Software Engineering Lead
MoneyPlus
- Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Manchester, England, United Kingdom
About
We believe our people truly are our greatest asset, that’s why we make sure our MoneyPlus People have the best experience, right from our first interaction all the way through their career with us. There’s way too many to list, but here are a few of the best reasons to join the MoneyPlus team: Family Friendly – Having a healthy work life balance is important to us. We offer a minimum of 25 days holiday allowance per year. Discounts – Is there anything better than a few freebies? Join our team and you’ll have access to Perkbox, which has tons of deals for you to choose from. Social – We value the relationships our employees have with one another, encouraging them to come together. Whether it’s a catch up, a team trip out, or letting their hair down at one of our free annual events. Doing our bit – We show support in every way we can to our clients, people, and company charity. We have regular fundraising activity, organised by our very own Social and Fundraising Committee. Wellbeing –We provide a free cashback healthcare plan, as well as discounted gym and fitness deals. We also have a cycle to work scheme to encourage our people to make healthy life changes. Training – We want our people to be the best. We care about your development, which is why we provide professional training opportunities, so that you can be the best possible you. Visit our website to find out more about our company culture https://moneyplusgroup.com/careers/ What do we need you to do?
Leadership & Management
Line management of software developers, including performance reviews, feedback, and career development. Recruitment, onboarding, and retention of engineering staff. Establishing and enforcing coding standards, development processes, and best practices. Resource allocation and workload planning across engineering projects. Technical Oversight
Ownership of architecture and technical decisions within the PHP Laravel, React, MySQL, and AWS stack. Responsibility for system performance, security, resilience, and maintainability. Approval of technical approaches and designs proposed by the engineering team. Oversight of monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling. DevOps & Infrastructure
Implementation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines to support frequent, reliable releases. Use of infrastructure as code to ensure consistent and repeatable environments. Management of AWS environments, including EKS, RDS, S3, CloudFront, and related services. Governance of deployment processes and environment configuration across development, staging, and production. Monitoring and optimisation of cloud infrastructure for scalability, cost-efficiency, and resilience. Delivery & Governance
Accountability for delivery of engineering outputs against agreed priorities and timelines. Oversight of deployments and release management processes. Balancing new feature delivery with technical debt reduction and system stability. Ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory, security, and data protection requirements. Working with Product to translate requirements into technical solutions. Liaising with Operations and Compliance to ensure systems meet business and regulatory needs. Communicating technical decisions and risks to senior stakeholders. Representing engineering in cross-functional forums. What skills and experience do we need you to have?
PHP (Laravel)
- Advanced knowledge of framework features and back-end application design. React
- Ability to guide front-end architecture and maintain consistency across applications. MySQL
- Skilled in schema design, optimisation, and data integrity management. AWS
- Experienced in cloud infrastructure, including EKS, RDS, S3, and CI/CD. System Architecture
- Capable of designing scalable, secure, and maintainable systems. Security
- Strong understanding of secure coding practices and data protection requirements. Line Management
- Experience managing developers, setting objectives, and reviewing performance. Coaching
- Ability to mentor and develop engineers at different career stages. Resource Planning
- Skilled in capacity planning, workload allocation, and recruitment. Process Discipline
- Enforces coding standards, reviews, and development best practices. Delivery Management
- Proven ability to deliver projects on time and to agreed standards. Problem Solving
- Effective at identifying issues, evaluating trade-offs, and implementing solutions. Risk Awareness
- Proactive in identifying and mitigating delivery and technical risks. Stakeholder Engagement
- Works constructively with Product, Operations, and Compliance. Communication
- Able to convey technical decisions clearly to technical and non-technical audiences. Collaboration
- Encourages knowledge sharing and team-wide accountability. Accountability
- Takes ownership of engineering outcomes and team performance. Pragmatism
- Balances short-term delivery pressures with long-term system health. Proactivity
- Anticipates issues and initiates improvements without instruction. Quality Focus
- Maintains standards for tested, reliable, and secure code. Are you ready to join us? At MoneyPlus we want to create a work environment that inspires you to excel. Through our combination of support, working as a team and our ambition to be better, we want to help you achieve and create a future with us. Sound good? Apply now!
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Languages
- English
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