Development Manager (DevSecOps | Cloud | Engineering Leadership) London Hybrid

High-impact Development Manager role within a modern, cloud-first investment group! Were partnering with a leading private investment firm that has built one of the most forward-thinking engineering environments in European finance. The business is now looking for a Development Manager to lead a talented cross-functional engineering team, drive DevSecOps maturity, and evolve cloud architecture and delivery standards across the group.

This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role ideal for an experienced Engineering or DevSecOps Lead who enjoys coaching teams, shaping technical direction, and delivering practical, secure, scalable software solutions.

The Opportunity

• Lead and mentor a team of software, data, and cloud engineers delivering high-value business platforms.
• Define and evolve the firms DevSecOps strategy embedding automation, observability, and security-by-design into every stage of development.
• Drive best practice across CI/CD, container orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code using modern cloud tooling.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to align engineering priorities with business objectives.
• Promote modern delivery standards (DORA metrics, testing excellence, Agile maturity, code quality).
• Shape the technical roadmap and contribute hands-on to architecture and engineering where needed.

Tech Environment

AWS | Azure | Terraform | Kubernetes | Docker | TypeScript | Python | C# | React | Node.js | DataDog | GitLab | K6 | Event-driven & Microservices Architectures

What Were Looking For

• Proven experience leading or managing cross-functional engineering teams (820+ engineers).
• Strong background in DevOps / DevSecOps, cloud infrastructure, or software engineering.
• Deep understanding of CI/CD automation, observability, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Experience working in modern, cloud-first environments (financial services or tech product backgrounds welcome).
• A collaborative leader who inspires technical excellence and encourages autonomy, accountability, and innovation.

This role suits someone who thrives on blending technical depth with leadership a manager who can guide engineers, set direction, and still stay close enough to the tools to make meaningful architectural impact.

To learn more, reach out directly to me@mondrian-alpha.com or apply via LinkedIn.