Software Engineering Manager (Java)

Avanti Recruitment is currently working with a leading, award-winning FinTech who are seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to take responsibility for engineering leadership and delivery. The business provides cutting-edge financial technology solutions to global financial institutions and has been recognised for excellence and innovation across the sector. The Role You will be responsible for leading and mentoring the engineering team, ensuring delivery excellence, operational resilience, and platform growth. This role combines technical leadership with people management and requires someone confident in engineering delivery, incident management, platform operations, and client support. This role will require you in office 4 days per week and located in Surrey. The company is a small team of around 3 Developers, 1 Tester + 8 people (front office) Key Responsibilities Hands-on coding / documentation (70-80% of the time) Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team Oversee agile delivery, backlog management, and release planning Ensure platform stability through monitoring, incident management, and post-mortems Implement robust security and compliance practices Manage vendor relationships and operational budgets Support client onboarding and resolve platform-related issues Experience 2+ Years of Technical Leadership or People management Strong background in Java development (Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, REST) Experience in engineering management or technical ..... full job details .....