Software Engineering Manager London (Hybrid) | Permanent, Full-time | Reports to the CTO Salary: £120,000 - £130,000 The role Our client is evolving its engineering organisation into a modern, high-performing, scalable team, and needs an Engineering Manager to lead that shift. You'll sit between technology, strategy and leadership: setting the technical culture, building the capabilities the team needs, and embedding engineering best practices across the business. This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll work with senior stakeholders and product leaders across an international organisation to shape a long-term technology vision, while coaching engineers and setting the standard for how software gets built. Tech stack Backend: Python, C# or Go Frontend: React or Angular Cloud: AWS, Azure or GCP What you'll do Lead, coach and mentor software engineers across a range of experience levels Run 1:1s, performance reviews and career development planning Drive hiring, onboarding and retention Oversee architecture decisions and keep them aligned with long-term technical strategy Stay hands-on where it counts: code reviews, design input, troubleshooting Partner with product to define roadmaps, scope projects and prioritise work Run sprint planning and delivery, track velocity and remove blockers Champion testing, CI/CD, monitoring and observability Guide incident response and root cause analysis Translate technical concepts into business impact, and the reverse Contribute to budgeting, resource planning and technology strategy What you'll bring Proven track record managing and developing software engineering teams Strong technical background in modern, cloud-native development Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure or GCP Experience with Agile and scalable engineering practices Familiarity with DevOps, microservices or data-driven architectures Experience leading geographically distributed or cross-functional teams Background in a high-growth, fast-paced environment Strong communication, conflict-resolution and organisational skills Ability to align team output with business goals while protecting solid technical foundations What's on offer The chance to build and shape a high-impact engineering organisation A collaborative culture where new ideas are encouraged Competitive salary, benefits and professional development support