At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and mentor a dynamic mobile engineering team to deliver high-value features.
- Company: Join MandM, a top online retailer in Europe with a vibrant culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, generous holiday allowance, and exclusive staff discounts.
- Other info: Work in a modern office designed for collaboration and creativity.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on a high-traffic e-commerce app with over 1 million downloads.
- Qualifications: Experience in team leadership and mobile architecture, preferably with Flutter.
The predicted salary is between 56700 - 69300 £ per year.
As our technology department continues to evolve within an exciting product operating model, we are looking for an Engineering Team Lead to take ownership of our mobile application engineering team. If you are passionate about mobile architecture, customer-centric product delivery, and growing engineers through clear leadership and coaching, this is an opportunity to make a massive impact on a high-traffic e-commerce app ranked in the Apple App Store and Google Play Top 100 with over 1 million downloads.
MandM is one of the biggest employers in Herefordshire and one of Europe’s leading online, off-price retailers, selling branded Fashion, Sport & Outdoor products for Men, Women and Children. We offer our customers fantastic value by partnering with companies who we have built long term relationships with, enabling us to offer our customers big household names and up-and-coming brands, giving fantastic value all year round. We are located in the heart of Hereford City Centre in our brand new, state of the art office. The modern, stylish workspace was designed to encourage collaborative working, teamwork and creativity - everything that MandM is all about.
As the Engineering Team Lead for our Mobile team, you will act as the leader, mentor, and facilitator for a multidisciplinary engineering group. Reporting to the Staff Engineer, you will blend hands-on people leadership with mobile architecture expertise and product-focused execution to continuously deliver high-value features to our users.
Role key responsibilities:
- Team Leadership & Engineering Culture: Line manage, mentor, and coach a squad of engineers. Conduct regular formal 1:1s, set clear technical direction, and foster an environment of psychological safety. Champion personal development, identify capability gaps, and empower team members to collaborate and build consensus.
- Mobile Architecture & Technical Excellence: Drive mobile application architecture and systems design decisions. Establish design standards and document architectural decisions using ADRs, RFCs, and KDDs. Lead code reviews, enforce modern development standards, embed security and GDPR controls, and promote the adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools.
- Product Operating Model & Value-Driven Delivery: Drive a customer-centric mindset, championing early value delivery and a 'test and learn' engineering culture. Assess complex technical trade-offs, articulate architectural value to stakeholders, and align delivery with product goals. Collaborate horizontally across the wider engineering leadership group to optimise development and deployment processes.
About You:
- Team Leadership: Proven experience line managing engineers, conducting formal 1:1s, providing structured coaching, and establishing psychological safety.
- Mobile Architecture & Systems Design: Hands-on expertise in mobile app architecture, public APIs, third-party integrations, and defining technical standards.
- Product-Led Mindset: A strong customer-centric focus, prioritising user value, iterative release cycles, and evaluating architectural trade-offs against business goals.
- Technical Foundations: Deep understanding of OOP/SOLID principles, code review standards, databases, Git workflows, and security/GDPR compliance.
- Technical Nice-to-Haves: Exposure to tools like Bloomreach, Algolia, Contentstack, Google Tag Manager, or AI pair-programming workflows.
Why Join MandM?
- Scale & Reach: Lead technical delivery for a high-performing e-commerce application ranked in Apple and Google Plays Top 100 with over 1 million downloads.
- Product Operating Model Transformation: Play a pivotal role as we evolve into a modern, product-led engineering organisation.
- Empowerment & Growth: Directly impact the ongoing development and capabilities of a dedicated mobile engineering squad.
- Modern Collaborative Office: Work in our state-of-the-art Hereford office designed specifically to foster teamwork, innovation, and creativity.
Our Values: At MandM, our employees are driven by a shared commitment to excellence and making a real impact in the industry. We pride ourselves on upholding these core values in everything we do: Integrity, Teamwork, Accountability, Entrepreneurial approach.
Engineering Team Lead in Hereford employer: MandM Direct
MandM is an exceptional employer located in the heart of Hereford, offering a vibrant and modern workspace that fosters creativity and collaboration. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we provide competitive salaries, generous holiday allowances, and unique benefits like paid volunteering days and birthday leave, ensuring our team feels valued and supported. Join us to lead innovative studio operations and make a significant impact in a dynamic e-commerce environment while enjoying exclusive staff discounts and a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme.
