Engineering Manager, Java, AWS

• Location: Hybrid – London / 2 Days Per Week
• Duration: 6 months + Intention to extend
• Day rate: Up to £750 – Inside IR35
• Start date: ASAP

We’re seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing backend engineering team delivering large-scale cloud-based platforms and services.

Working within a modern Agile environment, you’ll combine strong technical leadership with delivery excellence, driving the development of secure, scalable and resilient solutions while supporting and mentoring engineers to reach their full potential.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of software engineers.
• Drive Agile delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture and business stakeholders.
• Own prioritisation, capacity planning and delivery outcomes.
• Champion engineering best practices, CI/CD and continuous improvement.
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable and operationally robust.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams.
• Strong software development background.
• AWS, Java and/or TypeScript.
• Microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Container technologies (Docker/Kubernetes).
• SQL and NoSQL databases.
• CI/CD, TDD/BDD and Agile delivery methodologies.

If you’re a delivery-focused Engineering Manager who enjoys building great teams and delivering modern software solutions at scale, we’d love to hear from you.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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