Key Notes
This is a people-and-delivery leadership post for someone who has already managed software developers and remains technically credible across JavaScript frameworks and .NET. You’ll line-manage about seven engineers, guide architecture, uphold coding standards and handle production escalations for transport operations software. The Oldham role is full-time and hybrid, requiring at least two office days a week; no salary is published.
What You'll Work On
- Guide architecture and technical trade-offs for software covering transport planning, control rooms, incident management, safety, customer information and commercial analytics.
- Line-manage about seven engineers through objectives, reviews, coaching and workload allocation aligned with product and project delivery timescales.
- Set coding, documentation and review standards that keep Velociti’s applications reliable, secure, maintainable and compliant throughout the development lifecycle.
- Lead escalation and root-cause work for production incidents while embedding AI-assisted development practices and continuous learning across the engineering team.
Why This Role Matters
- Transport-operations applications depend on sound architecture and disciplined releases; the manager’s technical standards reduce reliability, security and maintainability risks across production software.
- A team of about seven engineers needs realistic workload planning and coaching, directly affecting whether product priorities become timely, supportable releases for operator customers.
What They Are Looking For
- Experience: Applicants need proven experience managing or leading developers, including regular one-to-ones, objective setting, performance review and constructive feedback.
- Experience: Applicants need extensive full-stack capability across JavaScript frameworks and .NET, with experience delivering low-latency APIs and responsive cross-browser web applications.
- Experience: Applicants need experience working in an AI-augmented engineering environment and retaining enough technical depth to guide architectural decisions and documented trade-offs.
- Stakeholder: Applicants need clear written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical audiences, including presenting solutions and taking end-to-end ownership of technical work.