JAVA Digital Software Engineering Group Manager

We are looking for a senior, technically-grounded leader to act as a Digital Software Engineering Group Manager. This role is accountable for the management of large and complex engineering areas, requiring a leader with a deep background in full-stack development. You will lead and direct multiple teams of seasoned professionals, applying a comprehensive understanding of modern architecture and engineering practices to achieve strategic objectives. You will be accountable for the delivery of a full range of services to one or more business lines, exercising control over resources, budget, and technical strategy. This position requires a blend of strong commercial awareness, technical credibility in Java and modern frontend stacks, and proven experience managing multiple engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Talent Management

• Attract, hire, and retain senior full-stack engineering talent from both inside and outside the company.

• Lead multiple engineering teams, with full management responsibility including performance evaluations, compensation, hiring, and disciplinary actions.

• Develop technical skills across your teams, identifying and planning for large-scale development needs in areas like cloud engineering, backend services, and frontend frameworks.

• Mentor other engineers and managers, improving their technical skills and their ability to deliver complex software.

Strategy & Vision

• Develop and communicate a technical vision and roadmap for your department that supports the broader organizational vision.

• Influence your teams' technical strategy by making insightful contributions to architecture, technology selection, and engineering approach.

• Audit department goals to ensure alignment with broader organizational objectives and hold the department accountable for engineering and delivery excellence.

• Engage in short- to medium-term planning of technical resources, architecture runways, and project roadmaps for your area.

Technical & Architectural Excellence

• Lead the architectural design and implementation of successful large-scale, critical software projects, with a focus on full-stack solutions.

• Guide architectural decisions across backend (Java/Spring Boot) and frontend (Angular/React) systems, including microservices, cloud-native patterns, and API design.

• Identify and solve ambiguous technical problems, architecture deficiencies, and system bottlenecks that impact innovation.

• Lead architectural design reviews for full-stack solutions, ensuring they are scalable, resilient, and secure.

• Demonstrate technical influence over multiple teams by driving adoption of software engineering best practices for full-stack development, CI/CD, security, and automated testing.

Execution & Delivery

• Take accountability for the end-to-end delivery and operational health of your teams' services.

• Harmonize discordant technical views and lead the resolution of contentious issues to build consensus and drive technical outcomes.

• Ensure that engineering decisions and code quality set a strong example for others; championing a culture of ownership ("You ship it, you own it.").

• Appropriately assess technical risk, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation and driving compliance with all policies, rules, and regulations.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years of software development experience with a clear progression from a hands-on engineering role into managing multiple technical teams.

• Full-Stack Background: Deep, hands-on technical background in full-stack development, including:

  • Backend development using Java and frameworks like Spring Boot.

  • Frontend development using modern frameworks like Angular or React.

• Architecture: Proven experience designing and building complex, distributed, and scalable systems. Strong knowledge of microservices architecture, API design, and cloud-native patterns.

• Cloud & DevOps: Extensive experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and a strong understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD principles and tooling.

• Leadership: First-class leadership and influencing skills, with proven experience managing technology teams and developing engineering talent.

• High-Growth Environment: Has thrived and succeeded in delivering high-quality technology products/services in a high-growth environment where priorities shift rapidly.

• Communication: Excellent communication skills with experience negotiating and presenting technical strategy at a senior level.

Education

• Bachelor’s/University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field is required.

• Master’s degree is preferred.

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