Software Engineering Manager Technical Delivery

Just Group plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - GBP 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retirement solutions company is seeking a Software Engineering Manager for technical delivery in London. This role focuses on leading architecture, managing teams, and driving agile delivery within financial services. The ideal candidate will possess deep technical leadership skills and a strong grasp of modern software architecture. Benefits include competitive salary, bonus opportunities, and a focus on employee well-being and development. This position is hybrid with 50% working remotely.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave plus birthday leave

Private medical cover

Generous bonus scheme

Career progression opportunities

Access to mental health resources

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a senior engineer or technical lead within financial services.
• Strong technical leadership and understanding of complex problem-solving.
• Experience managing teams and driving engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design sessions for scalable solutions.
• Drive delivery outcomes and manage sprint execution.
• Embed a culture of technical excellence and improvement.

Skills

Technical leadership

Agile delivery

Modern architecture

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Dynatrace

Application Insights

Job description

Software Engineering Manager - Technical Delivery

Location: London – hybrid 50%

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours

Purpose

This role provides technical leadership rooted in real engineering insight—remaining close to the code to guide design and implementation while upholding high standards in architecture and delivery. Its purpose is to ensure teams build scalable, reliable software that supports business goals.

About Just

We help people achieve a better later life. That’s our purpose and it’s the reason we exist. We are a fast‑growing company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market‑leading, award‑winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,400 purpose‑led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do.

This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK’s most loved retirement expert.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading architecture and design sessions, ensuring solutions are logical, scalable, and aligned with engineering standards.
• Drive delivery outcomes, managing sprint execution, resolving technical blockers, and maintaining accountability for quality.
• Embed a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and structured problem‑solving.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and guiding architecture and system design decisions.
• Promote engineering best practices and technical standards across teams.
• Manage and develop teams, including permanent and contingent resources, ensuring alignment, engagement, and performance.
• Serve as the main point of contact for delivery risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications, providing clear updates for technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Manage resource allocation, capacity planning, and prioritisation across multiple teams and deliveries.
• Oversee end‑of‑life systems and technical debt, ensuring timely prioritisation, stakeholder alignment, and delivery of remediation activities.
• Identify gaps in current practices and drive initiatives to improve throughput, quality, reliability, and documentation, using metrics and structured problem‑solving.
• Collaborate with Lead Engineers and Architects to ensure alignment with broader technical direction.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience as a senior engineer, architect or technical lead within financial services.
• Strong technical leadership, staying close to the code to review, challenge and guide real engineering solutions
• Deep understanding of modern architecture, system design and complex technical problem‑solving
• Track record of driving engineering standards, best practices and consistently high technical quality
• Team management experience with experience leading multi‑team delivery across major transformation or large‑scale technical programmes
• Skilled in Agile delivery with accountability for sprint outcomes, technical quality and effective stakeholder communications
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate complex technical concepts for technical and non‑technical audiences.

Technical Skills & Tools

Monitoring & Observability: Dynatrace, Application Insights

What’s in it for you

• A competitive salary, pension scheme and life assurance
• 25 days annual leave plus an additional day on us for your birthday
• Private medical cover and income protection, just in case
• A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme
• Opportunities to progress your career in‑role and within the company
• Free access to the Headspace app, 24/7 employee assistance helpline and trained physical and mental health first aiders
• A variety of employee funded benefits available via our online benefits portal
• Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones