Ventula Consulting
Engineering Manager
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Engineering Manager – Mobile - Manchester – Hybrid - 6-month contract (2x a week onsite) - £736 p/d (Inside IR35)
We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to join a globally recognised e-commerce client, leading a multidisciplinary team working on a key customer-facing search and conversational experience. You’ll lead Android, iOS, backend and full-stack engineers, partnering with Product, Design, UX and Data teams across international locations. The role combines people leadership, delivery management and strong Android technical leadership.
Key responsibilities
- Lead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team.
- Own delivery planning, roadmap progress, resourcing, dependencies and risks.
- Provide technical direction across Android, iOS, backend and full-stack development.
- Provide Android guidance across Kotlin, Jetpack, Compose/Views and architecture.
- Support technical decisions, code reviews, debugging and production issues.
- Drive quality, testing, accessibility, security, performance and reliability.
- Own services from discovery through production and continuous improvement.
- Support recruitment, headcount planning and team ways of working.
- Build an inclusive, high-performing culture focused on autonomy and development.
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Key requirements
- 5+ years’ software engineering experience, including significant Android experience.
- Previous experience managing, leading or coaching engineering teams.
- Strong Kotlin and Android expertise.
- Experience with modern Android architecture, Jetpack, Compose/Views, modularisation and asynchronous programming.
- Strong understanding of mobile testing, CI/CD, releases and production debugging.
- Experience making decisions around architecture, networking, caching and performance.
- Ability to contribute to Android code and technical investigations when required.
- Strong stakeholder communication and people-development skills.
- Pragmatic approach to balancing customer impact, delivery, technical quality and operational risk.
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Location: Manchester – 2 days onsite
Duration: Initial 6 months
Day rate: £736 p/d (Inside IR35)
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