Overview
i6 Group, Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
Engineering Manager role at i6 Group. You will oversee up to four engineering teams — each with their own Technical Lead. You will be pivotal in scaling i6’s engineering operations, driving technical excellence, accelerating delivery, and fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and operational rigor.
Responsibilities
* Overseeing architecture and infrastructure decisions for the Biosphere platforms.
* Upholding engineering best practices—code quality, CI/CD, testing, and security standards.
* Driving technical innovation.
* Optimising delivery processes (e.g. Agile/Scrum/Kanban).
* Establishing robust metrics, monitoring team performance, and driving continuous improvement.
* Ensuring timely, high-quality releases with reliability and maintainability in mind.
Leadership & Management
* Line-managing 3–4 Technical Leads.
* Providing coaching, performance development, and mentorship.
* Ensuring career growth through planning and regular feedback.
* Aligning engineering roadmaps with business goals and product direction.
* Contributing to the creation and implementation of transparent career ladders for roles within Engineering.
* Driving continuous improvement by challenging the status quo and fostering a culture of innovation.
Key Stakeholder Relationship Development
* Collaborating with Product, Design, QA, and Customer Success to deliver impactful features.
* Building a strong relationship with the Infrastructure team, encouraging more direct collaboration between engineers and Infrastructure colleagues.
Culture
* Championing i6’s values: Improve, Influence, Impress, Innovation, Intelligence, Integrity.
* Encouraging diversity, inclusion, collaboration, and a remote-first mindset.
* Fostering cross-team collaboration and removing obstacles to delivery.
Experience
* Proven experience managing multiple engineering teams (preferably 3–4), including line-management of Technical Leads.
* Bachelor’s degree - preferably in Software Engineering, Computer Science or similar, but other degrees would be considered.
* At least 10 years experience in the software development realm; at least 3 years leading teams. Note that you are not expected to code in this role, but experience with our primary languages (PHP and Javascript/Typescript) would be beneficial.
* Strong technical leadership in SaaS, Cloud-based platforms—ideally with real-time, data-driven applications.
* Experience with Agile methodologies and delivery frameworks.
* Strong grasp of architecture, and an ability to lead architectural decision making.
* Solid understanding of engineering best practices: CI/CD, code reviews, test automation, observability, security; and a track record of implementing them.
* Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow technical leaders.
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills across functions.
* Experience with containerisation and orchestration, preferably in GCP or AWS environments.
* Experience decomposing monolithic applications into finer-grained services.
Seniority level
* Director
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Software Development
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