Description

Closing Date: 02-Dec-2024

We have been awarded the “Most Loved Workplace”! At Metro Bank, people come first – our culture is all about bringing the best out in our colleagues, and making sure everyone feels valued, respected, seen and included. We strongly believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace and to find the very best person for the job, we always look across a wide range of diverse communities.
What you will do:
Provide oversight and strategic direction across multiple feature teams, ensuring processes and standards are followed along the route to live and ensuring high quality solutions are designed and built
Work with Architecture and various Engineering disciplines to ensure solutions designed align with architectural and engineering principles and strategic direction of the Bank, including participation in relevant design forums and governance activities
Facilitate collaboration across different teams and departments, ensuring coherent and integrated technical solutions and ensuring there is a regular cadence to manage dependencies where needed
Participate in budget planning and resource allocation, ensuring optimal use of technical resources
Interact and engage with feature team Tech Leads and Engineers, identifying any skills, knowledge, or experience gaps, and ensuring delivery of training or coaching requirements to fill any gaps with the relevant Chapter Leads
Work with multiple stakeholders across the organisation to drive innovation and strategic initiatives, including research activities into new technologies and methodologies when required
And... we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the courage to call out any concerns.
What you will need:
Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders
Experience and proven track record in Engineering and software development - expert knowledge in the technology in their field and fully conversant with supporting best practices
Skilled in delivering technology change using Agile and iterative delivery methods, with experience implementing and adopting DevOps practices, automation, pipelines and cloud technologies
Skilled in Leading teams of Engineers (onsite and outsourced) within a technology environment comprising multiple applications
Experience working with technical resources across multiple technology disciplines as well as multiple third-party vendors and suppliers.
Ability to work across multiple feature teams with a strong background in technical leadership
An ability to acquire good technical knowledge of applications, platforms, products and solutions
Experience and knowledge of design practices, working with Solution Architecture and Engineering to design, document and implement technology solutions
Our promise to you…
We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts!
We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!).
We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible.
Important Footnote
Diverse teams really are the best teams. We know that candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box.  We also know that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t always doable, and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked.  So if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren’t sure if you are 100% there yet… why not give it a whirl? Please note that sometimes we may close a job earlier for applications if we are inundated with amazing candidates.. Good luck!
Skills Required

Agile
Software Development
Devops