Engineering Manager - Fixed Term Contract

We are Ocado Technology and we empower global grocery retailers with cutting-edge cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. Our Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) powers highly automated Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs), enabling efficient, single-pick online grocery delivery.

About the Role

12 month FTC.

Code for Life is Ocado’s tech for good initiative, dedicated to leveraging Ocado\’s technology expertise, through the efforts of our core team and volunteers, to empower teachers in an increasingly digital world and develop a diverse, inclusive, and engaged future workforce.

We are committed to creating a more digitally literate and inclusive society, making a profound positive impact within the community, and aligning our efforts directly with Ocado\’s core values, particularly our commitment to education, innovation, and community enrichment. Our mission is to build foundational Python skills, nurture internal talent, and inspire the next generation of technologists. You\\\’ll be leading the Code for Life team, making sure everything continues to run smoothly.

Code for Life operates like a start-up business within Ocado, so you\\\’ll be making sure it adheres to best practice and you will work closely with legal, security, data protection, and IP teams. This is an amazing opportunity for an Engineering Manager to get more experience, keep things engaging and inspiring to the learners and teachers, keep customer data safe and streamlined, keep productivity high, keep the team happy, and follow the Code for Life roadmap, hitting our objectives. We work in a collaborative, innovative, fast-paced environment and love what we do.

As an Engineering Manager in the Code for Life team, you’ll gain unique experience leading across technology, education, and brand-building within a start-up environment. Your day-to-day involves guiding a skilled team to deliver impactful educational products like Rapid Router and Python Den, while shaping the product roadmap and ensuring technical excellence. Beyond engineering leadership, you’ll collaborate across the business to build the visibility, reputation, and reach of our products, driving marketing initiatives, strengthening partnerships, and championing the team’s work both internally and externally. This is a role where you’ll stretch your skills in product strategy, marketing, and stakeholder engagement, all while developing as a leader who makes a global impact in education.

This is a big role that mixes engineering leadership, product management, and business development! From an engineering perspective, the role is responsible for driving progress and encouraging tasks that automate the work as much as possible, freeing up the team to do what matters.

About you

• Passion for education and a strong desire to inspire the next generation of engineers.
• Tracking and reporting project progress, especially in software development.
• Experience with reporting and digging into information.
• Comfortable leading meetings and video calls with internal and external partners.
• Solid knowledge of software engineering practices, especially agile methods and making decisions with data.
• Experience mentoring or managing others.
• Spotting opportunities for innovation, saving money, and identifying risks.

What we offer

We believe in supporting our people with meaningful, flexible benefits that prioritise well-being and work-life balance. Here’s a snapshot of what you can expect:

• Time to recharge: 25 days annual leave (rising to 27 after 5 years), plus the option to buy more – and 30 days a year to work from anywhere in the world.
• Health & wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance from your first month, wellbeing support through specialist apps and EAP, plus Income Protection and Life Assurance.
• Family-first policies: 22 weeks paid maternity/primary carer leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (after qualifying period).
• Financial support: Pension with employer matching up to 7%, share schemes (Sharesave & BAYE), and interest-free loans for train tickets.
• Commuter perks: Cycle to Work Scheme and free shuttle buses to/from Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City stations.
• Exclusive discounts: 15% off at Ocado.com with free delivery (starting in your first month).

Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status.

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