JAVA Digital Software Engineering Group Manager

We are looking for a senior, technically-grounded leader to act as a Digital Software Engineering Group Manager. This role is accountable for the management of large and complex engineering areas, requiring a leader with a deep background in full-stack development. You will lead and direct multiple teams of seasoned professionals, applying a comprehensive understanding of modern architecture and engineering practices to achieve strategic objectives.

You will be accountable for the delivery of a full range of services to one or more business lines, exercising control over resources, budget, and technical strategy. This position requires a blend of strong commercial awareness, technical credibility in Java and modern frontend stacks, and proven experience managing multiple engineering teams.

• Attract, hire, and retain senior full-stack engineering talent from both inside and outside the company.
• Lead multiple engineering teams, with full management responsibility including performance evaluations, compensation, hiring, and disciplinary actions.
• Develop technical skills across your teams, identifying and planning for large-scale development needs in areas like cloud engineering, backend services, and frontend frameworks.
• Mentor other engineers and managers, improving their technical skills and their ability to deliver complex software.

• Develop and communicate a technical vision and roadmap for your department that supports the broader organizational vision.
• Influence your teams’ technical strategy by making insightful contributions to architecture, technology selection, and engineering approach.
• Audit department goals to ensure alignment with broader organizational objectives and hold the department accountable for engineering and delivery excellence.
• Engage in short- to medium-term planning of technical resources, architecture runways, and project roadmaps for your area.

• Lead the architectural design and implementation of successful large-scale, critical software projects, with a focus on full-stack solutions.
• Guide architectural decisions across backend (Java/Spring Boot) and frontend (Angular/React) systems, including microservices, cloud-native patterns, and API design.
• Identify and solve ambiguous technical problems, architecture deficiencies, and system bottlenecks that impact innovation.
• Lead architectural design reviews for full-stack solutions
  , ensuring they are scalable, resilient, and secure.
• Demonstrate technical influence over multiple teams by driving adoption of software engineering best practices for full-stack development, CI/CD, security, and automated testing.

• Take accountability for the end-to-end delivery and operational health of your teams’ services.
• Harmonize discordant technical views and lead the resolution of contentious issues to build consensus and drive technical outcomes.
• Ensure that engineering decisions and code quality set a strong example for others; championing a culture of ownership ("You ship it, you own it.").
• Appropriately assess technical risk, demonstrating consideration for the firm’s reputation and driving compliance with all policies, rules, and regulations.

• Experience:10+ years of software development experience with a clear progression from a hands-on engineering role into managing multiple technical teams.
• Full-Stack Background:Deep, hands-on technical background in full-stack development, including:
  • Backend development using
    Java
    and frameworks like
    Spring Boot
    .
  • Frontend development using modern frameworks like
    Angular
    or
    React
    .
• Architecture:Proven experience designing and building complex, distributed, and scalable…