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Waystone

Senior Engineering Manager

Waystone

Senior Engineering Manager running Waystone’s software factory for regulated financial-services software. Owning engineering capacity, quality, standards, toolchain and production-ready delivery.

Posted 8/5/2026full-timeLeeds • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates deep technical credibility in modern software engineering practices, with a strong focus on engineering standards, quality assurance, and the ability to lead teams in delivering production-ready software. Proficient in managing engineering functions within regulated environments while promoting AI-first and automation-first methodologies.

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Technical LeadershipEngineering StandardsCI/CD and Automated TestingQuality AssuranceArchitecture Governance

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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringVersion ControlCI/CDAutomated TestingQuality GatesCode ReviewArchitecture ArchetypesData-Driven Performance ManagementDefect TriageEngineering Toolchain Management
Soft Skills
Clear CommunicationAnalytical ApproachRelationship BuildingKnowledge SharingCross-Training
Tools & Technologies
Source ControlCI ToolsPackage ManagementCode Quality ToolsScanning Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s Degree in ITBachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Industry Keywords
Regulated EnvironmentChange ManagementProduction Software DeliveryAI-First EngineeringAutomation-First Engineering

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the software build lifecycle from qualified, defined initiatives through development and testing to an assured, production-ready package
  • Own engineering capacity, sequencing and throughput to deliver the committed roadmap
  • Provide technical leadership and delivery capacity to delivery leads and project managers
  • Support the enterprise change portfolio with appropriate engineering resources
  • Manage the business-as-usual demand channel across small change, defects and maintenance
  • Deliver controlled small change requests below the enterprise change threshold
  • Own defect intake and triage, validating defects and routing new requirements appropriately
  • Own maintenance workload, including framework deprecation and package vulnerability responses
  • Apply architecture solution archetypes and patterns in build and feed build experience back into architecture
  • Define, create and enforce coding standards, engineering practices and ways of working
  • Drive common patterns, processes and naming conventions across product lines
  • Ensure work is traceable to agreed architecture and decision artefacts
  • Own engineering quality end to end, including reviews, test strategy, quality gates and assurance
  • Maintain evidence and attestation required in a regulated environment
  • Realise solutions on agreed platforms and technologies through the Technology Reference Architecture
  • Own and continuously improve the engineering toolchain, including source control, CI, package management, code quality and scanning
  • Partner with the platform team to ensure clean handover of production-ready packages
  • Contribute to environment strategy while recognising platform ownership of infrastructure
  • Manage delivery-partner and build-capacity vendors
  • Embed AI-first and automation-first ways of working
  • Ensure engineers have appropriate tools, training and opportunities
  • Promote knowledge sharing, cross-training and adaptable team structures
  • Build relationships across architecture, engineering, assurance, design, platform and delivery

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Deep technical credibility across modern software engineering and delivery practice
  • Strong grasp of engineering standards, patterns and ways of working
  • Ability to apply architecture archetypes in build
  • Fluency in version control, CI/CD, automated testing, quality gates and disciplined code review
  • Working understanding of AI-first and automation-first engineering
  • Ability to provide technical leadership and translate outcome intent into deliverable engineering work
  • Sound judgement in regulated or control-heavy environments, including evidence and attestation
  • Analytical, data-driven approach to throughput, quality and performance management
  • Clear communication across technical and non-technical audiences
  • Proven track record leading software engineering teams and delivering production software predictably
  • Experience running an engineering function serving project-driven change and business-as-usual work
  • Experience defining and enforcing engineering standards and raising quality
  • Experience managing delivery-partner or build-capacity vendors
  • Experience operating within an architecture-governed environment and realising solutions against a reference architecture
  • Experience introducing modern engineering practices, ideally including AI-assisted engineering
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Training and opportunities to deliver high-quality outcomes
  • Internal flexibility through knowledge sharing, cross-training and adaptable team structures
  • Continuous improvement culture