Manager - DE - Technology Consulting - FS

• Lead end-to-end engineering workstreams across banking, insurance, wealth, asset management or capital markets clients, ensuring high-quality delivery against scope, plan, risk and value outcomes.
• Design and guide implementation of scalable digital solutions using modern backend, front-end, integration, data and cloud-native engineering patterns.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture decisions, solution design, code reviews, engineering standards, testing discipline and delivery governance.
• Lead Agile delivery across multi-disciplinary squads, partnering with product owners, business stakeholders, architects, QA, DevOps, security, data and infrastructure teams.
• Drive production readiness including CI/CD, observability, resilience, security, automated testing, release management, runbooks, incident response and root cause analysis.
• Mentor engineers and senior consultants, building capability in modern engineering practices and supporting career development across the team.
• Contribute to Digital Engineering propositions, reusable assets, accelerators, estimation, proposals, client workshops and market-facing thought leadership.
• Operate credibly in regulated financial services environments, translating business, risk, compliance and operational requirements into pragmatic technical designs., * Client stakeholders trust the manager as a credible engineering lead who can explain trade-offs and turn requirements into delivery plans.
• Engineering squads deliver secure, tested and observable solutions with clear documentation, release discipline and operational readiness.
• The role contributes beyond individual engagements by developing reusable patterns, assets and capability across EY FSO Digital Engineering.
• Team members receive active coaching and clear technical direction that improves delivery quality and career progression.

Skill Area

Technologies / Capabilities

Engineering leadership

Team leadership, technical delivery ownership, solution design, code reviews, engineering standards, mentoring, delivery governance

Backend engineering

Java, Spring Boot, .NET or Node.js, microservices, REST APIs, event-driven architectures, OpenAPI/Swagger, integration patterns

Front-end engineering

React or Angular, TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, responsive design and component-based development

Cloud & DevOps

Azure and/or AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub/Bitbucket, Maven/Gradle, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code

Data & integration

SQL, NoSQL, data integration, streaming/event platforms such as Kafka, API management, data quality and operational data analysis

Production support

Monitoring, logging, incident management, RCA, performance tuning, runbooks, ServiceNow/Jira, SRE-aligned operational readiness

Financial services context

Experience delivering technology change for banking, insurance, wealth, asset management, risk, finance, payments or market infrastructure clients

Consulting capabilities

Stakeholder management, workshops, requirements shaping, estimation, planning, risk management, communication and client-facing delivery, * Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline.

• Experience in software engineering, platform engineering or digital delivery experience, including proven experience leading engineering teams or workstreams.
• Experience working in a client-facing professional services or project-based delivery environment.
• Cloud certifications such as Azure/AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Developer, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, security or relevant engineering certifications are advantageous.
• Competencies: technical leadership, outcome focus, problem solving, stakeholder management, coaching, Agile delivery, commercial awareness and strong written/verbal communication.

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Manager, Digital Engineering- EY FSO

Role Summary: Hands-on Digital Engineering Manager responsible for leading software engineering delivery across EY FSO client engagements. The role combines engineering leadership, solution design, cloud-native development, Agile delivery, stakeholder management and production readiness in regulated financial services environments.

The opportunity

EY FSO Technology Consulting is expanding its Digital Engineering capability to help financial services clients move from ideas and pilots to production-grade digital platforms, cloud-native services and resilient engineering delivery. This is a builder-leader role for someone comfortable setting technical direction, leading engineering teams, engaging senior stakeholders and staying close enough to the code to assure quality and delivery outcomes., UK-based role, with hybrid working and travel depending on client engagement needs. The role supports Financial Services clients and requires adherence to EY quality, risk, security, privacy and professional standards.

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