Middleware Engineering Manager
Location: Remote (UK) – Work Location: Virtual.
RS Group is seeking a Middleware Engineering Manager to lead a single agile engineering team, with line management responsibility for approximately 6–10 engineers, and reporting to the Head of Middleware.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Line Management: Provide day‑to‑day leadership, mentorship, and performance management for a team of engineers.
- Technical Leadership: Guide technical design and delivery within assigned product domains, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and business objectives.
- Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product owners, scrum masters, architects, and other engineering teams to deliver integrated and scalable solutions.
- Operational Excellence: Oversee the observability and operational health of production infrastructure.
- Quality Assurance: Review engineering output to ensure quality, completeness, and adherence to best practices.
- Production Support: Provide occasional out‑of‑hours support for systems owned by the team.
- Team Empowerment: Create an environment where engineers can deliver at pace, take ownership of features, and contribute to a positive and collaborative culture.
About You
You are a collaborative and pragmatic engineering leader who enjoys building high-performing teams and delivering impactful technical solutions. You bring a strong understanding of modern engineering practices and thrive in product‑led, agile environments.
You’re comfortable working across teams and disciplines, influencing stakeholders, and translating complex technical concepts into clear outcomes. You’re passionate about engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and creating an environment where teams can do their best work.
What You’ll Need
- Strong background in software engineering with experience leading agile engineering teams in a product‑led environment.
- Hands‑on experience with Java or Node.js, and familiarity with modern backend and event‑driven architectures.
- Experience working with AWS services (Lambda, SNS, SQS, IAM, DynamoDB) and cloud‑native development practices.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools.
- Experience with API development and tools such as Postman and GraphQL, along with cloud and platform tooling like Terraform, Vault, Nomad, or Kong.
- Familiarity with observability and monitoring platforms (e.g., Datadog) and performance optimisation techniques, including caching solutions such as Redis.
- Good understanding of security best practices, testing strategies, and modern delivery pipelines.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Analytical mindset with a passion for technology, continuous improvement, and solving complex technical challenges.
Benefits
- Annual performance bonus.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
- Private healthcare coverage.
- Family‑friendly policies and support programmes.
- Career development and wellbeing initiatives.
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