Job Description

As an Engineering Manager, you will oversee up to four engineering teams -- each with their own Technical Lead. You will be pivotal in scaling i6's engineering operations, driving technical excellence, accelerating delivery, and fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and operational rigor.

Responsibilities

Technical Delivery


Overseeing architecture and infrastructure decisions for the Biosphere platforms. Upholding engineering best practices--code quality, CI/CD, testing, and security standards. Driving technical innovation. Optimising delivery processes (e.g. Agile/Scrum/Kanban). Establishing robust metrics, monitoring team performance, and driving continuous improvement. Ensuring timely, high-quality releases with reliability and maintainability in mind.

Leadership & Management


Line-managing 3-4 Technical Leads. Providing coaching, performance development, and mentorship. Ensuring career growth through planning and regular feedback. Aligning engineering roadmaps with business goals and product direction. Contributing to the creation and implementation of transparent "career ladders" for the roles within Engineering. Driving continuous improvement, by challenging the status quo and fostering a culture of innovation.

Key Stakeholder Relationship Development


Collaborating with Product, Design, QA, and Customer Success to deliver impactful features. Build a strong relationship with our Infrastructure team, encouraging more direct collaboration between engineers and their Infrastructure colleagues.

Culture


Championing i6's values: Improve, Influence, Impress, Innovation, Intelligence, Integrity. Encouraging diversity, inclusion, collaboration, and a remote-first mindset. Fostering cross-team collaboration and removing obstacles to delivery.

Experience

Proven experience managing multiple engineering teams (preferably 3-4), including line-management of Technical Leads. Bachelor's degree - preferably in Software Engineering, Computer Science or similar, but other degrees would be considered. At least 10 years experience in the software development realm; at least 3 years leading teams. Note that you are not expected to code in this role, but experience with our primary languages (PHP and Javascript/Typescript) would be beneficial. Strong technical leadership in SaaS, Cloud-based platforms--ideally with real-time, data-driven applications. Experience with Agile methodologies and delivery frameworks. Strong grasp of architecture, and an ability to lead architectural decision making. Solid understanding of engineering best practices: CI/CD, code reviews, test automation, observability, security; and a track record of implementing them. Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow technical leaders. Excellent communication and collaboration skills across functions. Experience with containerisation and orchestration, preferably in GCP or AWS environments. * Experience decomposing monolithic application into finer grained services.