At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and mentor high-performing Golang engineering teams in a cloud-native environment.
- Company: Fast-growing tech organisation based in Greater Manchester with an innovative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, pension scheme, and unique leave options.
- Other info: Opportunity for clear career progression and to work with AI-driven tools.
- Why this job: Combine technical leadership with hands-on coding to shape scalable systems.
- Qualifications: Experience in Golang, team leadership, and cloud platforms like AWS.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 100000 £ per year.
Our client, a fast-growing and innovative technology organisation based in Greater Manchester, is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager (Golang) to lead and develop high-performing Agile engineering teams.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a hands-on leader who still enjoys working with code, while also taking ownership of team delivery, technical direction, and engineering excellence within a modern cloud-native environment.
As Engineering Manager, you’ll lead a team of Golang Software Engineers working across cloud-native microservices and distributed systems. You’ll balance technical leadership with people management, ensuring high-quality delivery while mentoring and growing engineering talent. You’ll collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, DevOps, QA and wider stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable solutions.
- Lead and mentor a team of Golang Software Engineers.
- Contribute to architecture decisions and engineering standards.
- Promote best practices in CI/CD, testing, and DevOps culture.
- Support hiring, onboarding and professional development of engineers.
- Ensure code quality, scalability, security and performance standards are met.
- Drive continuous improvement and engineering excellence across teams.
You’ll be an experienced engineering leader with a strong technical background in backend or distributed systems development, ideally using Golang.
- Strong commercial experience with Golang or similar backend technologies.
- Previous experience in a leadership, team lead or engineering management role.
- Experience working with AWS or other cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices.
- Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases.
- Experience working in Agile environments.
- Serverless technologies (AWS Lambda).
- Experience scaling engineering teams in high-growth organisations.
Competitive salary of £70,000 – £100,000 depending on experience. Hybrid working (Greater Manchester). Opportunity to lead and shape a growing engineering function. Clear career progression into senior leadership roles. Collaborative and innovative engineering culture. Pension scheme. Additional benefits including birthday leave, wedding leave, charity days, and wellness initiatives. Opportunity to work with AI-driven engineering tools and modern development practices.
This is an excellent opportunity for an Engineering Manager who wants to combine technical leadership with hands-on influence, helping shape scalable systems and high-performing engineering teams in a fast-growing technology business. If you're passionate about Golang, cloud-native architecture and building strong engineering cultures, we'd love to hear from you.
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