Software Engineer Manager II

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description: TheSoftware Engineer Manager II will lead multiple teams or a complex engineering domain delivering enabling-function solutions. Drive consistent scalable engineering outcomes aligned to enterprise strategy. Act as a senior people leader and technical delivery authority.

Role accountabilities:

• Lead and develop software engineers across teams.
• Set clear direction priorities and delivery expectations at domain level.
• Role-model strong leadership accountability and engineering excellence.
• Ensure solutions follow agreed software architecture DevOps and security patterns.
• Oversee complex technical decisions cross-team dependencies and trade-offs.
• Partner closely with Architecture DevOps AI and Enablement leadership.
• Accountable for delivery outcomes across multiple teams or portfolios.
• Proactively manage delivery financial and operational risks.
• Ensure consistent adoption of engineering standards and controls.
• Shape the evolution of enterprise software engineering practices.
• Mentor software engineers and build leadership capability.
• Contribute to strategic planning and investment decisions.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Strong experience leading multiteam engineering delivery to achieve predictableoutcomes capability uplift and stakeholder confidence.
• Strong systems thinking and ability to manage complexity at scale.
• Demonstrated ability ensuring delivery is consistent efficient and aligned to organisational priorities.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with the ability to build trusted relationships and align business leaders product teams and engineering teams around shared objectives and manage tradeoffs effectively.
• Leadership style that empowers Arcadians promotes accountability and continuous improvement and supports a healthy inclusive and high engagement culture aligned to the Arcadis Leadership profile of being curious driving success and igniting passion.
• 5 years post-undergraduate experience in technology engineering leadership. With a demonstrated track record of delivering complex engineering outcomes and improving performance through governance prioritisation and capability development.
• Degree level education in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Technology or a related field (or equivalent experience) together with strong leadership experience in engineering management delivery performance and technical governance across multiple teams or services.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer; women minorities and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race caste creed colour religion sex age disability marital status sexual orientation and gender identity.