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Engineering Manager
Engineering Manager
Reporting directly to the Head of Engineering, you will oversee the people management, technical direction, and delivery performance of your team. This role is critical in shaping a high-performing engineering culture, ensuring high-quality work for clients while fostering continuous skill development and career growth.
You will lead your team’s projects, providing guidance and support, while aligning engineering efforts with Equator’s strategic goals.
Main Responsibilities
People Management & Leadership
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Leadership & Team Support
- Line manage a team of software engineers, offering regular 1:1s, coaching, mentoring, and career development support.
- Monitor mentoring effectiveness and ensure all team members receive appropriate support.
- Identify training requirements (both formal and informal) and tailor them to individual needs.
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Performance & Development
- Ensure every team member has a personal development plan aligned with the company’s accreditation standards.
- Coordinate efforts to meet the required number of accredited staff at any point.
- Proactively manage team performance across projects, providing support and addressing risks to timeline and budget.
- Review and implement balanced feedback for appraisals, discussing actions with the Head of Engineering and tracking progress.
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Recruitment & Culture
- Lead recruitment efforts, including defining role requirements, conducting interviews, and onboarding new hires.
- Foster a positive, inclusive, and psychologically safe team environment.
Delivery & Execution
- Project Leadership
- Provide oversight of all projects in your team, ensuring efficient progress.
- Be accountable for engineering performance, including deliverability, timeliness, and budget adherence.
- Develop and review project estimates, ensuring accuracy and alignment with established methodologies.
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- Process Improvement
- Ensure proper tracking of project progress through tools and methodologies.
- Own and improve team delivery processes (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, release management).
- Attend morning huddles and escalate any issues to the Head of Engineering.
- Facilitate project retrospectives to identify improvement opportunities.
- Balance feature delivery, technical debt reduction, and operational work based on team velocity and capacity.
- Document and mitigate project risks in collaboration with the Project Manager.
Technical Direction & Quality
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Technical Standards & Documentation
- Ensure solution designs are well-documented and communicable across teams.
- Establish and maintain code review schedules for all projects.
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Quality & Best Practices
- Identify and proactively address work that fails to meet technical standards.
- Mandate appropriate testing for all deliverables, using agreed tools and techniques.
- Promote engineering best practices, including code review, testing, CI/CD, observability, and documentation.
- Encourage exploration of new technologies via Tech Radar, ensuring risk assessments are thorough.
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Strategic Collaboration
- Contribute to technical direction of Equator’s tech stack.
- Work with the Head of Engineering and other managers on technical standards, tooling, and strategic roadmaps, leading relevant initiatives.
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The Ideal Candidate
Essential
- Team Leadership: Demonstrated experience in managing and developing a software engineering team.
- Technical Expertise: Strong, hands-on background in software engineering.
- Project Delivery: Proven ability to deliver software projects in agile, collaborative environments.
- Communication: Skilled in engaging both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Leadership & Decision-Making: Ability to mentor, guide, and make key decisions.
- Organisation & Attention to Detail: Excellent organisational skills with meticulous attention to project execution.
- Passion for Engineering: Enthusiasm for software development and team growth, alongside a commitment to building high-performing teams.
- Core Tech Stack Experience:
- Deep expertise in any subset of: .NET, TypeScript, React, CSS, Azure (full-stack not mandatory).
- Hands-on involvement in project delivery, blending technical work with management.
Desirable
- Industry-Specific Knowledge:
- Experience with CMS (Umbraco, Sitecore), Auth providers (Entra/Okta), CRM (Salesforce/Dynamics/HubSpot), or Payment systems (Stripe/Adyen).
- Client-Facing Environment: Background in a digital agency or similar context.
- Modern Software Practices: Familiarity with agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban), cloud infrastructure, and DevOps principles.
- Security & Compliance: Understanding of information security management and regulatory requirements.
- Process Innovation: Track record of driving engineering culture improvements and process enhancements.
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