(Software)EngineeringManagerrequiredformyclientinLeatherhead. PLEASENOTE:Youdon'thavetobeacurrentEngineeringManageryoucouldbeaSenior,Lead,PrincipaletcsolongasyouhavestrongJavadevelopmentexperienceandexperingofmentoring/managing/coachingetc THISROLEIS4DAYSPERWEEKON-SITE.PLEASEONLYAPPLYIFYOUAREHAPPYTOWORKON-SITE4DAYSPERWEEK. Thebudgetforthisroleis£85k-£90k. Inthisroleyou'llbehands-onapprox~70-80%codinginJava,documentation,etcand20-30%responsibleforateamof3Developers1SRE. Requiredexperience: ProvenExperience:5yearsinsoftwareengineeringwithastrongbackgroundinJavadevelopment,andatleast2yearsinanengineeringmanagementortechnicalleadershiprole. Java&EcosystemExpertise:DeepknowledgeofJavaandcommonframeworkssuchasSpring/SpringBoot,Hibernate,andRESTfulservices SystemDesign:ExperiencearchitectingandscalingdistributedsystemsbuiltinJava DeliveryFocused:Trackrecordofmanagingagiledelivery,backlogrefinement,andreleaseplanningforJava-basedapplications. IncidentManagement:Hands-onexperienceleadingincidentresponse,debuggingJVM-relatedproductionissues,andproducingRCAdocumentation. Cloud&DevOpsKnowledge:FamiliaritywithdeployingandrunningJavaapplicationsoncloudplatforms(AWS,GCP,orAzure),usingCI/CDpipelines,containers(Docker,Kubernetes),andinfrastructure-as-code. OperationalMindset:Proficiencywithmonitoring,logging,andobservabilitytools(e.g.,Prometheus,Grafana,ELK,Splunk)forJavaworkloads. SecurityAwareness:UnderstandingofsecurityconsiderationsspecifictoJavaapplications,includingdependencymanagement,OWASPvulnerabilities,andsecurecodingpractices. FinancialAcumen:Abilitytomanagebudgetsandoptimizespendonoperationaltoolsandservices. Client-FacingSkills:Comfortableengagingwithclientstoexplaintechnicalissuesinaccessiblelanguage,particularlyaroundintegrationorperformanceofJava-basedservices. PeopleLeadership:DemonstratedabilitytomentoranddevelopJavaengineers,fosteringgrowthandaccountabilitywithintheteam.