Hybrid Engineering Team Manager

at Domogroup

• Job title: Engineering Team Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £65,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, EC2, JavaScript, Laravel, PHP, Vue.js
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bristol, United Kingdom

About the role

• Engineering Team Manager overseeing talented engineers for Signable's eSignature platform growth. Focused on team development, motivation, and delivering high-quality software solutions.

Responsibilities

• As an Engineering Team Manager, you will manage and grow a team of talented engineers, focusing primarily on people - their development, motivation, and performance.
• You'll help shape how we work and scale as a team, creating an environment where engineers thrive, collaborate effectively, and deliver their best work.
• You'll work closely with the Head of Engineering to strengthen our structure, ensure alignment with business goals, and support the professional growth of every engineer in your team.
• Lead, mentor and coach a team of engineers - guiding them through challenges, supporting their growth, and fostering a culture of trust and accountability.
• Shape the environment where engineers can do their best work - improving clarity, removing blockers, and helping teams deliver consistently.
• Partner with other Team Managers to align priorities, identify cross-squad dependencies, and ensure consistency across engineering.
• Working closely with our Talent Acquisition team to attract and hire great people - helping shape role descriptions, participating in interviews, and ensuring new hires are onboarded effectively.
• Own your team's development conversations, competency reviews, and personal development plans, ensuring progression and recognition are fair and transparent.
• Build strong relationships with Product and other stakeholders to translate business goals into clear, achievable outcomes.
• Help shape and maintain engineering standards - technical quality, secure development practices, and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Champion change - modernising how we deliver software and fostering a mindset of learning, feedback, and innovation.

Requirements

• Deeply people-focused - you take pride in seeing others grow, learn, and succeed
• Proven experience managing and developing engineers at different levels
• Skilled in coaching, feedback, and performance conversations
• Experienced in using competency frameworks and PDPs to guide growth and progression
• Able to build high-performing teams, set clear expectations, and maintain accountability
• Strong communicator - able to translate between technical and non-technical audiences, bringing clarity and alignment
• Comfortable driving cultural and process change that improves how teams work together
• Solid foundation in software engineering - ideally with experience in PHP (Laravel), Vue.js, and AWS (ECS, EC2, RDS, SQS, Lambda), or similar technologies
• Understands modern development practices - CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and version control
• Pragmatic approach to technical decision-making - focusing on value, quality, and delivery
• Understanding of standards such as Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, SOC II, or GDPR, and their implications for secure development and delivery

Benefits

• Unlimited annual leave - including time off for religious holidays
• £50 per month to spend on either your wellbeing or development
• Flexible working hours for everyone
• Enhanced paid parental leave
• Free face-to-face counselling for up to 8 sessions
• Life assurance & income protection
• Health support plan for things like eyecare, dentist, medical support
• Option to join our AVIVA Private Medical Insurance scheme
• Mac or PC? Your choice… just let us know
• EMI share options