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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading agile software engineering teams, focusing on technical architecture, stakeholder communication, and best engineering practices. Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive continuous improvement in delivery quality and cadence.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Agile Team LeadershipSolutions ArchitectureStakeholder CommunicationJava DevelopmentCloud Environments
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Agile PracticesScrumKanbanJavaReactC#Continuous ImprovementTechnical DirectionDevOps ManagementPlatform Management
Soft Skills
MentoringCoachingServant LeadershipProblem SolvingCommunication
Tools & Technologies
AWSCloud Platforms
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's DegreeMaster's Degree
Industry Keywords
Software EngineeringTechnical DebtKnowledge TransferBest Engineering PracticesLean Practices
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSCloudJavaReact
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead two agile teams to implement features delivering significant customer impact
- Design technical aspects and architecture of user stories and plans for production delivery
- Prioritise technical debt alongside product deliverables
- Support the Head of Engineering and CTO
- Interact with key senior business stakeholders
- Own overall delivery cadence and quality for the teams
- Identify and remove team obstacles and bottlenecks
- Drive adoption of best engineering practices
- Mentor and coach engineers in agile and lean practice
- Organise knowledge transfer, training, and documentation
- Direct, encourage, and drive the team as a servant leader
- Contribute hands-on to technical work
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's and/or master's degree
- 3+ years’ experience leading and managing software engineering teams, including coaching teams on agile practices
- Experience in Scrum, Kanban or other immediate type delivery
- Previous experience in developing either Java, React, C# etc.
- 2+ years communicating to key stakeholders
- Experience in solutions architecture (bonus)
- Experience in managing projects (bonus)
- Experience in cloud environments (AWS or equivalent) (bonus)
- Experience in managing DevOps, Platform or SRE teams (bonus)
- Experience guiding technical direction and mentoring engineering teams
- Experience with agile and lean practices
- Experience driving continuous improvement and best engineering practices
Benefits
Comp & perks- Pension scheme
- Death in Service scheme
- Income Protection
- Share Options Scheme for permanent employees
- 5% back on in-app purchases
- £200 for WFH Setup
- Private Medical Insurance
- GP consultations (video, telephone or face-to-face)
- Prescribed medication coverage
- In-patient, day-patient and out-patient care
- Mental health support
- Optical, dental & audiological cover
- Physiotherapy
- Advanced cancer cover
- Menopause support
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Unlimited mental health sessions
- 24/7 remote GP & physiotherapy
- 24/7 helpline for emotional & practical support
- Savings & discounts on everyday shopping
- 1:1 personalised well-being consultations
- Gym membership discounts
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Enhanced paternity pay
- Enhanced adoption pay
- Enhanced shared parental leave
- Professional Qualifications
- Professional Memberships
- Learning Suite for e-courses
- Internal Training Programmes
- FCA & Regulatory training
- Hybrid working: office-based Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday; remote working Tuesday and Friday
- Casual dress code
- Workplace socials
- Healthy snacks