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About us.

We are The Very Group and we’re here to help families get more out of life. We know that our customers work hard for their families and have a lot to balance in their busy lives. That’s why we combine amazing brands and products with flexible payment options on Very.co.uk to help them say yes to the things they love. We’re just as passionate about helping our people get more out of life too; building careers with real growth, a sense of purpose, belonging and wellbeing.

About the role

As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading and line managing a team of Data Engineers. The role will include liaising and supporting colleagues in other communities, in particular QA testing, architecture, product ownership, delivery, and business analysis.

This role is a 70/30 split between line management and hands-on. You are expected to be actively involved in guiding, designing, implementing, and running the products and services that your team are responsible for. You’ll create, maintain, and drive best practices in Data and QA engineering within the team and the wider technology community.

For the business priorities an Engineering Manager will liaise with various stakeholders to understand what, why, how, and when so that this information can be shared across the data enablement community and assist in the planning of the portfolio priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Resourcing strategy for Data and QA Engineers within the Data Enablement PU.
• Technology strategy and delivery approach for the team (in-line with Architecture & Tech Lead guidelines).
• Data Engineering patterns including modelling techniques, processing, design patterns and frameworks.
• Overall support model for data engineering (alongside Senior Data Engineering Manager, Head of Technology and Service Manager).
• Performance management and development planning for the Engineers within your team.
• Works closely with architecture, Tech Lead, security, and service to ensure all software is inherently built & maintained with security, reliability, scalability, and operability.
• Leads recruitment for Data Engineers within your team alongside the Principal Engineers.
  

Essential knowledge and skills

• A strong collaborator and communicator.
• A background and relevant current experience in a hands-on data/software engineering role is essential.
• Confident and comfortable to share stories internally and externally to build our Very Group brand, and credibility to attract and retain talent.
• Significant experience of building and leading high performing data engineering teams operating in a lean, agile, DevSecOps based environment.
• Demonstrable experience of providing clear direction, coaching, mentoring and development support. Experienced in managing any individual performance issues.
• Experience of building, integrating, maintaining, and managing complex data platforms, architectures, and tooling ideally across multi-cloud environments.
• Experience of building data applications that have security, reliability, scalability, high availability, and concurrency built-in from the outset.
• Computer Science degree or relevant industry experience.
  

Benefits

• Inclusive culture and environment, check out our Glassdoor reviews
• £6500 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
• 30 days holiday + bank holidays
• Udemy learning access
• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
• Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

• Matched pension up to 6%
• More benefits can be found on our career site

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly, and if successful in securing this role, you will be required to undertake a credit, CIFAS, Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken, including any unspent criminal convictions.  

What happens next?

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if you’re successful so keep an eye on your emails! We’ll arrange a short call to learn more about you, as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like we’re a good match, we’ll share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a two stage interview process after meeting the TA team,

First stage – A 30 Minute Initial conversation with the Hiring Team.

Second Stage - A Final Stage split into 2 sessions, one focusing on Behavioural and the other will be more Technical questions.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If you'd like to know more about our interviews, you can find out here.

 Equal opportunities

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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