Engineering Manager - API in London

ClearBank is a place where you can do things differently and challenge the status quo. We will give you a high level of autonomy and transparency, and we trust you to make the right decisions for the bank.

If that excites you, how about joining our Engineering team as Engineering Manager for API Platform? Reporting to the cluster’s Director of Engineering, you will lead a team responsible for ClearBank’s API platform and associated services, such as webhooks and authentication, partnering with Product colleagues to plan, deliver and improve technical capabilities in a critical area for ClearBank.

Your Role Includes:

• Leading an engineering team (or teams) responsible for a set of associated services and customer outcomes.
• Partnering with technical SMEs to establish and execute a technical strategy for the platform.
• Driving team ownership of their services and the processes used to deliver them.
• Ensuring the team’s people are set up for success, including hiring to introduce new talent and coaching team members to achieve their full potential.
• Collaborating with partners in teams such as Product, Operations and Security to plan future roadmaps, prepare initiatives and execute effectively.
• Improving the team’s security posture and quality practices to maintain reliable and secure services.
• Managing 24/7 support when necessary and rapid reaction to issues, including ensuring post incident actions and learning are identified and completed efficiently.

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience successfully leading software development teams and knowledge of what appropriate models look like to set teams up for success.
• Strong communication skills, being able to communicate effectively and influentially with other teams, partners (such as Product and Operations) and stakeholders.
• Good technical skills, with exposure to Azure, C#, SQL and related technologies or closely aligned alternatives.
• Experience building Developer Platforms and APIs, leading teams with both internal and external customers.
• People focused and skilled in coaching the team and individual team members to achieve a high level of performance.
• A continuous improvement mindset, being able to identify opportunities and develop a strategy to improve team, processes and technical capabilities.
• Good understanding of agile and lean development practices and how to apply these within a complex environment.
• A good understanding of modern software development practices, including implementing CI/CD, managing cloud-based capabilities and improving delivery flow.
• Exposure to high volume, high uptime environments.

A little bit more about us!

At ClearBank we think about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) a lot. Not because we think we should. But because we know we should – how else can we build a happy workforce and be successful as a business. We’re committed to making sure our teams reflect society. And we put energy and effort into making this a place where everyone feels at home, where they’re given the trust and encouragement to do their very best work.

Here are some of the things we’re most proud of:

• 42% of our senior management roles are held by women
• Our enhanced family leave policies
• Launching our partnership with Code First Girls
• Increasing awareness of neurodiversity in the workplace through our partnership with the Inclusive Group

Our Hiring Process And What You Can Expect:

• Application: a member of our talent acquisition team will review your application against the key requirements for the role and let you know within two weeks whether you’re moving forward to the next stage;
• Screening: You’ll spend 30-45 minutes speaking to one of our recruiters learning more about the role and ClearBank, and we’ll get to know more about you, your experience and how your skills align with the role (this will be via phone or Teams video call). You can expect to hear back from us within seven days following this meeting. If things are taking longer than expected, we’ll let you know that too;
• First Interview: You’ll spend one hour with a member of our hiring team focusing on your skills, competencies and ways of working, and we’ll give you time to ask more questions about the role, the team and ClearBank culture. This will be via Teams.
• Second Interview: This will be a competency-based interview with one or more members of our team.
• Final Stage: You will have a final meeting with the Head of Department. This will be around 45-60 minutes.
• Offer: Congratulations! Get ready to transform banking forever!

Our Commitment To You As a Candidate:

We will always try our best to get back to you within seven days of your interview whether you’ve been successful or not and provide you with feedback. Sometimes things take a little longer, so we may not have a decision to share but we will get in touch to let you know we need a little more time.

We’re unable to provide specific individual feedback at the application or screening stage but know that your application was reviewed and considered carefully. We wish you the best of luck with your application and maybe we’ll be celebrating your new role at ClearBank soon!

Equal Opportunities:

ClearBank is committed to ensuring equal opportunities throughout every stage of the recruitment process. ClearBank recognises that diversity is vital to the long-term success of the business in the communities and markets in which it operates. ClearBank is also a firm believer that an inclusive culture fosters greater employee engagement and collaboration.

ClearBank strives for diversity and inclusion of all forms, including (but not limited to): gender, age, educational and professional background, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief and sexual orientation.

As part of the Company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable adjustments to candidates during the recruitment process, including to individuals with disabilities. We want to create a safe space that welcomes everyone so please let us know how we can accommodate you. In case you have any accessibility requirements you can share that with our Talent Acquisition team prior to your interview stage, if applicable.

The legal bit:

By submitting your CV to ClearBank Limited you are providing your consent for us to use the information you provide for recruitment purposes. For more information on how we manage your data go and check out our Candidate Privacy Notice on the ClearBank website to see how we process, manage and look after your data. You are also allowing us to communicate with you by email and telephone for recruitment purposes.