approaches across value, risk, cost and compliance considerations
  • Excellent communication skills across technical and business audiences
  • Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability in complex environments
  • Collaborative, low-ego approach with strong cross-functional partnership skills
  • Strong ownership mindset with a focus on delivering measurable outcomes
  • Nice to have: experience in B2B SaaS or relevant domains including HR, Health & Safety, Certification, background screening or eLearning
  • Nice to have: experience across multiple business units or product portfolios
  • Nice to have: experience leading distributed or remote teams
  • Nice to have: previous exposure to ML/AI-focused engineering leadership environments

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 25 days of holiday plus 8 bank holidays
  • Birthday day off
  • Extra weeks of holiday after marriage
  • Vouchers and special perks for expectant parents
  • Healthcare cash plan
  • Private healthcare