66 Back End Development jobs in London
Manager, Software Engineering
London, London
Expedia Group
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Join Us at Expedia Group!
At Expedia Group, we power global travel for everyone, everywhere. Our cutting-edge technology is designed to make travel smoother and more memorable, while our groundbreaking solutions support our partners. Join our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community that drives our success!
Why Join Us?We believe that to shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated, and we know that when one of us wins, we all win.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Exciting travel perks
- Generous time-off
- Parental leave
- A flexible work model with amazing office spaces
- Career development resources to fuel your passion for travel
Join us in building a more open world!
Position: Software Engineering Manager Introduction to the TeamPrivate Label Solutions (PLS) is the B2B arm of Expedia Group, bringing our innovative technology and distribution solutions to partners worldwide. Our clients include global financial institutions, corporate managed travel, offline travel agents, and major airlines.
We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on building the foundational technology behind Expedia Partner Solutions’ Credit and Billing platforms. Your work will enable millions of travelers to access the right travel products at the right time!
Your RoleAs part of the Core Technology organization, you will:
- Lead an agile engineering team delivering high-scale, high-availability services for partner credit and billing use cases.
- Own the technical execution and delivery plan across a core strategic project, collaborating with TPM and Product peers.
- Drive operational excellence, including testing strategies, SLAs, observability, and production readiness.
- Influence architecture and system design decisions, advocating for clean code, reusability, and long-term maintainability.
- Build strong partnerships across engineering, finance, and product teams to align technical investments with business outcomes.
- Ensure cross-team collaboration and unblock dependencies in a multi-team, multi-domain environment.
- Provide regular coaching, mentoring, and career development for engineers and managers.
- Grow and scale your team with a focus on diversity, autonomy, and long-term success.
- Champion change and continuous improvement in system design and retrospectives.
- Bring empathy, clarity, and context to both technical and non-technical conversations.
To thrive in this role, you should have:
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, including 2+ years in a leadership role.
- A proven track record of building and leading high-performing, distributed teams across multiple technologies or domains.
- Deep experience in backend or full-stack development, with a solid grasp of service-oriented and event-driven architecture.
- The ability to coach engineers through system design and performance trade-offs.
- Experience collaborating with TPMs and product managers on roadmap planning and prioritization.
- A strong grasp of cloud-native practices and modern development tools (we use AWS, Kotlin, Kafka, Terraform, etc.).
- Experience in hiring, developing, and retaining talent in a fast-paced environment.
- An inclusive leadership style that fosters trust, ownership, and team health.
As part of our team, you will:
- Work on impactful, large-scale systems used by Expedia’s global B2B partners.
- Be part of a thoughtful, collaborative culture that values autonomy and accountability.
- Access top-tier technical challenges and the freedom to solve them the right way.
- Share knowledge and learn from an experienced, diverse group of engineers and leaders.
- Enjoy great benefits, competitive compensation, and, of course, travel perks!
We believe in embracing new perspectives, ideas, and ways of working. Inclusion, curiosity, and experimentation are just as important to us as technical expertise.
If you’re excited to build products that move money at scale, enable partners to grow, and support travelers around the world — we’d love to hear from you!
Accommodation RequestsIf you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability or other health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team.
We are proud to be recognized as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and for our award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, and Disability:IN.
Join the Expedia Group family and be part of something extraordinary!
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Software Engineering Manager
London, London
£70000 - £85000 Annually
Platform Recruitment
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Software Engineering Manager - 85,000
Title : Software Engineering Manager
Client : Software house
Location : London (Hybrid)
Salary : Up to 85,000
Reporting directly to the Managing Director, this is an opportunity for a Software Engineering Manager with at least 1 year's experience as a Scrum Master to join a growing and highly technical team of software engineers in the graphics/scientific/engineering computing space.
You will have overall responsibility for overseeing the development roadmap and overall development activities, with scope to grow further within the business. There are currently 10 developers in your team.
Requirements:
- 2 years+ as an Engineering Manager
- C++ is your strongest language
- 1 year+ as Scrum Master
If you are interested learning more, please contact Max at Platform for more information or a confidential chat.
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Software Engineering Manager
EC1 London, London
Platform Recruitment
Posted 10 days ago
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Software Engineering Manager - 85,000
Title : Software Engineering Manager
Client : Software house
Location : London (Hybrid)
Salary : Up to 85,000
Reporting directly to the Managing Director, this is an opportunity for a Software Engineering Manager with at least 1 year's experience as a Scrum Master to join a growing and highly technical team of software engineers in the graphics/scientific/engineering computing space.
You will have overall responsibility for overseeing the development roadmap and overall development activities, with scope to grow further within the business. There are currently 10 developers in your team.
Requirements:
- 2 years+ as an Engineering Manager
- C++ is your strongest language
- 1 year+ as Scrum Master
If you are interested learning more, please contact Max at Platform for more information or a confidential chat.
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Director Software Engineering
London, London
American Express
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**Description**
At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
American Express Global Card Network Platform authorizes and processes all of the company's customer card transactions. The Card Network platform is the critical back bone for all of American Express card transactions, and is a near real time low latency system that is always available and highly resilient, processing transactions from around the world 24x7, 365 days a year. American Express is making strategic investments in new card network products and platforms to allow the company to meet its ambitious global growth agenda.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
As our Director of Engineering, you will join our global technology team that has embarked on building a highly available and scalable distributed systems on the cloud to support the company's long-term strategy and vision. You will lead a team of engineers across new/emerging concepts in a way that inspires them to do their best work and continue to grow and develop within the company. Our leaders work with distributed teams in a highly dynamic environment collaborating with product and technology leaders, and engineers who are passionate about our journey to build and deliver technology-powered solutions that our customers love and that works for our business.
Your primary responsibility is to lead the development of our next generation distributed platform, aligning resources and delivery with business growth and diversification, while significantly improving service quality and cost-effectiveness. We expect the individual to be innovative and energetic with strong communications and collaboration skills.
**Key Initiatives:**
+ Migrate partners to process real-time transaction through the Payment Network using Single Message rails
+ Develop best-in-class delivery engine with optimal throughput and quality releases
+ Maximize productivity of engineering teams with automation and increase predictability
+ High Availability, Resiliency and Performance Engineering on Cloud
**Roles and Responsibilities:**
+ You will be responsible for building capabilities of a distributed transaction processing infrastructure and payment processing business logic by leveraging that platform. Leading and engaging teams that build/deploy high throughput systems within a fast paced, agile environment while understanding and handling competing priorities.
+ Hands-on collaboration with business and technology leaders, stakeholders, product owners, Architects, and Engineers to define, develop, test and validate technical solutions to help drive customer-first product roadmap enabling business outcomes. Contribute to code review and analysis/design of business needs and user stories
+ Attract, retain, and grow diverse top engineering talent, providing guidance, career development and mentorship to team members maintaining a culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, retention of key colleagues, development, and high performance.
+ You will constantly pursue and learn industry leading/innovative solutions. Build high awareness of open-source technologies and communities that enable high volume low latency systems.
+ Lead a culture of innovation and experimentation, support full software development lifecycle that incorporates the best of technology approaches and delivery methodologies.
+ Engage with developers in day-to-day design and coding activities to execute product and strategy roadmaps. Stepping into code where and if needed and be a hands-on leader
+ Ensure on time product releases that are of high quality, enabling the core vision of next generation card processing systems.
+ Promote a fun and high engagement culture, with a results orientated focus. Hire, mentor, motivate and retain the best talent.
+ Collaborate with peer technology and product teams across different locations
**Qualifications**
+ You have Computer Science degree, or equivalent with at-least 10 years of relevant work experience.
+ Have built and delivered large scale enterprise systems/products and have extensive hands-on experience. Preferably delivered and supported products as Cloud hosted services.
+ Experience building highly available and low latency distributed systems. Experience building systems as service-oriented architecture and/or micro-services architecture.
+ Keen awareness of concerns in a massively distributed systems and effective solutions.
+ Experience in Linux cloud (Kubernetes) environment supporting applications built using language like Java, Go, Node.js and NoSQL databases like Couchbase, Cassandra, Redis.
+ Experience attracting, hiring and retaining a diverse high-performing engineering talent.
+ Have experience leading engineering teams and in agile methodologies, have enabled DevOps mindset, processes and tools
+ Ability to learn and deep dive into new technology and business domains, question status quo and think outside of the box.
+ Excellent judgment and constant pursuit of higher standards, a passion to build and nurture high efficiency teams.
+ Have excellent written and verbal communications skills. Create and deliver effective presentations to Senior Leadership.
+ Ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders
+ Knowledge of Payment Network Authorization, Acquiring & Issuing platforms and business processes is a plus
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
**Qualifications**
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
+ Competitive base salaries
+ Bonus incentives
+ Support for financial-well-being and retirement
+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
+ Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
+ Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
+ Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
+ Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
+ Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Technology
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-West Sussex-Burgess Hill
**Other Locations:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:**
At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.
Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.
American Express Global Card Network Platform authorizes and processes all of the company's customer card transactions. The Card Network platform is the critical back bone for all of American Express card transactions, and is a near real time low latency system that is always available and highly resilient, processing transactions from around the world 24x7, 365 days a year. American Express is making strategic investments in new card network products and platforms to allow the company to meet its ambitious global growth agenda.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
As our Director of Engineering, you will join our global technology team that has embarked on building a highly available and scalable distributed systems on the cloud to support the company's long-term strategy and vision. You will lead a team of engineers across new/emerging concepts in a way that inspires them to do their best work and continue to grow and develop within the company. Our leaders work with distributed teams in a highly dynamic environment collaborating with product and technology leaders, and engineers who are passionate about our journey to build and deliver technology-powered solutions that our customers love and that works for our business.
Your primary responsibility is to lead the development of our next generation distributed platform, aligning resources and delivery with business growth and diversification, while significantly improving service quality and cost-effectiveness. We expect the individual to be innovative and energetic with strong communications and collaboration skills.
**Key Initiatives:**
+ Migrate partners to process real-time transaction through the Payment Network using Single Message rails
+ Develop best-in-class delivery engine with optimal throughput and quality releases
+ Maximize productivity of engineering teams with automation and increase predictability
+ High Availability, Resiliency and Performance Engineering on Cloud
**Roles and Responsibilities:**
+ You will be responsible for building capabilities of a distributed transaction processing infrastructure and payment processing business logic by leveraging that platform. Leading and engaging teams that build/deploy high throughput systems within a fast paced, agile environment while understanding and handling competing priorities.
+ Hands-on collaboration with business and technology leaders, stakeholders, product owners, Architects, and Engineers to define, develop, test and validate technical solutions to help drive customer-first product roadmap enabling business outcomes. Contribute to code review and analysis/design of business needs and user stories
+ Attract, retain, and grow diverse top engineering talent, providing guidance, career development and mentorship to team members maintaining a culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, retention of key colleagues, development, and high performance.
+ You will constantly pursue and learn industry leading/innovative solutions. Build high awareness of open-source technologies and communities that enable high volume low latency systems.
+ Lead a culture of innovation and experimentation, support full software development lifecycle that incorporates the best of technology approaches and delivery methodologies.
+ Engage with developers in day-to-day design and coding activities to execute product and strategy roadmaps. Stepping into code where and if needed and be a hands-on leader
+ Ensure on time product releases that are of high quality, enabling the core vision of next generation card processing systems.
+ Promote a fun and high engagement culture, with a results orientated focus. Hire, mentor, motivate and retain the best talent.
+ Collaborate with peer technology and product teams across different locations
**Qualifications**
+ You have Computer Science degree, or equivalent with at-least 10 years of relevant work experience.
+ Have built and delivered large scale enterprise systems/products and have extensive hands-on experience. Preferably delivered and supported products as Cloud hosted services.
+ Experience building highly available and low latency distributed systems. Experience building systems as service-oriented architecture and/or micro-services architecture.
+ Keen awareness of concerns in a massively distributed systems and effective solutions.
+ Experience in Linux cloud (Kubernetes) environment supporting applications built using language like Java, Go, Node.js and NoSQL databases like Couchbase, Cassandra, Redis.
+ Experience attracting, hiring and retaining a diverse high-performing engineering talent.
+ Have experience leading engineering teams and in agile methodologies, have enabled DevOps mindset, processes and tools
+ Ability to learn and deep dive into new technology and business domains, question status quo and think outside of the box.
+ Excellent judgment and constant pursuit of higher standards, a passion to build and nurture high efficiency teams.
+ Have excellent written and verbal communications skills. Create and deliver effective presentations to Senior Leadership.
+ Ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders
+ Knowledge of Payment Network Authorization, Acquiring & Issuing platforms and business processes is a plus
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
**Qualifications**
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
+ Competitive base salaries
+ Bonus incentives
+ Support for financial-well-being and retirement
+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
+ Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
+ Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
+ Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
+ Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
+ Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Technology
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-West Sussex-Burgess Hill
**Other Locations:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:**
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Software Engineering Manager
London, London
Techmunity
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This startup is building the operating system for modern hospitality teams - streamlining inventory, production, and daily workflows with real-time data and AI-native tools.nThey’re profitable, growing fast, and already powering some of the sector’s most recognisable brands. The founder has previously built and scaled multiple hospitality businesses across the UK and internationally, achieving successful exits, and is now applying that same operator-first playbook to SaaS.nNow they’re hiring their first Software Engineering Manager - someone technical enough to stay hands-on today, but ambitious enough to grow into Head of Engineering as the team scales.nCompensation: £100K + Meaningful Equity | London (Holborn)nWhat you’ll do
Lead and mentor a team of 4 engineers, with headcount set to double this year.nStay hands-on across React, TypeScript, Nestjs, Postgres, and AWS.nChampion AI-native workflows (Copilot, Cursor, LLM integrations) to accelerate delivery.nShape engineering culture, delivery practices, and architecture from the ground up.nGrow into a senior leadership role as the platform expands globally.nWhat they’re looking for
1–3 years’ experience leading engineers (Tech Lead or EM level).nStrong product mindset and technical depth.nTrack record in fast-moving, early-stage environments.nA desire to take ownership and grow with the company.nComfortable working onsite in Holborn with a focused, founder-led team.nThe offer
Meaningful equity in a business with proven traction and a founder with a track record of exits.nClear progression to Head of Engineering as the team scales.nApply now or email level
Mid-Senior levelnEmployment type
Full-timenJob function
Information TechnologynIndustries
Software Development and IT System Custom Software Development
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This startup is building the operating system for modern hospitality teams - streamlining inventory, production, and daily workflows with real-time data and AI-native tools.nThey’re profitable, growing fast, and already powering some of the sector’s most recognisable brands. The founder has previously built and scaled multiple hospitality businesses across the UK and internationally, achieving successful exits, and is now applying that same operator-first playbook to SaaS.nNow they’re hiring their first Software Engineering Manager - someone technical enough to stay hands-on today, but ambitious enough to grow into Head of Engineering as the team scales.nCompensation: £100K + Meaningful Equity | London (Holborn)nWhat you’ll do
Lead and mentor a team of 4 engineers, with headcount set to double this year.nStay hands-on across React, TypeScript, Nestjs, Postgres, and AWS.nChampion AI-native workflows (Copilot, Cursor, LLM integrations) to accelerate delivery.nShape engineering culture, delivery practices, and architecture from the ground up.nGrow into a senior leadership role as the platform expands globally.nWhat they’re looking for
1–3 years’ experience leading engineers (Tech Lead or EM level).nStrong product mindset and technical depth.nTrack record in fast-moving, early-stage environments.nA desire to take ownership and grow with the company.nComfortable working onsite in Holborn with a focused, founder-led team.nThe offer
Meaningful equity in a business with proven traction and a founder with a track record of exits.nClear progression to Head of Engineering as the team scales.nApply now or email level
Mid-Senior levelnEmployment type
Full-timenJob function
Information TechnologynIndustries
Software Development and IT System Custom Software Development
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Software Engineering Manager
London, London
Areti Group | B Corp™
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Lead Developer / Engineering Manager – Digital Transformation
– Direct message the job poster from Areti Group | B CorpnWe’re partnering with a
London-based tech platform
embarking on a large-scale
digital transformation . With discovery complete, the build phase is ready to launch. This is a high-impact contract role for a
Lead Developer / Engineering Manager
to guide technical delivery, shape application design, and lead a squad of developers.nYou’ll be the
technical expert
within the team—balancing hands-on development with architectural leadership and mentoring. The stack includes
Java or Node.js, and React , and you’ll be working closely with existing engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions.nExperience/Understanding of Crypto/Blockchain - Highly desirablenContract Snapshot
Length : 4 months initially, with strong extension potentialnLocation : London-based client; hybrid or remote flexibilitynResponsibilities
Lead a squad of developers through the delivery of core platform featuresnOwn the
design and architecture
of new application componentsnProvide
technical mentorship
and hands-on support where needednCollaborate with internal tech teams to ensure seamless integrationnChampion best practices in code quality, performance, and securitynBalance strategic oversight with hands-on coding when appropriatenRequirements
Proven experience as a
Lead Developer or Engineering ManagernStrong expertise in
Java
(preferred), with exposure to
Node.js
and
ReactnComfortable leading squads and driving technical deliverynSkilled in designing scalable, maintainable application architecturesnAvailable to startnSeniority level
Not ApplicablenEmployment type
ContractnJob function
Information TechnologynIndustries
Information ServicesnFinancial ServicesnSoftware DevelopmentnLondon, England, United Kingdom
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Lead Developer / Engineering Manager – Digital Transformation
– Direct message the job poster from Areti Group | B CorpnWe’re partnering with a
London-based tech platform
embarking on a large-scale
digital transformation . With discovery complete, the build phase is ready to launch. This is a high-impact contract role for a
Lead Developer / Engineering Manager
to guide technical delivery, shape application design, and lead a squad of developers.nYou’ll be the
technical expert
within the team—balancing hands-on development with architectural leadership and mentoring. The stack includes
Java or Node.js, and React , and you’ll be working closely with existing engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions.nExperience/Understanding of Crypto/Blockchain - Highly desirablenContract Snapshot
Length : 4 months initially, with strong extension potentialnLocation : London-based client; hybrid or remote flexibilitynResponsibilities
Lead a squad of developers through the delivery of core platform featuresnOwn the
design and architecture
of new application componentsnProvide
technical mentorship
and hands-on support where needednCollaborate with internal tech teams to ensure seamless integrationnChampion best practices in code quality, performance, and securitynBalance strategic oversight with hands-on coding when appropriatenRequirements
Proven experience as a
Lead Developer or Engineering ManagernStrong expertise in
Java
(preferred), with exposure to
Node.js
and
ReactnComfortable leading squads and driving technical deliverynSkilled in designing scalable, maintainable application architecturesnAvailable to startnSeniority level
Not ApplicablenEmployment type
ContractnJob function
Information TechnologynIndustries
Information ServicesnFinancial ServicesnSoftware DevelopmentnLondon, England, United Kingdom
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Software Engineering Manager
London, London
La Fosse
Posted 1 day ago
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Overview
This range is provided by La Fosse. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.nEngineering Leadership Role – Scale-Up in Growth Mode (London, Office-First)nPeople and Technology LeadershipnPermanent Role - (£140K - £80K) + equity + private medical + perks.nWe’re looking for an
Engineering Manager
or
Head of Engineering
to take the reins of a talented, growing team at a well-funded scale-up that’s transforming how an entire industry operates.nThis fast-moving, high-impact leadership role
has you working directly with the founders and senior product leaders to scale teams, drive delivery, and embed a high-performance engineering culture where engineers thrive.nYou’ll inherit a strong foundation team (2 pods, 15+ engineers across front-end, back-end, full stack, DevOps) and the mandate to grow it to 20+ while levelling up processes, mentoring a wave of junior talent, and pioneering AI-first development.nWhat you’ll be doingnShape and deliver the roadmap with founders & product leads, balancing ambition with technical excellence.nLead, coach, and grow a multi-disciplinary engineering team (2 technical leads + DevOps) building career paths, mentoring juniors, and creating a culture of ownership.nRemoving bottlenecks for the team, being the enablernDrive rapid, reliable delivery while keeping platform health, security, and scalability front of mind.nEmbed AI, automation, and pragmatic DevOps practices to boost speed and quality.nBe a visible, approachable leader from code reviews to problem-solving alongside your team.nWhat we’re looking fornProven experience leading and scaling engineering teams in high-growth, product-led environments.nStrong technical grounding (Python/Django ideal) with the ability to guide and mentor developers.nA low-ego, collaborative style equally comfortable in deep technical discussions and high-level strategy.nExperience balancing speed and quality in fast-paced delivery environments.nPassion for developing people as much as delivering great software.nWhy this role is excitingnWork directly with ambitious, young founders driving real industry change.nLead a collaborative, office-first culture where decisions happen face-to-face.nCompetitive salary (£140K - £1 K) + equity + private medical + perks.nBe part of a growth journey with real ownership, influence, and scope to shape how engineering operates.nLocation:
London (Camden), office-firstnIf you’re ready to lead from the front, scale a high-performance team, and make a visible impact in a fast-growing business, please send your CV across today.nSeniority level
Mid-Senior levelnEmployment type
Full-timenJob function
Product Management, Engineering, and Information TechnologynIndustries
IT System Custom Software Development, Software Development, and Technology, Information and MedianWe’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
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This range is provided by La Fosse. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.nEngineering Leadership Role – Scale-Up in Growth Mode (London, Office-First)nPeople and Technology LeadershipnPermanent Role - (£140K - £80K) + equity + private medical + perks.nWe’re looking for an
Engineering Manager
or
Head of Engineering
to take the reins of a talented, growing team at a well-funded scale-up that’s transforming how an entire industry operates.nThis fast-moving, high-impact leadership role
has you working directly with the founders and senior product leaders to scale teams, drive delivery, and embed a high-performance engineering culture where engineers thrive.nYou’ll inherit a strong foundation team (2 pods, 15+ engineers across front-end, back-end, full stack, DevOps) and the mandate to grow it to 20+ while levelling up processes, mentoring a wave of junior talent, and pioneering AI-first development.nWhat you’ll be doingnShape and deliver the roadmap with founders & product leads, balancing ambition with technical excellence.nLead, coach, and grow a multi-disciplinary engineering team (2 technical leads + DevOps) building career paths, mentoring juniors, and creating a culture of ownership.nRemoving bottlenecks for the team, being the enablernDrive rapid, reliable delivery while keeping platform health, security, and scalability front of mind.nEmbed AI, automation, and pragmatic DevOps practices to boost speed and quality.nBe a visible, approachable leader from code reviews to problem-solving alongside your team.nWhat we’re looking fornProven experience leading and scaling engineering teams in high-growth, product-led environments.nStrong technical grounding (Python/Django ideal) with the ability to guide and mentor developers.nA low-ego, collaborative style equally comfortable in deep technical discussions and high-level strategy.nExperience balancing speed and quality in fast-paced delivery environments.nPassion for developing people as much as delivering great software.nWhy this role is excitingnWork directly with ambitious, young founders driving real industry change.nLead a collaborative, office-first culture where decisions happen face-to-face.nCompetitive salary (£140K - £1 K) + equity + private medical + perks.nBe part of a growth journey with real ownership, influence, and scope to shape how engineering operates.nLocation:
London (Camden), office-firstnIf you’re ready to lead from the front, scale a high-performance team, and make a visible impact in a fast-growing business, please send your CV across today.nSeniority level
Mid-Senior levelnEmployment type
Full-timenJob function
Product Management, Engineering, and Information TechnologynIndustries
IT System Custom Software Development, Software Development, and Technology, Information and MedianWe’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
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Software Engineering Manager
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Thomson Keene
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Software Engineering Manager
London, London
Switch Tech Talent
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This range is provided by Switch Tech Talent. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.nBase pay range
Software Engineering Manager – Java / MicroservicesnLocation:
London (Hybrid – 2–3 days in office per week)nContract:
Full-timenThe Opportunity
We’re partnering with a fast-growing global marketplace business that’s transforming how people discover and experience the world’s best destinations. Backed by a leading private equity firm and already serving millions of customers worldwide, they’re scaling their technology teams to deliver a world-class digital product.nThey’re now looking for a
Software Engineering Manager
to take ownership of a talented team of up to 7 senior engineers. This is a backend-heavy group working with
Java, Spring Boot, and microservice architecture
at scale.nThe Role as the Software Engineering Manager:nLead, coach, and inspire a team of senior software engineers, fostering collaboration and high standards.nGuide the design and delivery of scalable, distributed backend systems in
Java and microservices .nPartner with product and engineering leadership to turn business goals into technical outcomes.nStay hands-on enough to shape architecture, influence code quality, and set technical direction.nDrive best practices across testing, observability, security, and performance.nChampion an engineering culture of ownership, creativity, and continuous improvement.nWhat We’re Looking For as the Software Engineering Manager:n10+ years of hands-on engineering experience, primarily in Java and microservices.nAt least 2 years’ experience in people management, ideally moving into leadership recently and bringing fresh ideas.nStrong background designing scalable distributed systems with modern tooling.nAgile mindset, comfortable working in a fast-paced product-led environment.nExperience mentoring engineers and shaping engineering best practices.nNice to have: exposure to React, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and modern testing tools (Cypress, Playwright, etc.).nWhy Join?nBe part of a profitable, private equity-backed scale-up with ambitious global growth plans.nWork on cutting-edge marketplace technology that impacts millions of users worldwide.nHybrid working with flexibility and “work from anywhere” options.nCompetitive salary and benefits, with dedicated time and budget for learning and development.nA genuine opportunity to make your mark as the company scales its next-generation platform.nApply now for more info.nSeniority level
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Software Engineering Manager – Java / MicroservicesnLocation:
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Full-timenThe Opportunity
We’re partnering with a fast-growing global marketplace business that’s transforming how people discover and experience the world’s best destinations. Backed by a leading private equity firm and already serving millions of customers worldwide, they’re scaling their technology teams to deliver a world-class digital product.nThey’re now looking for a
Software Engineering Manager
to take ownership of a talented team of up to 7 senior engineers. This is a backend-heavy group working with
Java, Spring Boot, and microservice architecture
at scale.nThe Role as the Software Engineering Manager:nLead, coach, and inspire a team of senior software engineers, fostering collaboration and high standards.nGuide the design and delivery of scalable, distributed backend systems in
Java and microservices .nPartner with product and engineering leadership to turn business goals into technical outcomes.nStay hands-on enough to shape architecture, influence code quality, and set technical direction.nDrive best practices across testing, observability, security, and performance.nChampion an engineering culture of ownership, creativity, and continuous improvement.nWhat We’re Looking For as the Software Engineering Manager:n10+ years of hands-on engineering experience, primarily in Java and microservices.nAt least 2 years’ experience in people management, ideally moving into leadership recently and bringing fresh ideas.nStrong background designing scalable distributed systems with modern tooling.nAgile mindset, comfortable working in a fast-paced product-led environment.nExperience mentoring engineers and shaping engineering best practices.nNice to have: exposure to React, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and modern testing tools (Cypress, Playwright, etc.).nWhy Join?nBe part of a profitable, private equity-backed scale-up with ambitious global growth plans.nWork on cutting-edge marketplace technology that impacts millions of users worldwide.nHybrid working with flexibility and “work from anywhere” options.nCompetitive salary and benefits, with dedicated time and budget for learning and development.nA genuine opportunity to make your mark as the company scales its next-generation platform.nApply now for more info.nSeniority level
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Software Engineering Manager
London, London
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Base pay rangenHead of Data & AI
We are seeking an experienced
Head of Data & AI
to join a market leading alternative investment management firm. This is a unique opportunity to shape and lead data strategy, data analytics, machine learning, and AI usage across the business.
As Head of Data & AI, you will define and implement the firm’s data vision, ensuring that data and technology sit at the heart of investment and operational decision-making. You will lead a high-calibre team of data professionals from modelers and engineers to BI and analysts. The teams build robust data platforms, and drive innovation across the business.
The ideal candidate will bring:
Proven leadership in data, AI, or advanced analytics within asset management, private equity, alternative investment management or a related sector.
Expertise in data management, machine learning, and AI applications.
Strong commercial and numerical acumen and the ability to translate complex data insights into actionable outcomes.
A collaborative approach, able to influence stakeholders across investment, risk, and technology teams.
This is a high-impact role, offering the chance to join a business with ambitious growth plans and a culture of innovation. You will play a central role in building the next generation of data-driven investment capabilities.
If you are excited by the prospect of leading data and AI in an environment where your work directly shapes investment outcomes, we would love to hear from you.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Investment Management
Investment Banking
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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We are seeking an experienced
Head of Data & AI
to join a market leading alternative investment management firm. This is a unique opportunity to shape and lead data strategy, data analytics, machine learning, and AI usage across the business.
As Head of Data & AI, you will define and implement the firm’s data vision, ensuring that data and technology sit at the heart of investment and operational decision-making. You will lead a high-calibre team of data professionals from modelers and engineers to BI and analysts. The teams build robust data platforms, and drive innovation across the business.
The ideal candidate will bring:
Proven leadership in data, AI, or advanced analytics within asset management, private equity, alternative investment management or a related sector.
Expertise in data management, machine learning, and AI applications.
Strong commercial and numerical acumen and the ability to translate complex data insights into actionable outcomes.
A collaborative approach, able to influence stakeholders across investment, risk, and technology teams.
This is a high-impact role, offering the chance to join a business with ambitious growth plans and a culture of innovation. You will play a central role in building the next generation of data-driven investment capabilities.
If you are excited by the prospect of leading data and AI in an environment where your work directly shapes investment outcomes, we would love to hear from you.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Investment Management
Investment Banking
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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