Explore Group
Engineering Manager
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Engineering Manager – Integrations & Backend Platforms – Hybrid – Digital Transformation & Consumer Technology
Explore Group have partnered with an exciting and fast-growing consumer technology business to support their continued investment across their Digital & Technology function. The organisation is undergoing a significant digital transformation focused on building scalable digital products and connected customer experiences across international markets.
The Role
My client is looking to hire an Engineering Manager to lead the development and evolution of their backend integration platform, supporting a growing suite of digital products and mobile services.
This role combines technical leadership with people management, overseeing a team of engineers while remaining close to architecture and technical decision-making.
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Responsibilities / Requirements
- 8+ years’ experience within software engineering, including experience leading engineering teams
- Proven background managing, mentoring, and developing high-performing software engineers
- Strong hands-on experience with C#,.NET, Azure, and cloud-native backend development
- Experience designing and delivering API-first, event-driven, or microservices-based architectures
- Strong understanding of integration platforms and backend services supporting digital or mobile products
- Experience balancing technical leadership with delivery management across multiple workstreams
- Comfortable contributing to architecture discussions, code quality initiatives, and engineering best practices
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, monitoring, and operational excellence
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across Product and Technology teams
- Experience working within Agile software delivery environments
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Nice to Have
- Experience managing engineering teams across distributed or international environments
- Exposure to vendor management or third-party technology partners
- Experience supporting consumer-facing or product-led digital platforms
- Familiarity with cloud observability, event-driven systems, and scalable integration architectures
- Background leading engineering teams through periods of transformation and growth
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity, please apply directly to this post or send your CV to lewis.dorling@exploreltd.com to discuss the role in more detail.
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