Senior Software Engineering Manager

4 days ago


Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom BT Group Full time
  1. Job Overview
  2. Key Responsibilities
  3. Qualifications
  4. Preferred Qualifications

Job Overview

As a Senior Software Engineering Manager at BT Group, you will play a critical role in leading the implementation and deployment of data and AI applications, focusing on embedding software engineering principles into data and AI products. This will enable the creation of robust, scalable, and maintainable solutions that bring significant benefits to data and AI solution engineering.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build data ingestion pipelines using tools like Dataflow, Cloud Pub/Sub, or Apache Beam
  • Implement ETL/ELT processes to transform and load into operational datastore
  • Set up storage solutions, such as BigQuery for analytical queries, Cloud Storage for raw data, or Cloud SQL for structured data
  • Develop APIs or query interfaces for data access by downstream applications and users
  • Create monitoring and alerting mechanisms to ensure data pipelines are running smoothly
  • Perform unit, integration, and performance testing of data pipelines and storage solutions
  • Validate data accuracy, consistency, and completeness
  • Conduct load testing to ensure the system can handle expected data volumes and query loads
  • Implement user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure that the operational datastore meets business requirements
  • Deploy to the production environment, ensuring minimal disruption to existing systems
  • Configure networking, access controls, and security policies in GCP
  • Set up disaster recovery and backup strategies
  • Optimize the system for cost, performance, and scalability
  • Manage and resolve incidents, including data quality issues, pipeline failures, and performance bottlenecks
  • Implement data governance practices, including data cataloging, lineage tracking, and access management

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience in Python development
  • Proficiency in at least one additional programming language such as Java, C, C++, C#, or Go
  • Strong understanding and application of industry-standard technology strategies and best practices
  • Familiarity with unit-testing frameworks and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) / Test-Driven Development (TDD)
  • Solid grasp of Agile and Lean methodologies for prioritizing and managing software engineering teams
  • Hands-on experience with Python frameworks like Django or Flask
  • Practical experience in LLMs and LangChain framework
  • Knowledge of big data technologies such as Spark, and Kafka for handling large-scale data processing and real-time data streams
  • Proven track record in leading and managing software engineering teams
  • Ability to guide, coach, and align teams to achieve strategic objectives
  • Experience in hiring, developing, and recognizing engineering talent
  • Deep knowledge of IT systems within the services industry
  • Practical experience with cloud-native technologies
  • Background in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, with strong expertise in technology disciplines

Preferred Qualifications

  • Degree in Software Engineering or a related discipline
  • Experience with document databases such as Cloud Datastore, Cloud spanner
  • Experience with google cloud search, BigQuery search, Elesticsearch on GCP
  • Hands-on experience in architecting and developing applications or platforms on major public cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure). Cloud certifications are a plus
  • Practical experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, and/or Salt

Benefits

  • Annual On target bonus 15% (personal and company multipliers)
  • Car allowance - worth £5500 a year (can be taken as cash)
  • Private healthcare for you and your family
  • BT Pension scheme; minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
  • Life Assurance
  • Direct share scheme
  • Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
  • 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans and 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans
  • My Discounts gives colleagues access to unbeatable savings on everyday purchases at hundreds of retailers
  • Discounted EE TV including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership
  • Great support for working parents including pay whilst on maternity, adoptive, and paternity leave
  • 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service with buy holiday option
  • Volunteering days so you can give back to your local community
  • Brand new electric vehicle salary sacrifice arrangement, known as 'My EV'

Leadership Standards

Looking In

Leading Inclusively and Safely

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

Owning Outcomes

I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking Out

Delivering for the Customer

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

Commercially Savvy

I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the Future

Growth Mindset

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

Building for the Future

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.


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