Software Engineering Manager

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About the role

We are looking for an experienced Technical Delivery Manager to lead the development, support, and modernization of enterprise applications built on Java, Python, and .NET technologies. The role requires a strong blend of technical expertise, people leadership, and delivery management to ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions that meet business objectives.
The successful candidate will manage multidisciplinary engineering teams, provide technical direction, drive application strategy, and work closely with business stakeholders, architects, and project teams to deliver successful outcomes

What you’ll be doing

• Leading the delivery, support, and continuous improvement of Physical Access Control Systems (PACS) and related security applications
• Leading and mentoring development and application support teams across Java, Python, and .NET technology stacks.
• Defining and implementing technical strategies, architecture standards, and development best practices.
• Overseeing the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of enterprise applications.
• Managing project delivery, resource allocation, priorities, risks, and dependencies across multiple initiatives.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Driving application modernization, cloud adoption, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensuring application security, performance, scalability, and reliability through effective governance and technical oversight.
• Managing production support activities, incident resolution, root cause analysis, and service improvement plans.
• Working with infrastructure, security, and architecture teams to ensure compliance with organizational standards.
• Supporting Agile delivery practices and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Providing regular updates and technical recommendations to senior management and key stakeholders.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Proven experience managing software development and application support teams.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of:
  Java (Spring Boot, Microservices)
  Python (Flask, Django, FastAPI)
  .NET / .NET Core (C#)
• Experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale applications and integration solutions.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices architecture, and application integration patterns.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure and/or AWS.
• Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, or Jenkins.
• Understanding of containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience managing budgets, resources, vendors, and project delivery.
• Ability to lead technical discussions, provide architectural guidance, and make strategic technology decisions.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Experience with Physical Access Control Systems (PACS) and physical security technologies.
• Knowledge of enterprise security operations, access management processes, and physical security system integrations.
• Experience in cloud-native application development and modernization.
• Knowledge of security, compliance, and governance frameworks.
• Agile, Scrum, PMP, PRINCE2, or relevant professional certifications.
• Experience managing globally distributed teams and supporting business-critical applications.

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.