Software Engineering Manager

3 months ago

High Wycombe, United Kingdom The Focusrite Group Full time

Software Engineering Manager

Based: Offices in London and High Wycombe with UK remote working available

Term: Permanent, Full time

Salary: Negotiable + excellent benefits

The Role:

Our engineers are part of agile teams that typically include Product owners, Scrum masters, Test, Web and application engineers. Teams focus on a wide range of value streams such as creative music software, audio plug-ins, internal tools, embedded software and applications that augment our products.

Engineering Managers provide leadership and coaching to support and develop talent, to meet the growing needs of the business. They work closely with our Tech Leads to communicate strategy and nurture a shared engineering culture with a sense of unity and direction that allows teams to do their best work.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to look after 3 teams and up to 10 direct reports, including Software testing. The software team is currently pathing the way for future best practices within the wider group. As engineering manager you'll have an opportunity to directly contribute to the best practices that we choose to adopt.

What you’ll be doing: 

  • Managing the engineering capabilities of several Agile teams, including Software testing
  • Guide the personal and professional development of engineers within your teams, through regular 1:1s and continuous feedback
  • Collaborating with Product Owners & Tech Leads to ensure teams are balancing quality and flow with delivery
  • Partner with Tech Leads in communicating strategy and foster inter-team collaboration
  • Support the teams by facilitating communication and bringing the wider context
  • Enable others to make technical choices by facilitating the exchange of ideas
  • Ensure we have the right skillset in the team, shaping our hiring best practices to attract the best talent
  • Support and improve the onboarding of new engineers into the team
  • Source and manage contractors and consultants
  • Get involved with diversity projects to help build an inclusive culture
  • Champion knowledge-sharing programmes across Agile teams, such as product demonstrations, lunch-and-learns, hack days and tech events
  • Follow the work of other agile teams and look for opportunities to adopt common practices and technologies
  • Ensure the team is equipped to achieve their goals, through training and equipment
  • Introduce and monitor metrics to help with decision making
  • Collaborate with the engineering management team to evolve our ways of working, designing team processes to create a great engineering culture at Focusrite

Your Profile:

  • You have exceptional communication skills. You are able to articulate complex problems and situations to a range of audiences
  • You have worked as a senior software engineer
  • You have a broad knowledge of the C++ language and ecosystem
  • You have experience managing or mentoring teams using Agile and DevOps best practices, in a culture of psychological safety
  • You have proven leadership skills and evidence of engagement with relevant communities
  • You take a human-centric approach, showing kindness and compassion
  • You have a passion for helping others to achieve ambitious goals
  • You are a strong advocate for technical excellence, automated testing, frequent deployments and agile processes

About Us

Focusrite plc is a global music and audio group that develops and markets music technology products. Used by audio professionals and amateur musicians alike, our solutions facilitate the high-quality production of recorded and live sound. Our audio technology brands stand together, seeking to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity – ‘we make music easy to make’. 

The Focusrite Group trades under a number of established and rapidly growing brands: Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, ADAM Audio, Sequential, Oberheim, Martin Audio, Optimal Audio, Ampify Music, Linea Research, Sonnox, OutBoard and TiMax. With a high-quality reputation and a rich heritage spanning decades, its brands are category leaders in the music-making industry.

Music technology is an enriching space to work in and we enjoy a Group-wide open-door culture which encourages innovation. This culture, combined with a passion for the inspirational solutions we create, has led to the group winning numerous accolades, including six Queen's Awards, the AIM Company of the Year Award 2021 and regular appearances in 'The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For’.

The Focusrite Group is dedicated to building a great place to work and as an equal opportunity employer we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion. The group mission is to cultivate an equitable culture, internally and externally, where all people feel they are welcome, safe and positively represented, because at Focusrite they truly are. Equally, we recognise the major impact that climate change is having on our world and work every day towards being industry leaders in a carbon neutral future.

Benefits include flexible/hybrid working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay, employee purchase scheme, group bonus scheme, company music events, offsite company parties and free lunch in the canteen. We arrange company training sessions and encourage personal development. 

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