Manager of IT Engineering
TJX UK
London Colney, United Kingdom
5 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Intermediate Compensation
£ 82KJob location
London Colney, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Agile Methodologies
Systems Engineering
Authentication Protocols
Cloud Computing
Software Quality
Continuous Integration
DevOps
OAuth
Online Transaction Processing
OpenID
Secure Coding
Software Engineering
GIT
Information Technology
Job description
- Drive engineering governance across the organization, ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance in software development practices.
- Coach, lead and develop a team of 5-12 skilled and engaged software engineers at various levels of seniority.
- Establish and enforce engineering governance policies, including coding standards, documentation practices, and review processes.
- Ensure alignment with security, compliance, and architectural guidelines across all engineering teams.
- Facilitate regular audits and assessments of code quality, repository hygiene, and adherence to governance frameworks.
- Define and drive the roadmap for reusable code assets aligned with enterprise architecture and business needs.
- Collaborate with product, architecture, and platform teams to identify opportunities for efficiency, reuse, and standardization.
- Act as a liaison between engineering teams and enterprise architecture to ensure strategic alignment.
- Communicate progress, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Adhere to Sarbanes Oxley compliance and all TJX Company standards as applicable.
Technologies:
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- Git
- JWT
- OpenTelemetry
- Security
- Web
- DevOps
Requirements
- Proven experience in engineering leadership roles, ideally within large-scale enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, architecture principles, and modern engineering practices.
- Experience with Git-based repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and governance tooling.
- Familiarity with .Net8 Libraries, Authentication protocols (e.g. Microsoft Identity Web, OIDC/JWT, Graph), Telemetry (OpenTelemetry, OTLP, App Insights) and secure coding standards (OAuth2/OIDC).
- Familiarity with inner-source models and enterprise reuse strategies.
- Experience implementing engineering governance frameworks.
- Knowledge of cloud-native development, platform engineering, and identity management systems.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and team-building skills.
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent.
- 3 years of direct people management experience.
- 7 years of professional software development experience.
- Experience in agile software development and continuous improvement concepts.
- Comfort providing performance analysis in both technical and non-technical evaluations.
About the company
At TJX Companies, we are proud to offer a vibrant team environment that embraces diversity and focuses on collaboration and personal development. We provide abundant opportunities for growth whether you are in our global home offices, distribution centers, or retail locations. As a Fortune 100 company and a leader in the off-price retail sector, we prioritize our employees career advancement with benefits including a competitive salary, associate discounts, 401(k) match, extensive medical and dental coverage, and various incentive programs. We are located in Framingham, MA and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all.