Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Liverpool | Hybrid working

The Company

We're working with an established Liverpool-based technology business that is investing significantly in its digital platforms and engineering capability.

As part of this next phase of growth, they're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a small, experienced engineering team, support the development of a modern consumer-facing platform and help shape how the engineering function evolves.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys the people and leadership side of engineering management but still wants to remain close to the technology.

The Role

As Engineering Manager, you'll take ownership of the team's delivery, ways of working and continued development.

You'll work closely with engineers, product and senior stakeholders to make sure the team is focused on the right priorities and has the environment, processes and support needed to deliver effectively.

While this isn't a role where you need to be the strongest technical specialist in every conversation, you'll need enough technical depth to challenge decisions, contribute to technical discussions and support the team when required.

The engineering team is currently relatively small and experienced, with plans to grow alongside the development of the new platform. You'll therefore have a genuine opportunity to influence how the team develops, from hiring and onboarding through to engineering practices and career development.
What you'll be doing

• Leading a small software engineering team and taking ownership of delivery
• Working closely with product and senior stakeholders around priorities and delivery
• Remaining technically involved through code reviews, design discussions and occasional hands-on contribution
• Identifying and removing blockers across the engineering team
• Improving engineering processes, development practices and ways of working
• Helping the team make effective use of modern development and AI-assisted engineering tools

What we're looking for Essential

• Previous experience leading or managing a software engineering team
• A strong track record of mentoring and developing software engineers
• Good technical knowledge of Node.js / TypeScript
• Experience working with React and/or Next.js
• Cloud experience across Azure, AWS or GCP
• A good understanding of modern software engineering practices, including code review, deployment and development processes
• Experience improving how engineering teams work and deliver
• Confidence working with modern AI-assisted development tools
• Good judgement when evaluating technologies, tools and development approaches

Benefits
Salary - £90,000 - £100,000

• Annual training and conference budget
• Modern engineering tooling and paid AI development tools
• Company bonus scheme
• Pension
• Private health insurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Regular company and social events