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The Very Group

Engineering Manager – Financial Services

The Very Group

Engineering Manager leading a team within Financial Services at Very. Responsible for technical leadership and delivery of key products and services.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeLiverpool • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudJavaPythonReactSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Working with the Head of Technology and Senior Engineering Manager to lead your team to deliver the Product & Technology roadmap in a manner aligned to our SDLC
  • Taking ownership of the personal development and performance of each member, embedding a culture of continuous improvement both for individuals and the team as a whole
  • Collaborating with other colleagues to ensure all software is built with security, reliability, scalability, and operability
  • Handling technical debt, working with architects and product management to balance work within the squads to ensure risks are managed around aging code and platforms
  • Promoting the sharing of knowledge and standard methodologies both internally and externally across Engineering
  • Actively contributing to the Engineering Manager community within your performance unit as well as engaging and collaborating with the wider technology team

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Financial Services experience is preferred for this role
  • Experience of managing and leading engineering teams in building new high quality systems, improving stability, security and performance
  • You are experienced with software engineering in the cloud
  • You are keen to learn new technologies and support your team to continuously improve
  • You are experienced in operating in an Agile environment (SCRUM and Kanban) and are constantly looking to automate in areas such as CI/CD and quality assurance
  • Experience with some of the following would be a bonus: AWS, Java, Python, React, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, automated testing, robust deployment approaches, observability, serverless computing, APIs, DevSecFinOps

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible, hybrid working model
  • Inclusive culture and environment
  • £6500 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
  • 30 days holiday + bank holidays
  • LinkedIn learning access
  • Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk
  • Matched pension up to 6%
  • More benefits can be found on our career site

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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaPythonReactCI/CDinfrastructure as codeautomated testingAPIsserverless computingobservabilityDevSecFinOps
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcontinuous improvementperformance managementknowledge sharingcommunication