Software Engineering Manager

Salary: £22,000 - 57,000 per year

Requirements:

• 8 or more years of software engineering experience, including leading projects and supporting or managing engineers in an agile product environment.
• Experience managing teams that build cloud-native microservices in AWS.
• Strong people leadership skills, with experience coaching engineers, building accountability, and helping teams plan and deliver effectively.
• Solid technical background in backend engineering, including Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, APIs, and production systems supported by SQL or NoSQL data stores.
• Good understanding of CI/CD, observability, incident support, and modern engineering practices such as Docker-based workflows and infrastructure as code.
• Practical understanding of AI-enabled engineering and product use cases, including common LLM concepts and considerations such as privacy, security, bias, governance, and cost.
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers, product managers, and senior stakeholders.
• Quality, security, and delivery mindset, with the judgment to balance business outcomes, team health, and sustainable engineering practices.
• Exposure to hiring, organizational planning, or broader cross-team delivery initiatives is a plus.
• Experience helping teams adopt AI-assisted development tools or AI-enabled product capabilities in a practical and responsible way is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and support a team of engineers, creating clarity around priorities, ownership, expectations, and growth goals.
• Partner with Product, Security, DevOps, and peer engineering leaders to plan and deliver roadmap commitments while balancing quality, pace, and sustainability.
• Improve team processes, remove blockers, support planning and estimation, and reinforce strong engineering practices.
• Maintain enough technical depth to guide design discussions, challenge risks, review trade-offs, and support the team in building secure and maintainable systems.
• Use AI tools and encourage responsible AI-assisted ways of working that improve productivity while protecting privacy, security, quality, and good judgment.
• Support hiring, feedback, performance conversations, and career development so the team continues to grow in capability and confidence.

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Backend
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Docker
• Support
• LLM
• NoSQL
• SQL
• Security
• TypeScript
• microservices
• NodeJS

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We are Diligent, the AI leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, helping more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members clarify risk and elevate governance. Our Diligent One Platform gives practitioners, the C-Suite, and the board a consolidated view of their GRC practice so they can better manage risk, build resilience, and make decisions faster. We are building the future with people who think boldly, move fast, and embrace curiosity and experimentation. We offer a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting-free days, generous time off, and wellness programs. We have teams across the world, with office hubs in New York City, Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney. This role follows a hybrid work model, with onsite work expected at least 50% of the time if you live within commuting distance of one of our office locations. We value diversity, support employee resource groups, and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, collaborative, and mission-driven culture.

last updated 34 week of 2026