Engineering Manager

Who are we?

Howden is a collective - a group of talented and passionate people all around the world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 18,000 employees spanning over 100 countries.

People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It’s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.

Engineering Manager UK

Role: Engineering Manager
Team: Backend Development
Location: Remote first; with fortnightly to monthly face-to-face in Gloucester area
Tech: C#, Azure, ADO, APIs, data, xUnit

ROLE PURPOSE

As an Engineering Manager at Howden, you will become part of and lead two agile teams. You will harness you people-first approach and agile coaching to help our teams grow and strive for high performance

You will participate in regular agile sessions, collaborating closely with your team to deliver our roadmap whilst supporting each engineer (typically ~10 direct reports) in their teams to help them grow, build resilience, solve challenges, and provide them with access to training needs whilst encouraging and adopting best practices.

This is a role suited to technical people leaders but there is no direct coding needed.

As part of our leadership team and reporting to the Head of Backend Development you will attend and facilitate leadership sessions, community of practice sessions in a particular discipline e.g. REST/SQL or QA, foster cross team collaboration, and be responsible for and support hiring needs across the group.

About you:

- Strong understanding of backend development.
- A keen understanding of the broader technological landscape.
- You will have a strong understanding of people leadership and how to get the best out of a team and know how to measure this.
- A keen eye for detail and a focus our putting users fir An understanding of accessibility needs and relevant standards.
- Deeply understands the value in Test-driven Development and group programming activities.
- You have had strong understanding of Azure Cloud technologies.
- A strong communicator and able to seek feedback early and often.
- A bias towards action.
- An experimental and scientific mindset leading to data-led decision making.
- An understanding of agile development methodologies, particularly scrum and kanban.
- The value of continuous delivery practices and iterative development (CI/CD).
- Delivering on observability and monitoring capabilities.
- Previous experience of people leadership and agile coaching.

Rewards:
We believe that great work and dedication should be rewarded, that’s why we offer:
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), pro-rated for part year service- A set of core benefits, designed with your health and financial protection in mind:
- Life Assurance up to 4x salary, protecting your loved ones in case the worst should happen- Income protection, guaranteeing an income for up to 5 years in the event of an illness or injury- Contributory pension scheme - 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution, rising to 5% & 5% in April 2025- Access to a Healthcare Cashplan, which gives you access to a variety of health related benefits- Access to a host of lifestyle and financial benefits that you can choose from:
- Discounts on gym membership across the UK- Salary sacrifice schemes - Travel Insurance, Cycle to Work, Car leasing, Technology purchase- Access to discounted personal health policies - Critical illness, private medical, dental plans- A range of insurance products available commission free, including home, motor, travel and specialist vehicles- Access to hundreds of high-street retailer discounts- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support employees outside of work

What do we offer in return?

A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity - there is no one Howden type. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us:
- Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new- We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges- We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond

Reasonable adjustments

We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours* or hybrid working*.
- Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.

Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)