Engineering Manager (Belfast, Remote)
Ocho are delighted to be exclusively partnered with a leading global technology business to bring this brand new position to market. Created to support significant organisational growth, this is an opportunity to lead, shape and scale a high-performing engineering function, overseeing a team of up to 20 engineers, driving delivery across a cutting-edge payments platform, and working closely with executive leadership to define what great engineering looks like at this business.
- Engineering Manager position with real autonomy and leadership scope
- Lead a team of 20 engineers across a high-growth payments platform
- Fully remote working
- Exclusively available through Ocho People – you will not find this role advertised elsewhere
About the Business
Our client is a fast-growing technology business operating at significant scale, with ambitious growth targets and a clear product roadmap, they are at an exciting point of building out the next generation of their engineering organisation and the leadership needed to take it there. This is a business that genuinely invests in its people and believes that empowered, focused teams deliver the best outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of 14 to 20 engineers, fostering a high-trust, high-performance culture
- Drive the adoption of agile practices across your teams to increase delivery velocity and reduce complexity
- Own the end-to-end delivery of engineering outcomes aligned to the product roadmap
- Collaborate with executive and cross-functional leadership to solve customer problems and shape product direction
- Champion engineering best practices across architecture, DevOps, quality and continuous integration
- Remove blockers and create the conditions for your engineers to do their best work
- Support career development and progression for every engineer in your team
- Build and maintain robust operational standards including monitoring, alerting and incident response
What You Will Need
Essential:
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering management
- Proven experience leading teams of five or more engineers
- Strong background in object-oriented programming, for example Java, C# or C++
- Experience driving agile or Lean/Kanban delivery frameworks within engineering teams
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams through ambiguity
- Comfortable working with senior and executive stakeholders
- Right to work in the relevant location
Desirable:
- Experience mentoring new or developing engineering managers
- Background in payments, fintech or similarly regulated technology environments
- Exposure to DevOps tooling and continuous delivery practices
Why Apply?
- Excellent salary package
- Fully remote working with genuine flexibility
- Lead a sizeable, established engineering team from day one
- Real autonomy to shape how your teams work, not just manage the status quo
- High-growth business at a pivotal moment – your impact will be visible and lasting
- A culture that values outcomes over outputs and people over process
- Genuine investment in your own growth and career progression
For more information reach out to Chanel Gillen for a confidential chat today.
LI Chanel Gillen
Skills:
Engineering Manager Java C# or C++
Benefits:
Bonus
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Ocho are delighted to be exclusively partnered with a leading global technology business to bring this brand new position to market. Created to support significant organisational growth, this is an opportunity to lead, shape and scale a high-performing engineering function, overseeing a team of up to 20 engineers, driving delivery across a cutting-edge payments platform, and working closely with executive leadership to define what great engineering looks like at this business.
- Engineering Manager position with real autonomy and leadership scope
- Lead a team of 20 engineers across a high-growth payments platform
- Fully remote working
- Exclusively available through Ocho People – you will not find this role advertised elsewhere
About the Business
Our client is a fast-growing technology business operating at significant scale, with ambitious growth targets and a clear product roadmap, they are at an exciting point of building out the next generation of their engineering organisation and the leadership needed to take it there. This is a business that genuinely invests in its people and believes that empowered, focused teams deliver the best outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of 14 to 20 engineers, fostering a high-trust, high-performance culture
- Drive the adoption of agile practices across your teams to increase delivery velocity and reduce complexity
- Own the end-to-end delivery of engineering outcomes aligned to the product roadmap
- Collaborate with executive and cross-functional leadership to solve customer problems and shape product direction
- Champion engineering best practices across architecture, DevOps, quality and continuous integration
- Remove blockers and create the conditions for your engineers to do their best work
- Support career development and progression for every engineer in your team
- Build and maintain robust operational standards including monitoring, alerting and incident response
What You Will Need
Essential:
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering management
- Proven experience leading teams of five or more engineers
- Strong background in object-oriented programming, for example Java, C# or C++
- Experience driving agile or Lean/Kanban delivery frameworks within engineering teams
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams through ambiguity
- Comfortable working with senior and executive stakeholders
- Right to work in the relevant location
Desirable:
- Experience mentoring new or developing engineering managers
- Background in payments, fintech or similarly regulated technology environments
- Exposure to DevOps tooling and continuous delivery practices
Why Apply?
- Excellent salary package
- Fully remote working with genuine flexibility
- Lead a sizeable, established engineering team from day one
- Real autonomy to shape how your teams work, not just manage the status quo
- High-growth business at a pivotal moment – your impact will be visible and lasting
- A culture that values outcomes over outputs and people over process
- Genuine investment in your own growth and career progression
For more information reach out to Chanel Gillen for a confidential chat today.
LI Chanel Gillen
Skills:Engineering Manager Java C# or C++
Benefits:Bonus
WHJS1_NI
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