Engineering Manager Java AI - FinTech

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Engineering Manager (Java AI) London / WFH to £140k

Are you a technical leader with a strong knowledge of AI and its practical uses within software engineering?

You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands‑on Engineering Manager role at a global FinTech / CFD trading company that has been consistently voted as one of the UKs top employers.

What's in it for you:

Salary to £140k + Bonus

Pension, Private Medical Care, Life Assurance

Option to buy or sell holiday days

Wellness benefits and gym subsidy

Enhanced paternity leave including shared parental pay and leave

Employee led LGBTQ+, Women’s, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events and projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture

Plus a range of other perks

Your role:

As an Engineering Manager you'll head up a team of nine AI Engineers whilst remaining hands‑on with coding. Your primary focus will be on using Claude code (and other AI tools and frameworks) throughout the development lifecycle from initial requirements shaping through to deployment to improve speed and efficiency of software development and release.

This is an influential role where you and your team will work across product engineering teams to showcase processes and procedures with AI without cutting corners and ensuring compliance.

You'll provide leadership, mentoring and coaching to a group of senior engineers and liaise with senior stakeholders to drive improvements and innovation, championing a high‑performance engineering environment, fostering collaboration, technical mastery and a mindset of continuous learning across the team.

Location / WFH:

There's a hybrid model with two days a week work from home, when you are in the office you'll be based in the City with an upbeat team environment, casual dress code and a range of facilities including roof terrace, restaurant and breakout areas.

About you:

You have strong hands‑on technical leadership skills

You have a strong software engineering background with Java

You have a strong knowledge of modern software architecture, including microservices, APIs and Cloud technologies

You have used AI tools in a large commercial enterprise e.g. Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, Prompt or Context engineering

You have strong code review skills

You are delivery focused and champion the clients' needs

Apply now to find out more about this Engineering Manager (Java AI) opportunity.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering, Finance, and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development, Technology, Information and Internet, and Financial Services

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