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NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY
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London, Greater London
Software Development Manager
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About the role Nationwide are opening a new state of the art tech hub in the iconic Post building, Holborn, which will ultimately house around 1,000 people as part of a 1.2b investment in our technology. For an Engineering Manager like you, it's a unique opportunity to get a Centre of Engineering Excellence off the ground, influence its evolution and grow your career. We're following the lead of some of the world's biggest tech companies in solving the huge complexities of massive-scale, user-driven systems. So we're embarking on a new chapter in our architectural thinking focused around event streams and event-driven architectures. It involves utilising technologies such as Apache Kafka, NoSQL Databases and Microservices to build elastically scaling systems to provide an outstanding experience to our members. Shape and be part of our new vision, while having a healthy work-life balance. You'll be given your schedule in advance, helping you to organise your life and enjoy everything the capital has to offer. What you'll be doing As an Engineering Manager , you'll be motivating a 15+ member team, goal / objective setting, coaching, mentoring, and training. Providing feedback with performance management will also be key at a time when the team is at its inception. You will use your extensive technical experience and your ability to influence others to help establish our high-performing engineering teams to lead the technical delivery of varies projects. About you We are interested to hear from you if you have the following skills: * Management of resource scheduling and work progress reporting, you will be creating and maintaining a collaborative environment which is mindful of Agile practices. * Line managing a team. You are able to create an environment which enables your team to feel empowered and reach their potential * Overseeing the successful delivery of projects and reporting to senior stakeholders and the business The extras you'll get If you put a lot in, it's only fair that you get a lot out. Our rewards and recognition scheme includes: * A personal pension - if you put in 7% of your salary, we'll top up by a further 16% * Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year * Life assurance worth 8x your salary * A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme * Access to an annual performance related bonus * Access to training to help you develop and progress your career * 30 days holiday * London location allowance - 4,687 per annum * Status car allowance - 4,656 per annum Why work at Nationwide We're a building society founded by ordinary people, our members, who came together to help each other get the most from their money, buy homes and save for their futures. For over 130 years, we've supported each other and our communities, and we've done the right thing for wider society too. If you come to work here at Nationwide, you'll be part of that. Part of something a bit different. Something really quite special. What's more, we have a strong ethic of care for each other and our members. We recognise that our employees feel most appreciated when their thoughts and values are respected and considered. We're committed to creating a culture that recognises and truly values our individual differences and identities. So if you'd like to be a part of an inclusive workplace where you can be yourself, where your talents are nurtured and you feel empowered to contribute, then please apply and help us in building society. Nationwide. What to do next If this role is for you, please click the 'Apply Now' button. You'll need to attach your up to date CV and answer a few quick questions for us. We respond to everyone, and so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.