Software Engineering Manager at EE-DU! in Reigate, Surrey, United Kingdom

Job description

• As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead highly skilled, multi-disciplinary engineering teams within a substantial global technology organisation, delivering market-leading insurance and reserving solutions. You will play an important role in our continued evolution from desktop and on-premise products to modern cloud and SaaS platforms, helping teams build secure, reliable, scalable and user-centred software while continuously improving engineering effectiveness, developer experience and ways of working.
• Engineering excellence is about more than producing great code. It is about creating the environment, practices and feedback loops that enable teams to deliver valuable software safely, predictably and sustainably. You will encourage continuous learning, thoughtful use of engineering metrics, high standards of quality and reliability, and responsible adoption of modern practices such as AI-assisted software delivery, automation, secure development and DevSecOps.
• You will bring a strong background in software engineering, with experience delivering complex commercial applications across a range of technologies, and will have progressed into technical leadership and people management. You will have a successful track record of leading engineering teams, building inclusive and high-performing cultures, improving delivery flow, and balancing speed with quality, security, reliability and maintainability. This role combines technical credibility with strategic and operational leadership, stakeholder management, team engagement, recruitment, organisational design, continuous improvement and coaching. It is a strong opportunity for an established technical lead or engineering leader who is ready to take the next step into broader engineering management in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for the development, release and continuous improvement of reserving products, ensuring teams deliver high-quality outcomes through appropriate Agile, product-oriented or flow-based delivery approaches.
• Coach, mentor and develop engineers, fostering an inclusive, collaborative and psychologically safe culture focused on quality, learning, accountability and sustainable delivery.
• Partner with Architects, Senior Engineers, Product, Platform, Security and Operations teams to assess technology options and define robust, scalable, secure and maintainable architectures that support cloud/SaaS evolution, modern user experiences and product innovation.
• Provide delivery and technical troubleshooting support, using sound judgement, people leadership and data to unblock issues, manage risks and identify systemic improvements.
• Enable a data-informed engineering culture by using meaningful delivery, quality, reliability, customer and developer-experience metrics to identify bottlenecks, improve team flow and guide continuous improvement.
• Recruit, onboard, develop and retain high-calibre software engineers, identifying training needs, supporting career development and recommending improvements to team structures and operating models.
• Oversee development, quality assurance, security and governance processes, recommending improvements to the practices, automation and tooling that support secure and reliable software delivery.
• Promote responsible use of AI-assisted engineering tools and automation, ensuring productivity improvements are balanced with human review, maintainability, security, compliance and clear engineering standards.
• Champion developer experience by reducing unnecessary friction, improving documentation, encouraging reusable patterns and supporting appropriate self-service engineering practices.

Requirements

• What you’ll bring
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary Agile, product-oriented or flow-based engineering teams delivering complex, maintainable and commercially valuable software solutions.
• Practical experience across the full software development lifecycle in a commercial or production environment, including discovery and requirements analysis, estimation, architecture and design, implementation, testing, deployment, maintenance and operational support.
• Strong practical understanding of modern software engineering principles, including maintainable architecture, automated testing, CI/CD, secure-by-design practices, observability and reliability.
• Successful track record of growing teams and leading transformation initiatives across engineering effectiveness, Agile or flow-based delivery, people development, cloud/SaaS adoption, DevSecOps and technology modernisation.
• Strong leadership skills: enthusiastic, motivational, proactive, decisive, collaborative, inclusive and committed to continuous improvement.
• Ability to use engineering metrics thoughtfully to improve delivery flow, quality, reliability, developer experience and team health without creating unnecessary measurement overhead.
• Experience with Azure, cloud-native architectures, SaaS technologies, platform engineering or internal developer platforms.
• Appreciation of current and emerging technologies, including AI-assisted software delivery, automation, DevSecOps, observability and developer-experience tooling, along with their benefits, limitations and risks.
• General knowledge of the insurance industry, actuarial or reserving domains, or other regulated software environments.

Skills

Required

• Maintainable architecture
• Automated testing
• CI/CD
• Secure-by-design practices
• Observability
• Reliability
• Engineering effectiveness
• Agile or flow-based delivery
• People development
• Cloud/SaaS adoption
• DevSecOps
• Technology modernisation

Preferred

• Experience with Azure
• Cloud-native architectures
• SaaS technologies
• Platform engineering
• Internal developer platforms
• AI-assisted software delivery
• Automation
• Developer-experience tooling

Benefits

• Enjoy a benefits package designed to help you thrive, both professionally and personally. You'll receive 25 days of annual leave plus an extra WTW day to relax and recharge. Our comprehensive health and wellbeing offering includes private healthcare, life insurance, group income protection, and regular health assessments, all giving you peace of mind. Secure your future with our defined contribution pension scheme, featuring matched contributions up to 10% from the company.
• We support your growth and balance with hybrid working options, access to an employee assistance programme, and a fully paid volunteer day to make a difference in your community. On top of these, you can opt into a variety of additional perks including an electric vehicle car scheme, share scheme, cycle-to-work programme, dental and optical cover, critical illness protection, and much more. Start making the most of your career and wellbeing with a range of benefits tailored for you.