McNally Recruitment Ltd
Engineering Manager
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Engineering Lead - London OR Manchester (2 days in the office)
We are collaborating in sourcing several Engineering Leads (3) for a large UK client. You will work from your choice of the London OR Manchester offices, with 2 days per week working in the office, and the rest remotely.
What you'll do
As a Principal Engineer, you’ll be driving development of software and tools to accomplish project and departmental objectives by converting functional and non-functional requirements into suitable designs. You’ll play a leading role in planning, developing and deploying high-performance, robust and resilient systems for the client, while leading engagements with senior stakeholders to explore and suggest appropriate technical solutions to achieve the required product features.
- Develop leadership skills as you manage the technical delivery of one or more software engineering teams, overseeing the quality of their work and making sure it meets the required technical standards
- Oversee the definition of the technical strategy and advise on product roadmaps and migration plans to achieve strategic goals
- Ensure that the client’s systems follow excellent architectural and engineering principles, and are fit for purpose
- Monitor the technical progress against plans while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance, and provide progress updates to stakeholders
- Design and develop reusable libraries and APIs for use across the client’s environment
- Write unit and integration tests within automated test environments to ensure code quality
- Build your teams (3-4 teams, 30-40 staff in total)
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The skills you'll need
You’ll come with a background in software engineering, software or database design and architecture, as well as significant experience developing software within an SOA or microservices paradigm.
- Development experience in one or more programming languages
- Excellent understanding of implementing programming best practices, especially around scalability, availability and performance
- Java and AWS are used, as well as Kafka for real-time
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You’ll also need:
- A strong background in leading software development teams (20+ member teams), introducing and executing technical strategies
- Knowledge of using industry-recognised frameworks and development tooling
- Experience of test-driven development and using automated test frameworks, mocking and stubbing and unit testing tools
- A background in designing or implementing APIs
- Experience of supporting, modifying and maintaining systems and code developed by teams other than your own
- The ability to rapidly and effectively understand and translate product and business requirements into technical solutions
SALARY INCLUDES BENEFITS-AS-CASH (10% of Basic Salary)
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