Senior Java Lead - London

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Software Engineering Manager to work for our client within the Retail sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in London.

Our client is looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manger who can build, mentor, and manage a high-performing software engineering team. You will be expected to provide technical guidance and support to engineering teams for complex projects as well as monitor project progress, risks, and dependencies, taking corrective action when necessary.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate communication and collaboration among team members
• Ensure budgets, people and resource allocation, and workload, balance across projects
• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines
• Work closely with product management, design, programme management, and others to define project scope, goals, and deliverables
• Drive the adoption of standards, and methodologies for software development
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and platforms to improve the engineering process and software quality
• Work with senior engineers to develop the team's technical roadmap and support the product management team to prioritise it against the commercial roadmap
• Establish and enforce quality standards, ensuring software products meet performance, reliability, and usability requirements
• Oversee the maintenance and support of existing software systems, ensuring prompt resolution of issues and bugs

Requirements

• Previous polyglot hands-on senior software engineer
• Experience working on highly scalable software solutions across web or backend
• Extensive background in software engineering with several years’ experience in a variety of systems and technologies
• Experience building and leading teams of highly skilled, senior software engineers that deliver high-quality software.
• Excellent understanding of system design, software architecture, cloud, and software engineering standard methodologies,
• Promoter of DevOps: you build it, you run it
• Strong understanding of testing strategies and reliability engineering
• Excellent people management, interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to lead and line manage senior engineers and technical partners to a desired outcome
• Able to influence people at senior levels and from the highly technical to non-technical

Why join us?

• Career coaching and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Initial upskilling pre-assignment that has been accredited by TechSkills
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to obtain certifications from Microsoft, Salesforce, Cisco and more
• Access to the Buy As You Earn share scheme

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 4,000 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.