Hargreaves Lansdown

Financial Services

SoftwareEngineeringManager-Transfers

£95–145k ~AI est. United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Manager candidates.

The Brief

“Software Engineering Manager - Transfers at Hargreaves Lansdown. Skills: Software engineering leadership, Agile delivery, Cloud-native design. Lead and coach engineering teams. Own engineering delivery outcomes”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver predictable outcomes; Deliver high-quality outcomes; Improve Transfers throughput; Improve client experience; Teams are engaged; Teams are stable; Teams continuously improving; Transfers systems resilient; Transfers systems observable; Transfers systems easier to change

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Technical solution; Coding problem

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

2+ years experience leading software engineering teams, Java software engineering background, Experience with AWS, Experience with event-driven architectures, Experience delivering product-led, agile software, Stakeholder management across Product, Operations, and Engineering, Excellent communication skills

Nice to Have

Experience in financial services, Experience with Typescript, Experience with agent-first organisations

What You'll Do.

Lead and coach engineering teams

Own engineering delivery outcomes

Ensure work is value-driven

Align work to sprint goals

Partner with Product Manager

Maintain well-shaped backlogs

Balance feature delivery

Reduce technical debt

Address resilience commitments

Address regulatory commitments

Provide technical leadership

Champion modern engineering practices

Collaborate with Architecture

Line-manage engineers

Support career progression

Support performance development

Create inclusive teams

Provide regular feedback

Contribute to onboarding

Partner with Operations

Partner with Programme teams

Deliver fit-for-purpose solutions

Take accountability for live service health

Implement preventative improvements

Support transition to product teams

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional engineering teams; Product Managers; Architecture; Operations; Programme leadership; Operations teams; Programme teams

Communication Scope

Explain technical concepts

Process & Methodology

Agile, Product-led delivery

Full Job Description

# Excited to grow your career? ## **Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.** We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from you! About the role # About HL And The Opportunity We’re building the next generation platform for one of the UK’s largest financial services companies, trusted by over 2 million clients and managing c.£150 billion in assets. You will contribute in expanding our new capabilities that will enable our clients to seamlessly transfer in (and out) financial products like SIPPs and ISAs. Be part of HL’s future. Be part of the future of investing. Shape it with us. About the Role As an Engineering Manager in Transfers, you will lead a Product Engineering Team responsible for building and operating a number of applications, primarily but not limited to Java microservices. You will be accountable for engineering delivery, technical excellence, team health, and operational resilience, working in close partnership with Product Managers, Architecture, Operations, and Programme leadership within an end-to-end product-led delivery model. ## Key Responsibilities ### Engineering Leadership & Delivery * Lead and coach high-performing, cross-functional engineering teams. * Own engineering delivery outcomes, ensuring work is value-driven, predictable, and aligned to sprint goals. * Partner closely with a Product Manager to maintain well-shaped backlogs with clear Definitions of Ready and Done. * Balance feature delivery with technical debt reduction, resilience, and regulatory commitments. ### ### Technical Excellence & Architecture * Provide technical leadership on architecture, quality, security, and operability. * Cha

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