EngineeringManager

dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, partnering with the world’s most ambitious retailers and brands to put the customer at the heart of every decision. We combine deep insight, advanced technology, and close collaboration to help our clients grow, innovate, and deliver measurable value for their customers. dunnhumby employs nearly 2,500 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Unilever and Metro. We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to join our Application Platform Team, who combines strong technical expertise with people leadership, capable of guiding teams delivering high‑quality, production‑ready solutions. You’ll bring hands‑on experience across modern engineering stacks and be comfortable working closely with platform, product, and data teams to deliver scalable systems. Alongside this, you’ll play a key role in developing and supporting engineers at different levels, fostering a collaborative, high‑performing environment, and ensuring best practices around code quality, reliability, and delivery are consistently upheld. What we’re looking for Hands-on experience with .NET, Python, React/JavaScript, and Terraform (bonus: exposure to Go/Rust) Comfortable with cloud‑native environments (Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps) and working alongside platform teams Proven experience shipping production code, ideally in cloud environments Solid CI/CD knowledge (pipelines, testing, deployment) with tools like GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Octopus Prioritises code quality, testing, and standards as a given Familiar with Kubernetes patterns, ArgoCD, secrets management, and multi‑cloud (GCP/Azure) Good understanding of observability (e. g. New Relic) and what “good” looks like in production Able to set direction, not just follow – comfortable working cross‑functionally Experience managing engineers and supporting team growth Works effectively in Agile teams