Software Engineering Manager

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours a week

Salary: circa £90,000 depending on experience

Location: London (if you are based in Leeds or Birmingham, you will be required to travel to our London office every week on the Tech Hub anchor day (currently Thursdays). You may work from Leeds or Birmingham on the other office day. Please note that London will be considered your designated home office and travel to offices will not be expensed).

WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week

Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.

Reports to: Senior Head of Technology

Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

Role Summary:

Responsible for leading LCCC talented engineers in designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software solutions. You will play a pivotal role in fostering an innovative engineering culture, ensuring technical excellence, and aligning development efforts with business goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a medium-sized team of ~12 software engineers through project lifecycles, from planning to deployment.
• Own resource management process providing practical and effective capacity assessments.
• Own the technical roadmap, architecture decisions, and code quality for your team.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements and deliver solutions.
• Drive best practices in software development, including code reviews, CI/CD, testing, and documentation.
• Monitor performance metrics and ensure timely, high-quality delivery of projects.
• Facilitate team growth through coaching, feedback, and performance management.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in tools, processes, and performance.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential:

• Software Engineering Background: Strong background in software development with hands-on experience delivering complex technical solutions.
• Technical Leadership: Ability to define and own the engineering roadmap, drive technical strategy, and ensure system performance, scalability, and stability.
• People Management: Proven experience leading and mentoring a team of engineers (has managed at least 3 mid-level engineers), including performance management, career development, and capacity planning..
• Strong knowledge of modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript, .NET).
• Experience with agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and architectural decisions.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.

Desirable:

• Experience scaling teams and systems in high-growth environments.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Exposure to Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) and/or Data-driven decision-making software.

Employee Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:

• Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
• Up to 8% pension contribution
• Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
• Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
• Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
• Three paid volunteering days a year
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
• Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
• Employee resource groups

About Low Carbon Contracts Company

The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) exists to help decarbonise the generation of electricity and make it more affordable for the future. Our work is central to the delivery of the Government’s objective to achieve Net Zero target by 2050.

Discover more about LCCC and what it's like to work with us by watching this video:

https://vimeo.com/1071699533

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