Engineering Manager (Java/Mobile/Cross-platform)

Software Engineering Manager (Kotlin/Mobile/cross-platform) ITHR Group plc East Sussex, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

My client is seeking a hands-on Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Back End service layer for a major iOS and Android travel application.

Remit

  • Lead delivery of the mobile application service layer supporting iOS and Android platforms
  • Provide technical leadership across engineering teams and drive engineering best practices
  • Own architecture, design, development and deployment of scalable Back End services
  • Lead technical governance across development teams, vendors and stakeholders
  • Drive CI/CD, automation and cloud-native engineering practices
  • Establish code review, release management and engineering quality standards
  • Mentor engineers and lead team growth, performance and technical maturity
  • Support hiring and development of engineering talent

Skills

  • 10+ years software engineering experience
  • 2+ years leadership experience managing engineering teams
  • Strong hands-on Java 17+ or Kotlin development experience
  • Strong Spring Boot and microservices architecture experience
  • Experience with Gradle build automation
  • Experience with GitHub Actions and/or CircleCI
  • Strong cloud platform experience
  • Expertise in observability, monitoring and alerting tools such as Sentry
  • Swift (iOS) experience essential
  • Android Kotlin experience essential
  • Agile delivery experience (Scrum/Kanban)

Desirable

  • Enterprise-scale application development experience
  • Travel, loyalty or customer-facing product experience
  • Automated testing and performance testing experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar discipline

For immediate consideration, please send me your latest CV

Job Details

Company
IT Human Resources
Location
Sussex, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Salary
GBP Annual
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