Overview
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager on a contract basis to join a major pricing transformation programme within a leading financial services organisation. This role involves providing technical leadership while navigating a mix of legacy systems and modern cloud-native technologies. The Engineering Manager will collaborate with both technical teams and senior business stakeholders to shape and execute the engineering strategy and ensure successful delivery outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering activities across the pricing transformation initiative.
- Assess and improve existing legacy systems, applications, and codebases.
- Provide technical guidance on modernisation strategies and technology investments.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to adopt modern technologies and practices.
- Communicate technical challenges and recommendations to non-technical stakeholders.
- Influence technical direction across products and platforms.
- Support architectural decision-making for legacy and modern environments.
- Drive engineering excellence and continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Proven experience as an Engineering Manager in complex technology environments.
- Strong background in delivering technology transformation programmes.
- Experience with both legacy and modern technology stacks.
- Understanding of software engineering principles, architecture, and platform design.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to convert business objectives into actionable technical strategies.
- Experience influencing technical decisions across teams.
- Familiarity with a range of technologies like TypeScript, React, AWS, PHP, Oracle, Java.