Engineering Manager (Platforms)

Were looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team of 58 Platform Engineers in a growing tech-led organisation where our engineering teams help drive our mission. Youll bring a strong technical foundation ideally in DevOps Platform or backend and while hands-on work is minimal youll need to speak the language of engineers and understand how they think and build.

This role blends line management stakeholder engagement and strategic delivery. Youll work closely with our Director of Cloud Engineering and proactively seek out requirements across teams balancing strong technical opinions with business needs. Our engineers are passionate about what they do and create your job is to channel that energy into impact.

We work in a lean agile incremental way. Were looking for someone who is pragmatic objective and focused on using the right tool for the right job. Youll help the team stay motivated manage tech debt thoughtfully and keep sight of the bigger picture as we scale. If this sounds like you then we want to hear from you.

At Our Future Health our mission is to transform the preventiondetectionand treatment of conditions such as dementia cancer diabetes heart disease and stroke. Were looking for people to join us on our journey. If youre looking for a new challenge where you can contribute to helping future generations live in good health for longer then were keen to speak with you.

What youll be doing

• Leading an engineering team including line management of engineers and their career development coaching objective setting and general team happiness.
• Working closely with partners or suppliers to consult on integrations and more complex systems.
• Leading engineering delivery working closely with Product Managers ensuring we are running productive processes with clear lines of communication whilst working on high-value projects and producing high quality software and systems.
• Growing the team; hiring great new colleagues planning for future needs balancing across permanent staff contractors and digital agency relationships.
• Identifying and implementing new technologies and tools that keep us ahead of the curve.
• Championing best practices in platform engineering and DevOps promoting code quality security maintainability and scalability.
• Working collaboratively on the technology roadmap; participating in decisions on platforms and tools; helping shape the software development process.
  

What you wont be doing

• Working in a siloed environment with no freedom to make decisions.
• Working in a place where you cant see the impact your expertise makes.

Experience

• Experience of leading an engineering team in a rapidly scaling environment including engineers of different skillsets to your own possibly including other engineering managers.
• The ability to mentor and coach engineers helping them develop their technical and leadership skills.
• Technically astute and able to arbitrate technical discussions with the team with experience as a software engineer.
• The ability to understand and break down complex engineering tasks into actionable work items.
• The ability to contribute to the code base and technical discussions your team is dealing with when the need arises.
• Experience with agile methodologies and knowledge of how to apply them to get the best out of a team.
• Demonstrable experience working with software teams practicing continuous delivery using infrastructure-as-code and modern DevOps techniques Cloud environments (AWS Azure GCP) following best practices like code review and pairing using tools like Git and GitHub.
• Experience in hiring managing and growing platform engineers and finding the right opportunities for them.
• The ability to build a people first collaborative and empathetic environment.
• Experience delivering and maintaining consumer web or mobile products
• Experience working with sensitive personal data; environments with strong security considerations.
• Previous experience working as a hands-on engineer.

• Salary from 110000 per annum.
• Generous Pension Scheme We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%.
• 30 Days Holiday Bank Holidays Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you.
• Enhanced Parental Leave Supporting you during lifes biggest moments.
• Cycle to Work Scheme Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice.
• Home & Tech Savings Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice
• 1000 Employee Referral Bonus Know someone amazing Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
• Wellbeing Support Access to Mental Health First Aiders plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
• A Great Place to Work We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn and offer flexible and remote working arrangements.

Join us - letsprevent disease together.

At Our Future Health we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates regardless of their background have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability neurodiversity or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process.

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Manager