- Engineering Manager
- Square One Resources in Oxfordshire, , United Kingdom
- jobs
- 1 week ago
jobs description
Job Title: Engineering Manager
Location: Knutsford
Salary/Rate: £420 per day INSIDE IR35
Start Date: 12/05/2025
Job Type: Contract
Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading financial services clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Engineering Manager to join their team for a contract until the end of the year.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives
Manage a team of engineers.
Help the engineers grow their skills and experience
Author project plans for epics
Run agile project management processes
Provide guidance and coaching to team members on technical contributions, product architecture, and other areas.
Maintain empathy for the team by keeping awareness of engineering processes and practices. Examples might be: evaluating individual workflow during one on ones, conducting code reviews, or working on non-critical path bugs and/or features.
Exposure to Agile and working with scrum teams ensuring the high quality delivery of technical stories.
Responsible for story based design, development & local test and adherence to all coding standards
Responsible for high quality code, responsible for leading team into delivery
Expected to contribute strongly in all agile ceremonies (planning / stand-ups / retros etc) to ensure high velocity is maintained.
Expected to be supportive within the team, both technically and culturally, to help achieve all targets
Strong familiarity with Jira and Confluence and Knowledge of DevOps and Continuous Integration & Delivery
Should be able to contribute and design delivery discussions, manage multiple stakeholders.
Should be from development background, working with Java microservices and API.
Generate and implement process improvements
Hold regular 1:1s with all members of their team and give regular and clear feedback around the individual performance
Foster technical decision making on the team, but make final decisions when necessary
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement