Company Description

At The Stepstone Group, we help everyone get the job that best fits their life. Whether it is the next step in their career, or a job to pay the bills - we exist to match lifestyles with livelihoods.  

We play our part by giving people everything they need to find the right job for them in that moment; making jobs work for more people, whatever they do, and however they choose to do it. 

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Totaljobs is critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent on the market. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of your background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application or interviewing, please let us know. 

We also have a hybrid approach! Work from home 2 days and 3 days at the office!

Job Description

We are looking for a person who is as passionate about excellent engineering as they are for people. As a manager, an Associate Engineering Manager is a person that can be trusted by their team, that works with them individually and as a group to achieve their goals and commitments, and who listens, supports, mentors, coaches, and helps them grow to their full potential.

As an engineer, an Associate Engineering Manager has the ability to communicate technical concepts to a varied audience of stakeholders across the business, and together with product owners, scrum masters and business analysts is accountable for the results and delivery of the team, with a focus on innovation.

What will this role look like on a day-to-day basis?

• Line management, coaching, career progression, planning and growth, for one or two engineering teams
• Ensuring that excellent engineering and innovation are part of every delivery iteration and the team’s roadmap
• Effective communication with both with the team and their stakeholders
• Accountability for the successful delivery of the team’s commitments
• Ensuring that the team is staffed appropriately and protecting its health
• Developing the engineering culture of their team and domain, in the context of the organizational engineering strategy (rapid hypothesis testing, learning from failure, automation, SecDevOps culture)
• Ensuring effective technical knowledge is shared within the team and in collaboration with other teams and Associate Engineering Managers
• Awareness of barriers to innovation, and planning for their removal (through training, removal of technical debt, or other means)
• Occasionally, being able to lend hands-on support to the team

Qualifications

We know looking for a new job can be scary, and sometimes the list of skills you are asked for can seem exhaustive. Below are a few of the skills we look for, but please do not be put off applying if you do not have every single one of them!

Some skills you might have:

• People Leader: able to line manage others in line with the organizational policies and adaptable to each individual needs, with a focus on team growth, engagement, ownership and belonging 
• Collaborator: able to lead by example in collaboration with the team, their support network, and their stakeholders 
• Good Communicator: clearly connects and communicates with developers, product owners, stakeholders, and the domain’s support/leadership team 
• Emotional Intelligence and Inclusive Mindset: able to communicate reasoning in clear and simple terms to a diverse audience, flexibility to take different viewpoints and experiences, committed to their own personal and professional growth and that of others, behaves with dignity and respect towards everyone 
• Delivery focused: focuses on the delivery of value efficiently and iteratively, and is responsible for fulfilling the team’s commitments 

Key Technologies:

• Data Warehousing, Data Modelling, Database Design, ETL
• AWS Redshift, SQL Server, Power BI
• Cloud/DevOps – AWS, Docker, Terraform
• Bitbucket, Bamboo, Team City, Octopus CI/CD deploy pipeline
• Agile, pair programming, code reviews
• Knowledge of one development language (Python, C#, Java), Data Lakes
• Knowledge of Crawlers, Event Sourcing and Data Mesh is a plus

Additional Information

Benefits and Rewards:

We believe in giving recognition to our employees, so if you are interested to find out more, please look at the Totaljobs Group career site.

• Holiday - We feel work-life balance is important, so we offer every single one of our employees 29 days holiday a year, plus public holidays.  Everyone also has the option to buy or sell up to three days each year in our Holiday Flex scheme. 
• Family Leave - We understand that laying the foundations for a smooth start to family leave will also make for an easier transition back to the workplace and subject to qualifying criteria, the benefits under the Company Family schemes are more generous than required under current legislation.
• Pension Scheme - To help our people plan for their future we offer a competitive pension scheme.
• Medical - Access to digital GP and well-being services.
• Charity - Each Totaljobs Group employee receives x2 additional days off every year to volunteer to charitable causes. We also give our employees the chance to 'give as they earn' meaning they can donate tax-free to a registered charity, and Totaljobs Group will match their contribution up to a value of £10 per month. 

When you apply for a role with us you will be asked to complete an equal opportunities questionnaire. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to reach out to one of the team.