Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager - Mobile - Manchester - Hybrid - 6-month contract (2x a week onsite) - £736 p/d (Inside IR35)

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to join a globally recognised E-commerce client, leading a multidisciplinary team working on a key customer-facing search and conversational experience.

You'll lead Android, iOS, Back End and full-stack engineers, partnering with Product, Design, UX and Data teams across international locations. The role combines people leadership, delivery management and strong Android technical leadership.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Own delivery planning, roadmap progress, resourcing, dependencies and risks.
• Provide technical direction across Android, iOS, Back End and full-stack development.
• Provide Android guidance across Kotlin, Jetpack, Compose/Views and architecture.
• Support technical decisions, code reviews, debugging and production issues.
• Drive quality, testing, accessibility, security, performance and reliability.
• Own services from discovery through production and continuous improvement.
• Support recruitment, headcount planning and team ways of working.
• Build an inclusive, high-performing culture focused on autonomy and development.

Key requirements

• 5+ years' software engineering experience, including significant Android experience.
• Previous experience managing, leading or coaching engineering teams.
• Strong Kotlin and Android expertise.
• Experience with modern Android architecture, Jetpack, Compose/Views, modularisation and asynchronous programming.
• Strong understanding of mobile testing, CI/CD, releases and production debugging.
• Experience making decisions around architecture, networking, caching and performance.
• Ability to contribute to Android code and technical investigations when required.
• Strong stakeholder communication and people-development skills.
• Pragmatic approach to balancing customer impact, delivery, technical quality and operational risk.

Location: Manchester - 2 days onsite

Duration: Initial 6 months

Day rate: £736 p/d (Inside IR35)