Software Engineering Manager

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About the role

We are seeking a highly capable Software Engineering Manager to lead a diverse team comprising company engineers, vendor resources, designers, and operations staff. The role requires strong people leadership, AI vision, architectural thinking, and the ability to deliver scalable, high‑quality software products.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and mentor a blended engineering team across development, design, and operations.
• Oversee end‑to‑end delivery of software built using Java, Python, and React.
• Work closely with Product Managers and QA teams to ensure high‑quality releases.
• Define and drive the AI vision and AI‑enabled architectural roadmap.
• Ensure scalable, secure, and cloud‑native designs using AWS.
• Promote DevOps, automation, and engineering best practices.
• Guide vendor teams and ensure alignment with engineering standards.
• Influence technical decision‑making and provide thought leadership across the organisation.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Strong hands‑on background in Java, Python, and React ecosystems.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services and cloud architecture patterns.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and API design.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, containers, and DevOps toolchains.
• Understanding of AI/ML fundamentals and ability to integrate AI into solutions.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• AWS or Kubernetes certifications.
• Experience delivering AI‑enabled or intelligent automation products.
• Exposure to enterprise compliance, governance, or risk systems.

Our Package

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.