Domogroup

Engineering Team Manager

Domogroup

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Bristol • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £65,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSEC2JavaScriptLaravelPHPVue.js

About the role

  • As an Engineering Team Manager, you will manage and grow a team of talented engineers, focusing primarily on people - their development, motivation, and performance.
  • You'll help shape how we work and scale as a team, creating an environment where engineers thrive, collaborate effectively, and deliver their best work.
  • You'll work closely with the Head of Engineering to strengthen our structure, ensure alignment with business goals, and support the professional growth of every engineer in your team.
  • Lead, mentor and coach a team of engineers - guiding them through challenges, supporting their growth, and fostering a culture of trust and accountability.
  • Shape the environment where engineers can do their best work - improving clarity, removing blockers, and helping teams deliver consistently.
  • Partner with other Team Managers to align priorities, identify cross-squad dependencies, and ensure consistency across engineering.
  • Working closely with our Talent Acquisition team to attract and hire great people - helping shape role descriptions, participating in interviews, and ensuring new hires are onboarded effectively.
  • Own your team's development conversations, competency reviews, and personal development plans, ensuring progression and recognition are fair and transparent.
  • Build strong relationships with Product and other stakeholders to translate business goals into clear, achievable outcomes.
  • Help shape and maintain engineering standards - technical quality, secure development practices, and a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Champion change - modernising how we deliver software and fostering a mindset of learning, feedback, and innovation.

Requirements

  • Deeply people-focused - you take pride in seeing others grow, learn, and succeed
  • Proven experience managing and developing engineers at different levels
  • Skilled in coaching, feedback, and performance conversations
  • Experienced in using competency frameworks and PDPs to guide growth and progression
  • Able to build high-performing teams, set clear expectations, and maintain accountability
  • Strong communicator - able to translate between technical and non-technical audiences, bringing clarity and alignment
  • Comfortable driving cultural and process change that improves how teams work together
  • Solid foundation in software engineering - ideally with experience in PHP (Laravel), Vue.js, and AWS (ECS, EC2, RDS, SQS, Lambda), or similar technologies
  • Understands modern development practices - CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and version control
  • Pragmatic approach to technical decision-making - focusing on value, quality, and delivery
  • Understanding of standards such as Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, SOC II, or GDPR, and their implications for secure development and delivery
Benefits
  • Unlimited annual leave - including time off for religious holidays
  • £50 per month to spend on either your wellbeing or development
  • Flexible working hours for everyone
  • Enhanced paid parental leave
  • Free face-to-face counselling for up to 8 sessions
  • Life assurance & income protection
  • Health support plan for things like eyecare, dentist, medical support
  • Option to join our AVIVA Private Medical Insurance scheme
  • Mac or PC? Your choice… just let us know
  • EMI share options

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
PHPLaravelVue.jsAWSECSEC2RDSSQSLambdaCI/CD
Soft skills
people-focusedcoachingfeedbackperformance conversationsbuilding high-performing teamsstrong communicationdriving cultural changesetting clear expectationsmaintaining accountabilityfostering a culture of trust
Certifications
Cyber EssentialsISO 27001SOC IIGDPR