Cloud Engineering Manager

Why join us

We don’t think we’re exaggerating when we say we have the most exciting data set in the UK.  And from the insights gained, we build scalable, high-performance products using cutting-edge technology that give our customers an amazing shopping experience – like our award-winning Smartshop app. In an inclusive, agile environment, you’ll have the space to be curious, to experiment, and to solve real-world challenges. And you’ll get to see your creations in the hands of millions of people across the UK.

About the Team

As Engineering Manager in Cloud, you will lead a team of Cloud Engineers that supports cross-functional product teams following a consulting model . The team you will be leading is multi-skill and has been recently brought under the broader Cloud team, which has the mission to enable product engineering teams to deliver value faster, more safely and at reduced cost by providing reusable, resilient, scalable, and secure environments to run their applications on. You’ll have end-to-end ownership of the services and product of your teams, owning the entire stack, including Service Management.

What you'll do

You will lead a multi-skilled engineering team to deliver innovative and high-performing solutions that create value and drive efficiency for our business. 
With end-to-end ownership of products, you will oversee both change and run activities while owning the entire technology stack, including service management. 
Collaborating closely with product owners and the business, you will use your technical expertise to drive progress and influence outcomes. 
Your responsibilities will include recruiting and retaining a talented team, mentoring and coaching colleagues, shaping a world-class engineering function, and ensuring the team possesses the right skills for product development. 
Additionally, you will contribute to defining the technical direction and vision, foster communities of practise, advocate and embed agile / lean delivery methodologies, manage initiative budgets, and oversee service support and SLAs. 
Your role will involve managing people and product financial data, meeting targets, providing accurate reporting, and seeking value realisation opportunities. 
Overall, you will lead by example and inspire your team, continuously striving for improvement and delivering impactful solutions while maintaining attention to detail and effectively managing resources.

Who you are

You are an experienced and passionate leader with a deep understanding of the critical role that product data plays in the success of a retailer. 
With your technical and cloud expertise and end-to-end ownership mindset, you can drive the delivery of innovative solutions that create value, increase efficiency, and enhance performance for our business. 
With an understanding of how to recruit, retain, and motivate teams, you have  excellent interpersonal skills and commitment to fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. 
You bring cutting-edge processes and technologies to the table, always looking to enhance our engineering practises and driving the adoption of agile / lean delivery methodologies. 
With your hands-on experience in languages, tools, and infrastructure, you lead by example, inspire your teams, and ensure successful delivery of large-scale platforms.
Your attention to detail, strategic mindset, and financial acumen enable you to manage budgets and optimise value realisation, while always prioritising the needs of our customers and the continuous improvement of our engineering capabilities.