Software Engineering Manager

Job Description

In-office requirement:

4-days per week in office in city centre, London.
Hands-on:

50% hands-on coding / 50% managerial responsibilities

Our client analyse and predict football matches. Their software engineering team is responsible for helping build and maintain the software that makes that possible - everything from modern web applications to statistical models, real time data platforms to cloud infrastructure.

As the leader of this team, you will:
Manage, motivate and mentor a high-performing software engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement;
Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects;
Develop the team's technical roadmap, and take responsibility for the system architecture and design;
Support the recruitment and retention of software engineers;
Help set the strategic direction for the software engineering team, balancing technical and business demands;
Oversee the maintenance and support of existing software systems.

Role Requirements:
Our client is first and foremost a football company, and to have a big impact here, it will help if you have domain expertise – you will probably be a big football fan, and ideally someone who is comfortable with the mathematical and statistical approaches they are applying to the game. If you have any experience with sports betting or football analytics that is a bonus.

We’d love to hear from you if this sounds like you:
Experienced software engineer, with some experience as a technical manager or team lead;
A passion for developing and mentoring members of your team;
Well-versed in working with distributed systems in the cloud (their software runs in AWS, deployed via Docker and Kubernetes);
Willing to work across our tech stack: Scala, Python, C++, Typescript and PHP;
Experience in building micro-service architectures;
Commitment and drive. You'll see things through to the end and set an example for your team to follow;
Thrives on responsibility and ownership;
Pragmatic mindset;
Excellent communication, time management and organisational skills.