Overview
Engineering Manager – Infrastructure & DevOps. We are seeking an Engineering Manager, with a bias towards Infrastructure Engineering, to join the World Check One team, part of the Risk Intelligence Product Engineering organisation. The role will lead and empower teams to design, build, and continuously improve secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure solutions for World-Check One—a critical platform for risk intelligence and compliance screening. The successful impact of this role is building an environment where engineers can grow, systems are well-designed, and outcomes meet customer needs.
Key Responsibilities
* Leadership & People Management
o Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers and DevOps specialists.
o Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
o Drive performance management, career development, and team engagement.
* Technical Strategy & Delivery
o Define and implement the engineering roadmap aligned with product and business goals.
o Ensure high availability, automation, scalability, and security of World-Check One systems.
o Oversee architecture decisions, code quality, and standard process adoption.
* AWS Infrastructure & DevOps
o Work with our Infrastructure architects to develop solution designs and optimization for our AWS-based infrastructure (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront, etc.).
o Continually improve our Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
o Drive CI/CD pipeline automation and deployment strategies using tools such as GitHub Pipelines and Jenkins.
o Champion observability and reliability through monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (CloudWatch, Datadog).
* Security & Compliance
o Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and internal security policies.
o Implement robust identity and access management (IAM) and data protection measures.
* Team Collaboration
o Partner with Product Managers, Architects, and other Engineering Managers to deliver high-quality solutions across the whole portfolio.
o Communicate technical concepts effectively to non-technical interested parties.
Core Proficiencies
* Technical: Coach the team to apply strong technical practices across software and infrastructure, remaining hands-on where it matters. Build credibility through delivery and set clear expectations for quality, reliability, and maintainability.
* Customer Focus: Guide the team to design and deliver with customer needs in mind, respond quickly to operational issues, and use feedback to improve delivery.
* Risk Management: Balance speed with safety, set expectations for secure delivery, and use insights to improve risk awareness and decision-making.
* Leadership: Take ownership of outcomes, guide others through ambiguity, and coach the team to learn from feedback and grow future engineers.
* Analytical: Foster a culture of evidence-based decision-making, measurable improvement, and innovation through data.
* Adaptability: Encourage creative thinking, continuous improvement, and adoption of better ways of working.
* Communication: Communicate priorities, feedback, and expectations clearly, connecting team work to goals and outcomes.
Required Skills & Experience
* Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or Technical Lead in a SaaS or enterprise environment.
* Strong hands-on expertise in AWS cloud services and DevOps practices.
* Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation).
* Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes/ECS).
* Experience with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, DataDog).
* Strong knowledge of security protocols in cloud environments.
* Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
Preferred Experience
* AWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer certification.
* Experience with microservices architecture and event-driven systems.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting and Financial Services
Company
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information: Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer offering tailored benefits and a collaborative culture. We also offer privacy notices for applicants and guidance for recruitment agencies.
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