Software Engineering Manager

Investigo are partnered with a FTSE 100, London based organisation who are going through a huge IT transformation. The business are looking for a candidate who can drive software engineering strategy and support day-to-day execution for their Developer Experience team. You will focus on cloud services, such as Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will be working in a central software engineering team performing a critical role in terms of ensuring that the company's products are built with security considerations from the ground up whilst also improving developer efficiency. You will have line management responsibility for software engineers, as well as regularly engage with 3rd party and Suppliers, and be responsible for identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

• Develop software engineering strategy by defining a strategic vision for the organization's DevSecOps practice, aligned to business goals and objectives.

• Deliver cloud platform solutions that achieve the identified requirements, using proven methods, tools and techniques. Obtaining specialist advice on aspects of the design, technical policy and test strategy from appropriate specialists as required.

• Working with FinOps and product teams to optimize platform spending (AWS fees, etc.) and ensure maximum utilization of systems.

• Create environments that enable and encourage Continuous Improvement/Development and DevSecOps ways of working, taking input from process owners and other subject matter experts to gain a great understanding of business ways of working and challenges.

• Provide support to the Software Engineers, guide them in implementing and delivering the vision through effective planning, unblocking obstacles, and providing coaching.

• Develop growth plans for the team to foster their career development and advancement.

• Review the skill and expertise requirements to accomplish team goals and identify staffing and talent resources to fill project roles.

• Coordinate with team to define the measures of success for process improvements.

• Continuously improve systems, solutions and business processes through working with process owners and other subject matter experts to gain a great understanding of business ways of working and challenges.

• Provide support on systems/solutions, build, test and implement fault fixes and monitor the system to prevent problems occurring (e.g. DevSecOps environment).

Experience

• Proven expertise in the technical design, build, test and support of large and/or complex cloud solutions.
• Demonstrable experience of deploying and maintaining Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions
• Experience in translating complex business requirements into system design, taking into account technical environment(s), ability of user group to interact with the system and expected life and volatility of system.
• Demonstrable expertise in a specific technical specialism and/or broad technical expertise.
• Experience of developing in an agile and/or DevSecOps environment is highly desirable, including unit testing, behaviour driven development, and continuous integration/continuous deployment.
• Experience of operating across multiple countries and cultures is desirable, but not essential.