Software Engineering Manager

Contract: Tech Lead / Software Engineering Manager - Backend (TypeScript / Java, AWS)

Location: London - 1x Day Per Week Onsite

Rate: £750 per day via Umbrella

Programme: Greenfield Middle-Office Transformation

Length: 6 months initial + further extensions (long term programme)

A leading UK wealth and investment platform is hiring a Tech Lead / Engineering Manager for a backend engineering team working on its core wealth services. The business looks after more than £100bn of assets for over a million investors, and this team plays a central part in a major transformation of those services.

This is a combined people and technical leadership role, suited to an experienced Engineering Manager or a Tech Lead who already mentors or manages engineers and is ready to take on a formal management role.

People leadership:

Line manage and develop a team of backend engineers, covering hiring, 1:1s, performance and career development

Build an inclusive team culture based on collaboration, continuous learning and psychological safety

Keep the team aligned with business goals and clear on how its work contributes to them

Technical leadership and delivery:

Set the team's technical direction, including scope, technology choices and engineering standards

Lead prioritisation and capacity planning so the team delivers high-quality work on time

Own the delivery and ongoing improvement of the team's services, making sure they are secure, efficient and scalable

Drive improvements in code quality, security, performance and CI/CD

Work with product managers and other technical and business stakeholders to design solutions that deliver better outcomes for clients and colleagues

Use data and metrics to guide technical decisions and delivery

About you:

Experience leading backend engineering teams, either as an Engineering Manager or as a Tech Lead with people leadership responsibility

A strong software engineering background, with the depth to guide architecture and design decisions

Agile delivery experience within a large or complex organisation

The ability to explain architecture and technical trade-offs clearly to non-tech...