Software Engineer Team Manager (PEC Platform)

Job Title: Software Engineer Team Manager
Salary: £100,657 - £118,420
Location: London
Hours: Full-time

Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our London Office

About us

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you!

About this opportunity

Personalised Experiences and Communications (PEC) is a business platform that sits within Consumer business unit and plays a critical role in supporting the achievement of the Group strategic view by working closely & collaboratively across the Platform leadership team to grow by protecting and deepening customer relationships. PEC enables & delivers personalised customer communications & experiences across all channels, media and business areas supporting the Customer Growth strategy to deepen relationships with our customers across both the retail & commercial bank. This includes the data, analytics, and technology to unlock the value of differentiating our branded channel experiences, proposition, price and communication; as well as paper-free sustainable ambitions.

What you’ll do

• Lead the software engineering squads in delivering high-quality software applications and systems that leverage AI and machine learning to provide personalised experiences for our twenty-six million customers and users. 

• Collaborate with the head of engineering, product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to define and execute the software engineering squads’ roadmap, scope, and deliverables. 

• Mentor and coach, the software engineering squad, developing their skills and career growth. 

• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve technical issues and challenges that arise during the software development lifecycle. 

• Deliver technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple entities across the group. 

• Define consumption and integration patterns and data models and contracts. 

• Create automation tools for data reconciliation and curation. 

• Drive the culture of delivering highly secured and high-quality software. 

• Identify and eliminate recurring issues by automating processes. 

• Help in adopting best engineering practices like Test Driven Development, code reviews, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery. 

• Champion culture of inclusivity and diversity 

What you’ll need

• Experience with leadership, management, and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire, motivate, and empower the software engineering team.

• Hands-on proven experience of delivering systems design, software development, testing and operational stability.

• Proven experience and knowledge of automation and CI/CD. 

• Proficiency in relevant programming languages, frameworks, and technologies, such as Python, Java, Rust, JavaScript, React, Angular, TensorFlow, PyTorch.

• Experience in working with large-scale data sets, data pipelines, and cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

• Experience in using distributed systems and event driven architecture.

• Practical experience of Cloud native solutions. 

• Advanced knowledge of containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure or AWS.

• Strong experience working with Kafka technologies.

It would be great if you also had…

• Certification in GCP “Cloud Architect”, “Cloud Developer”, “Professional Data Engineer”.

• Certification in Apache Kafka (CCDAK). 

• Strong experience in data analysis. 

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in/all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%.

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance.

• Share schemes including free shares.

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top.

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more!