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At E.ON Next, we're not just another energy company. We're a tech-driven innovator, leading the charge in transforming the energy industry. We're building a sustainable future, and we're looking for a passionate Engineering Manager to lead our talented Backend team on this exciting journey.
Do you thrive on inspiring and empowering engineers to deliver exceptional results? Are you a natural leader with a knack for fostering collaboration and driving technical excellence? If so, we want to hear from you!
A taste of what you'll be doing:
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Lead and Inspire: Guide and mentor a team of talented backend engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and high performance.
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Strategic Vision: Contribute to the strategic direction of the backend team, ensuring alignment with E.ON Next's technology vision and business objectives.
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Delivery Champion: Take ownership of the team's delivery outcomes, collaborating closely with Product Managers and stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
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Technical Excellence: Champion engineering best practices, ensuring the team delivers high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
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Empowerment Advocate: Empower your team to make technical decisions, providing guidance and support while encouraging autonomy and ownership.
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Growth Facilitator: Support the professional development of your team members, providing opportunities for growth and learning.
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Collaboration Catalyst: Foster strong relationships with other teams, ensuring seamless collaboration and communication across the organisation.
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Hands-on Leader: While your focus will be on leadership and management, you'll still have opportunities to contribute technically and stay connected to the code.
Are we the perfect match?
Here's what we need from you
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Leadership Expertise: Proven experience leading and managing engineering teams, with a focus on fostering collaboration, growth, and high performance.
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Technical Foundation: Strong technical background with experience in backend development, ideally with Python and AWS.
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Strategic Thinker: Ability to think strategically and contribute to the technical direction of the team.
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Delivery Focus: Track record of successfully delivering high-quality software solutions.
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Agile & DevOps Advocate: Embraces agile methodologies and DevOps practices, with a focus on continuous improvement and automation.
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Communication & Collaboration: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
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Mentorship & Coaching: Passion for mentoring and coaching engineers, helping them grow and develop their skills.
It would be great if you had
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Experience with microservices architectures and serverless technologies.
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Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Here's what else you need to know:
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Role may close earlier due to high applications.
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Competitive salary
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Hybrid working approach: split your week between home and our London hub, with a team goal of meting in the office one day per week
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Generous holidays: 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
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Amazing benefits: access a wide range of flexible benefits including buying extra holidays, retail discounts, health and wellbeing options and more
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Pension scheme: enjoy a generous pension contribution for your future
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DBS check: for successful candidates, a basic DBS check will be required
A place to be you
We're committed to equal opportunities and actively promote a diverse and inclusive working environment, where everyone can be their best. We realise the best people bring their energy at different times, so we're happy to talk flexible working. We offer a range of flexible working options, including full time, part time, variable start and finishing times.
