Software Development Manager

A global investment and financial services organisation is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a small, high-performing engineering team focused on modernising a critical enterprise data platform. This is a hands-on leadership role combining people management, technical leadership, architecture, and greenfield engineering. The successful candidate will help drive the replacement of a long-standing legacy platform with modern cloud-native applications and tooling. The business has a strong engineering culture, significant investment in technology and data, and a long-term approach to innovation and team development. The Role You’ll lead a team of engineers delivering modern applications and platform capabilities within a highly data-centric environment. The role combines mentoring and delivery leadership with hands-on technical contribution and architectural input. You’ll work closely with senior engineering leadership and cross-functional delivery teams to help shape engineering standards, improve development practices, and support the adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and mentoring a team of software engineers
• Driving delivery of modern cloud-native applications
• Supporting architectural decisions and platform modernisation
• Improving engineering standards, productivity, and delivery practices
• Helping teams adopt AI-assisted development tooling and workflows
• Collaborating with distributed international teams and stakeholders
• Contributing hands-on across backend and frontend development where required

Technical Environment

• React
• Python / PySpark
• AWS
• Cloud-native architecture
• Enterprise-scale data platforms
• AI-assisted engineering tooling (e.g. Copilot / LLM-assisted workflows)

• Previous experience leading or managing engineering teams
• Strong software engineering background with hands-on capability
• Experience delivering modern data or platform engineering solutions
• Strong frontend/UI experience is highly desirable
• Comfortable working in large-scale enterprise environments
• Experience within regulated industries such as financial services, insurance, or similar is beneficial
• Someone passionate about engineering quality, mentoring, and modern development practices

• London-based role
• Hybrid working model (typically 1-2 days onsite)
• Some collaboration with US-based teams, including occasional later calls

Package

• Base salary circa £130k-£135k
• Significant annual bonus structure
• Excellent pension contribution
• Strong holiday allowance and wider benefits package
• Long-term career growth and progression opportunities