Software Engineering Manager (City of London)

The Brand:

WeTech have partnered with one of the most innovative brands in the premium and luxury beauty & cosmetics space. This brand operate as an omnichannel retailer; where through their channels customers can find an amazing collection of the most innovative products, from the most renowned brands across the globe. The brand sell both cosmetics products and incredible related gadgets. This brand are exceptionally passionate about delivering exceptional, bespoke services to their customers, both online and in-store. The Technology team is comprised of some INCREDIBLY talented people, who thrive in environments where cutting-edge technology is at the forefront.

The Role:

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead the transformation of a complex technology estate from monolithic systems to a scalable, microservices-driven architecture.

This role requires strong hands-on leadership, which will blend technical expertise, strategic architectural planning, and team mentorship, to ensure a seamless technology modernisation effort.

This role will focus on leading the engineering efforts around Cloud technologies, Microservices and ERP.

The key responsibilities for the role are:

• Technical Leadership: Experience working with and knowledge of retail ERP solutions - Collaborate in design and implementation of middleware solutions in Azure, focussing on scalability, reliability and security - Supporting in architecting and expanding the micro-service infrastructure to support business growth and evolving requirements - Oversee the adoption and best practises of Azure technologies, including API management, Service Bus and Azure Functions
• Team Management: Manage, mentor, and inspire multiple teams of Engineers from differing tech stacks - Working with existing engineers to expand their knowledge of new technologies within Azure - Conduct regular one-to-one meetings, set objectives, and evaluate performance
• Project Delivery: Collaborate with cross-functional team, including Product Management and QA to ensure timely project and solution delivery - Support in implementing best-practise Agile methodologies across engineering teams - Translate business requirements into technical deliverables
• Process Improvement: Collaborate with DevOps to refine and develop workflows, CI/CD pipelines and coding standards - Advocate for a DevOps mindset, ensuring continuous improvement in deployment and monitoring
• Leadership Skills: Strong ability to demonstrate and lead, mentor, and manage small, high-performing teams - Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Technical Skills: Expertise in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures - Familiarity with DevOps practises; CI/CD pipelines, containerisation (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes) - Solid understanding of Database Systems including SQL/NoSQL - Strong retail background

The Person:

The ideal candidate possesses the above skills and is able to discuss and exhibit:

• Proven experience as a Software Engineering Manager or a Lead Software Engineer within a Retail environment
• Experience with Azure, particularly in Middleware and microservice architecture
• Strong programming background, with proficiency in .NET, node, JavaScript or equivalent languages
• Hands on experience with API development, Azure Service Bus, Event Grid, and Azure Functions.