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Head of Engineering - Perm £110k - Manchester

Lorien
Posted 20 hours ago, valid for 12 days
Location

Manchester, Greater Manchester M17 1DJ, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A leading gaming and betting company in central Manchester is looking for a Head of Engineering to oversee a specific workstream within their expanding technology landscape.
  • The role involves leading software engineering and quality assurance efforts to support the company's growth and innovation as it aims to become a tech hub in Manchester.
  • Candidates should have experience in scaling engineering teams, modern software engineering practices, quality assurance, and continuous integration and deployments.
  • The position requires excellent line management skills, including the ability to manage managers and inspire a team of direct reports.
  • The salary for this role is £110,000, and candidates should ideally have significant experience in a relevant engineering leadership position.

About the Company - A leading gaming and betting company in central Manchester is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead a specific workstream within their rapidly expanding technology landscape. The role involves overseeing software engineering and quality assurance to help the company grow and innovate as it looks to become a leading tech hub in Manchester. You will play a key function in helping the company rapidly grow the business and build market share in the UK and emerging new territories.

About the Role - Responsibilities include leading engineering best practices, ensuring teams have the right skills and resources, maintaining strong stakeholder relationships, and supporting a DevOps culture. To operate at scale, you should ensure we have the right capabilities and skills amongst engineers to support and maintain healthy environments, enabling frequent release cadences through automation. Line manage the Engineering Managers in your workstream.

Responsibilities - Essential skills include scaling engineering teams, understanding modern software engineering, focus on quality assurance, and experience with continuous integration and deployments. Excellent line management skills, including managing managers, that provide you with the ability to inspire and drive your team of direct reports.

Required Skills

  • Scaling engineering teams
  • Understanding modern software engineering
  • Focus on quality assurance
  • Experience with continuous integration and deployments
  • Technical prowess having spent time as a software engineer or technical architect

Pay range and compensation package - The position offers a salary of £110,000, flexi-time, bonuses, pension contributions, maternity/paternity pay, and various recognition and wellbeing programs. You will be part of a journey to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale. With the help of the new platform, you'll be able to help pioneer new products and drive more advanced, creative technologies.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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