At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and mentor engineers while contributing to core product development and AI integration.
- Company: Join a leading global commodity intelligence platform with a supportive culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus, hybrid work, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Enjoy a collaborative environment with a focus on continuous learning and innovation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in AI-assisted development and shape engineering culture.
- Qualifications: Strong software engineering background and experience in leadership roles.
The predicted salary is between 100000 - 100000 £ per year.
Salary
Requirements
- Strong hands‑on software engineering background
- Previous experience as a Senior, Staff, Lead Engineer, or Engineering Manager
- Proven experience leading and mentoring engineers
- Strong commercial experience with Node. js, Type Script, and SQL
- Experience designing and building scalable distributed systems
- Strong understanding of cloud‑based production environments
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
- Comfortable remaining hands‑on and completing technical assessments as part of the interview process
- Passion for AI‑assisted development and modern engineering tooling
- Experience introducing AI into software development workflows
- Interest in agentic AI and autonomous systems
- Experience working in fast‑paced product‑led businesses
- Backgrounds within high‑scale technology organisations, gaming companies, Amazon‑style engineering environments, or startup ecosystems
Responsibilities
- Contribute directly to core product development and platform engineering
- Lead architecture reviews and technical design discussions
- Drive engineering best practices across quality, testing, performance, observability, and security
- Design and build scalable distributed systems using modern technologies
- Identify technical risks and remove delivery blockers
- Partner with senior engineering leaders on long‑term technical strategy
- Champion AI‑assisted software development practices
- Drive adoption of tools such as Git Hub Copilot, Cursor, Chat GPT, and emerging AI technologies
- Explore opportunities for agentic AI and autonomous systems
- Coach engineers on safe, effective use of AI in development workflows
- Improve engineering productivity through automation and intelligent tooling
- Lead, mentor, and develop software engineers
- Conduct regular 1‑to‑1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations
- Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation
- Support hiring, onboarding, and team growth initiatives
- Help engineers improve system design, coding practices, and problem‑solving skills
- Technologies
- AI
- Chat GPT
- Cloud
- Copilot
- Cursor
- Git Hub
- Support
- SQL
- Security
- Type Script
- Node JS
- More
We are partnering with a leading global commodity intelligence and market insights platform to hire a hands‑on Software Engineering Manager / Engineering Lead in London on a hybrid basis.
This is a permanent role with a salary of £105,000 - £110,000 plus bonus and benefits.
We offer a genuine player‑coach opportunity with approximately 60% hands‑on coding and 40% management, giving you significant influence over technical direction, engineering culture, and AI adoption across the organisation.
You will join a collaborative, low‑ego, highly supportive leadership team and work on complex, real‑world data and intelligence platforms.
- last updated 27 week of 2026
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We think you need these skills to ace Software Engineering Manager - South East London
Software Engineering
Node.js
TypeScript
SQL
Cloud-based Production Environments
AI-assisted Development
Scalable Distributed Systems
