Senior Engineering Manager
Posted 19hrs ago
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Job Description
Manage and lead multiple engineering teams to deliver high-quality software products. Drive engineering culture and technical vision at Civica, a GovTech champion supporting critical public services.
Responsibilities:
- Manage engineers and engineering managers
- Own the people management and delivery efforts of multiple engineering teams
- Make data driven decisions
- Instill a culture of measurement and constant learning and improvement
- Strive to make Civica a great place to work, learn and grow for software engineers
Requirements:
- Hire, build and manage multiple teams of successful & happy software engineers
- Enabling your teams for success, delivering high-quality products to our customers
- Set and communicate clear priorities and a strategy that contribute to Civica’s goals
- Help to set the long-term technical vision for your teams, and contribute to the wider Civica Engineering vision
- Drive the evolution of Civica’s engineering culture
- Develop and align processes and decision-making across teams
- Aligning engineering efforts with product colleagues & other senior stakeholders
- Experience in recruiting, coaching and mentoring software engineers and managers
- A technical background, able to engage with software engineers on a deeply technical level and contribute to technical decision making
- Strong knowledge of modern software development practices such as agile development, testing principles, security, and observability
- Expertise implementing engineering metrics to drive quality and performance
- Comfortable with ambiguity, and able to create clarity for your teams
- Awareness of Developer Experience principles (Nice to Haves)
- Experience modernising legacy software (Nice to Haves)
- Worked in an environment where engineers own production services (Nice to Haves)
- Experience working with globally distributed teams (Nice to Haves)
Benefits:
- 25 Days Annual Leave + bank holidays – plus the option to buy up to 10 extra days!
- Days of Difference – Up to 3 extra days off for volunteering.
- Pension Contributions – 5% employer match to support your future.
- Income Protection – Up to 75% salary cover for long-term illness.
- Life Assurance – 4x salary tax-free lump sum.
- Critical Illness Cover – £25,000 lump sum (extendable to dependents).
- Private Medical Insurance – Fast access to private healthcare.
- Health Cash Plan – Claim back physio, therapies & more.
- Dental Insurance – Cover for routine & emergency care.
- Affinity Groups – Join employee-led communities.
- Bounty Bonus – Refer a friend & get rewarded.



















