Job Description

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Senior Manager - Software Engineering Lead - Digital Engineering - Technology Consulting - UKI - Belfast
New innovations and technologies are disrupting the business environment. Organizations that want to remain competitive must embrace innovation or risk being left behind. At EY, we help our clients solve large and complex end-to-end business transformation challenges through a combination of human-centred design thinking, business innovation and digital technology.
In Digital Engineering we design and build innovative solutions that address the most important issues and opportunities for our clients. We work in agile, cross-functional teams addressing some of most significant issues facing society today, such as transition to sustainable energy, digitisation of government, scaling high-growth businesses, realising the potential of AI and improving wellness with digital healthcare.
The core capabilities of our team include:

• Software engineering. We design and build end-to-end digital services that deliver tangible value for our clients and their users. Our work can span technical proofs of concept using emerging technologies to truly web-scale products, used by millions of people.
• Digital technology delivery management. Using principles of lean start-up and agile, we manage large-scale product engineering programmes using an ecosystem of EY, client and partner agency resources. We have a range of skills across programme management, solution architecture, product management, business analysis and delivery management.
• Digital strategy, horizon scanning, and strategic planning. Working in combination with Business Designers, Researchers, Strategists, Industry and Functional Specialists, we develop a vision, roadmap and case for change to address fundamental issues facing our clients, such as "how can we grow?", "how do we respond to disruption?" and "what can we do next?".

As a technology specialist, EY offers you the opportunity to apply your skills in a highly strategic context, working on meaningful and impactful solutions that build a better working world. EY is a leader in Business Transformation services and the Digital Engineering team is a rapidly growing to enable us to deliver more of our technology work without needing to rely on ecosystem partners. This is an exciting time and new joiners will have many opportunities to make their mark on the business and accelerate their personal and professional growth.
The opportunity
As a Software Engineering Lead, you will guide product engineering teams in the delivery of digital services for our clients. You will be a hands-on engineer and engineering leader, building credibility with our clients through high-quality technical execution.
As a senior engineer in a growing team, you will also be responsible for developing and promoting an engineering culture in the team, providing mentoring to junior engineers and leading by example.
Your key responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and delivery of large-scale, cloud-native applications running on AWS, Azure or GCP
• Design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality code
• Communicate effectively with clients to manage technical priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
• Manage a team of EY onshore and offshore engineers on client projects and play a part in their career growth at EY
• Collaborate with internal and external business and design teams to deliver successful client outcomes
• Continuous evolve and optimise software engineering processes based on experiences and best practices
• Contribute to the EY Digital Engineering practice culture by sharing knowledge and experiences with the wider team

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Practical engineering experience in e.g. Software Engineering, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or similar fields
• Strong, hands-on engineering experience with one or more programming languages such as Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages
• Strong understanding of at least one relational database technology such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or MS SQL
• Experience working with multiple software architectures, including monoliths, modular monoliths and microservices
• Practical experience building, deploying and running large cloud native digital services in production, including CI/CD, monitoring and observability
• Experience working with at least one cloud provider, e.g. AWS, Azure or GCP
• Experience leading technical projects and teams
• Experience in a forward-deployed engineering role, working directly with clients
• Experience guiding and mentoring junior engineers
• Excellent communication skills and ability to produce high-quality written deliverables in fluent English

• A willingness to travel and work in client sites, both in the UK and overseas as and when required
• SC clearance or eligible for SC clearance

What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
Join us in building a better working world.
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