We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.

Role: Engineering Manager
Location: Knutsford (Hybrid)
Duration: End of December 2025
Pay Rate: £402 per day Inside IR35 status

Role Description:

The Engineering Manager specializes in Engineering Management as a manager of people. Engineering Managers at see their team as their product. While they are technically credible and know the details of what engineers work on, their time is spent safeguarding their team's health, hiring a world-class team, and putting them in the best position to succeed. They own the delivery of product commitments and are always looking to improve productivity. They must also coordinate across departments to accomplish collaborative goals.

Responsibilities -

Manage a team of engineers.

Help the engineers grow their skills and experience

Author project plans for epics

Run agile project management processes

Provide guidance and coaching to team members on technical contributions, product architecture, and other areas.

Maintain empathy for the team by keeping awareness of engineering processes and practices. Examples might be: evaluating individual workflow during one on ones, conducting code reviews, or working on non-critical path bugs and/or features.

Exposure to Agile and working with scrum teams ensuring the high quality delivery of technical stories.

Responsible for story based design, development & local test and adherence to all coding standards

Responsible for high quality code, responsible for leading team into delivery

Expected to contribute strongly in all agile ceremonies (planning/stand-ups/retros etc) to ensure high velocity is maintained.

Expected to be supportive within the team, both technically and culturally, to help achieve all targets

Strong familiarity with Jira and Confluence and Knowledge of DevOps and Continuous Integration & Delivery

Should be able to contribute and design delivery discussions, manage multiple stakeholders.

Should be from development background, working with Java microservices and API.

Generate and implement process improvements

Hold regular 1:1s with all members of their team and give regular and clear feedback around the individual performance

Foster technical decision making on the team, but make final decisions when necessary

If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.