Software Engineering (Manager)

Software Engineering (Manager)

6 Month contract initially + Extensions. Based: Remote. Rate: £Market rates (via Umbrella company).

We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for digitization systems and technologies.
• Digitizing documents using machine learning, AI technologies at an enterprise scale.
• Manages effective stakeholder engagement across all levels, including users and operations personnel.
• Encourages creativity and challenges traditional thinking to solve business problems.
• A talent multiplier who enables the digital teams to drive focus and increase velocity.
• Ensures the solution scales to deliver standard business specific platform accelerators.
• Keeps abreast of industry trends through benchmarking, participation in professional associations, etc., to lead strategic business direction of the vertical.
• Leads, mentors, and grows multiple scrum teams of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.
• Provides technical guidance and mentorship to engineers, fostering their professional development and technical expertise in Python, Machine Learning, Large Language Models, and microservices.
• Champions a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement within the engineering teams.
• Identifies and addresses technical challenges and risks, proactively finding solutions to ensure smooth project execution.
• Participates in the recruitment and onboarding of new engineering talent.
• Manages team performance, providing regular feedback, conducting performance reviews, and identifying opportunities for growth.
• Ensures effective communication within the teams and with stakeholders regarding project status, risks, and dependencies.

Key Skills & Experience

• 10+ years progressive experience in software engineering, with at least 3+ years in technical management/leadership roles overseeing multiple software development teams.
• Proven track record of successfully managing and delivering complex software projects using agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Expert level understanding of software system design, data systems, microservices architecture, and data analytics.
• Ability to effectively plan, prioritize, and execute projects, communicate status, foresee risks, flag issues, seek help, and be committed to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Strong technical proficiency and hands on experience in:
• Large Language Models (LLMs): familiarity with the concepts, architectures, and applications of LLMs; experience leading teams working with LLMs.
• Microservices Architecture: deep understanding of microservices design patterns, development, deployment, and scaling; experience leading teams building and maintaining microservices.
• Excellent leadership, communication (written and verbal), interpersonal, and problem solving skills.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
• Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams and influence stakeholders at various levels.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, testing methodologies, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with data engineering and data pipelines.
• Ability to understand business problems, bridge with technology capabilities and design solutions.
• Understanding of data interchange and ingestion across technology landscape.
• Effective communication with users, partners, leaders, and executives at all levels.
• Exceptional customer service skills and experience working in a matrixed org.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and teams with competing priorities; experience with Agile teams and delivery.
• 5+ years development experience with REST APIs and integrations.

This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work. If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly; we will respond as soon as possible.

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