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Software Engineering Manager - Microservices, Southampton
Client:
BT Group
Location:
Southampton, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
0de5f0bf225b
Job Views:
3
Posted:
30.03.2025
Expiry Date:
14.05.2025
Job Description:
What you’ll be doing:
* Active member of the Engineering Leadership team
* Acts as the key point of contact for internal customers and Product Owner community
* Responsible for platform technical roadmap creation and prioritisation aligned to agreed business outcomes
* Manages the planning, co-ordination, and day-to-day development, testing and delivery of high quality, stable e2e digital solutions to drive EE/BT Self-Serve products/business requirements and objectives, working across geographically dispersed squads within a tribe.
* Manages day-to-day performance, delivery efficiency and quality of outsourced software development, engineering, and testing resources, located in different global locations
* Manages internal and external suppliers to ensure quality outcomes
* Coaches and manages teams of developers, testers and DevOps Engineers building high volume of front-end web pages every week based upon requirements from stakeholders
* Decides on test technology and techniques, which will be transformed from manual to automated practices
* Monitors and drives fixes for all live defects / bugs
* Accountable for all code security and compliance
* Works with Operations and Support teams
* Understanding complex / conflicting business requirements and delivering to tight deadlines
* Signing off estimates for work packages to be delivered by the team
* Manage risks and issues raised during the release cycle, ensuring that all stakeholders respond to requests within agreed timeframes.
Skills:
* 5+ years in multi-disciplined software application development, multi app / multi-platform
* Experience of managing app development teams/working knowledge of App Development: IOS, Android, Kotlin, Flutter
* Experience in running teams of this scale, composed of insourced and outsourced geographically dispersed resources
* Have a good level of knowledge / experience of Agile software development, and supporting best practices: TDD, Pair Programming etc.
* Experience in managing delivery of highly transactional platforms that are available 24/7
* Experience with DevOps CI/CD pipelines using e.g., Jenkins, tools built into GitLab
Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely: I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes: I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.
Looking out:
Delivering for the customer: I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy: I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.
Looking to the future:
Growth mindset: I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future: I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.
Benefits:
* Annual On target bonus 10% (personal and company multipliers)
* BT Pension scheme; minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
* Life Assurance
* Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
* 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans and 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans
* My Discounts gives colleagues access to unbeatable savings on everyday purchases at hundreds of retailers
* Discounted EE TV including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership
* Great support for working parents including pay whilst on maternity, adoptive, and paternity leave
* Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
* 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service with buy holiday option
* Volunteering days so you can give back to your local community
* Brand new electric vehicle salary sacrifice arrangement, known as ‘My EV’
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