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Who We Are

interactive investor (ii) is the UK''s number one flat-fee investment platform, here to help our customers take control of their financial future. For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for customer pensions, ISAs and investments. Our flat fee stays the same as investments grow. We provide an industry-leading selection of investments and expert insights to help customers invest in the way that’s right for them. interactive investor has been helping investors for 25 years, with assets under administration of over £45 billion, over 350,000 customers, and trusted ratings on Trustpilot.

What We Stand For

We want our customers to feel confident and in control, and for interactive investor to be a workplace where we can all thrive. We are honest, straight-talking and transparent with customers and colleagues. We are decisive and take ownership of what we say and deliver. We are ambitious and passionate about what we believe is right for our customers, our teams, ourselves and interactive investor.

Role Purpose

The Application Engineering Manager role is primarily responsible for managing a team of developers, with a focus on people management, skills and talent development, career progression, resourcing management, and software development practices. The role combines people leadership with a strong technical foundation to guide and support the team, while maintaining peers’ and own technical skills to effectively lead the function.

They work closely with the Senior Manager to strategise and plan resourcing, allocate and plan resources for squads and projects, manage recruitment, and develop skills and talent within the team. They partner with engineers to develop and implement software development processes, methodologies, and patterns. They report to a Senior Manager and operate within the technical domain, collaborating across the organisation on technical management. They support change to delegated subsets of the overall technical domain. Some hands-on coding may be part of the role. The role requires leadership, management, and technical skills, the ability to build relationships, motivate your team, and drive successful outcomes.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, coach, recruit and manage a team of software engineers, ensuring high levels of motivation, performance, and productivity

Drive technical innovation and continuous improvement within the team

Work with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless workflow and efficient task management within squads

Advise and coach best practices for software development, including code reviews, testing, and continuous integration

Understand and help to prioritise the outcomes and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) that the team aims to achieve, and actively influence their accomplishment

Facilitate effective communication within the team and across departments

Monitor team health and well-being through regular surveys, one-on-one meetings, and open communication to maintain a supportive environment

Conduct performance reviews, provide feedback, and support professional development

Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in software development

Maintain an understanding of risks and controls of software development in a regulated industry

Requirements

Experience

Extensive experience in a development environment with a focus on software engineering methodologies, patterns, and practices

Proficiency in the programming language used by your team to guide and support members and evaluate work

Experience in a leadership role, managing technical teams and leading process improvement initiatives

Experience delivering changes to business-critical, highly available customer-facing platforms

Experience mentoring a team of developers, including performance management, career development, and recruitment

Proven experience working autonomously and owning assigned project deliverables

Skills

Excellent time management and prioritisation

Excellent communication and leadership skills

Strong analytical skills

A proactive growth and learning mindset

Technology Area Skills

Javascript Tech

React/React Native

TypeScript

Building accessible semantic HTML

SEO

JVM Tech

JVM Experience

Source control (Git based)

Developer coaching skills including Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development and coding training

Distributed systems and architectures (microservices, event-driven, serverless)

DevOps

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Other

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

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