Overview

We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead our client's team in delivering secure, scalable and high-performing services. This role is with a FTSE100 UK leader within Financial Services. Location: Bristol HQ – largely remote.

Responsibilities

• Leadership & People: Lead, mentor and grow a high-performing backend engineering team. Attract and retain top talent, fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture. Define career paths, support learning and development, and promote psychological safety. Provide clear technical direction aligned with business strategy.
• Technical Delivery: Own delivery of backend services, ensuring quality, scalability, performance and security. Oversee planning, prioritisation and capacity to deliver projects on time. Partner with product and business stakeholders to design robust, client-focused solutions. Drive best practices across engineering, CI/CD, automation and observability. Use data and metrics to inform decisions and optimise processes. Promote Agile ways of working, driving iterative delivery and adaptability. Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt and improve system reliability. Champion engineering excellence across security, performance and maintainability.

Requirements

• Leadership: Proven experience leading engineering teams in complex environments. Strong ability to set technical direction and establish best practice. Effective communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Technical Skills: Strong software engineering background with hands-on expertise. Proficiency in:
  Languages: TypeScript, Java
  Databases: RDBMS (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g. DynamoDB, MongoDB)
  Architecture: Event-driven and microservices
  Testing: TDD / BDD frameworks
  Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code and observability tools.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Finance, Engineering, and Information Technology

Industries

• Financial Services, Software Development, and IT Services and IT Consulting