Digi2al is looking for someone to lead our software engineering capability. An exciting opportunity to join a team and enjoy stability and career progression, whilst still creating technical impact.
Skills.
As an Engineering Manager, you will lead Digi2al’s software engineering capability and play a crucial role in delivering modern, secure, cloud-native services across the Royal Navy DNA programme. You will guide multidisciplinary engineering teams, ensure high-quality delivery, set modern engineering standards, and drive technical excellence across multiple defence digital workstreams. This is a hands‑on leadership role blending team management, technical direction, coaching, and delivery oversight to ensure Digi2al engineers can deliver impactful, mission‑focused digital capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership of the Digi2al Engineering Practice
- Establish and lead a high‑performing software engineering discipline, defining development standards, modern engineering practices, and quality frameworks.
- Shape the long‑term engineering strategy for defence‑sector delivery, aligning with company vision and client needs.
- Mentor and develop engineers, engineering leads, and multidisciplinary teams raising capability and embedding engineering excellence across the organisation.
- Establish reusable code patterns, engineering templates, CI/CD blueprints, and best‑practice development documentation.
- Serve as the senior engineering lead for Digi2al’s work on the Royal Navy’s Digital Navy Architecture (DNA) programme.
- Work closely with Navy stakeholders to understand operational constraints, user needs, and system behaviours within a defence context.
- Oversee the design and delivery of modern software systems spanning cloud services, microservices, integration, identity, data, and secure APIs.
- Provide technical assurance across engineering workstreams, ensuring alignment with architectural direction, MOD standards, and security requirements.
- Support capability planning, delivery roadmaps, and engineering resource allocation across the programme.
Strategic & Technical Governance.
- Lead engineering governance to ensure secure, robust, maintainable, and MOD‑compliant software delivery.
- Influence technology selection, toolchain adoption, and engineering approaches across teams.
- Ensure engineering artefacts (code, pipelines, documentation, tests) meet the needs of multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior Royal Navy and MOD stakeholders.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Balance security, delivery, user needs, and operational constraints in a fast‑moving agile environment.
Top 3 requirements for this role:
- Significant experience leading software engineering teams in complex, multi‑system environments.
- Strong background in cloud‑native development (Azure/AWS), microservices, API‑led integration, and modern software delivery.
- Experience delivering software in UK Defence, government, or other highly regulated environments.
Experience.
Experience and Skills:
Must haves:
- Deep knowledge of modern engineering practices (DevOps, CI/CD, TDD/BDD, automation, secure coding).
- Excellent leadership, coaching, and stakeholder‑management skills.
Nice to haves:
- Familiarity with MOD accreditation, security standards, and defence digital ecosystems.
- Experience with event‑driven architecture, Domain‑Driven Design (DDD), and cloud platform engineering.
- Background in hands‑on software engineering or technical delivery.
Digi2al Ltd,Palmeira Avenue Mansions,19 Church Road,Hove,East Sussex,BN3 2FA+44 (0) 203 282 7875
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