Software Engineering Manager - Data Engineering (9 Month FTC), Nottingham

Software Engineering Manager – Data Engineering (9‑Month FTC)

Capital One is looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of eight Software Engineers in our Nottingham office, focusing on building and evolving our Data capabilities across the UK business and within our advanced Cloud‑based Enterprise Data Ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high‑performing data engineering team: lead and empower eight Software Engineers to deliver high‑quality, scalable, resilient data solutions at pace.
• Champion people leadership and development: mentor engineers for personal and technical growth, driving a material positive impact on their careers and business influence.
• Drive technical excellence and architecture: provide strong technical leadership, maintain a high engineering bar, manage technical risks, and influence architectural direction.
• Deliver the product roadmap: own deliveries and ways of working, partnering with Product and Change Delivery to shape the roadmap and ensure timely delivery of valuable data products in a complex regulatory environment.
• Foster innovation and modern practices: encourage innovation, advocate for effective use of AI developer tooling, leading by example, and adhering to modern software development patterns and best practices.
• Forge partnerships: build strong cross‑functional relationships across Data Engineering and the wider UK/US Enterprise to provide the team with clear context and purpose.
• Platform and application management: own the team's business applications and platforms, ensure they remain well‑managed, secure and up‑to‑date, and provide effective incident support through your team.

Qualifications

• Approachable, inquisitive, problem‑solving leader focused on business value and passionate about developing talent.
• Comfortable with technology, architectural decisions, and technical trade‑offs, backed by a previous background as an experienced software engineer.
• Experience with data platform and ETL/orchestration technologies such as Apache Airflow, Spark, AWS Glue, and Snowflake.
• Experience with or strong advocacy for AI developer tooling such as Claude Code, Copilot, Windsurf, and Gemini.
• Proficiency in delivering solutions within a major Public Cloud service such as AWS.
• Experience operating within an Agile environment (e.g., Scrum) in a complex, regulated industry like Financial Services.
• Strong sense of ownership, excellent communication skills, and a positive, proactive bias for action balanced with self‑reflection.

Working Conditions

9‑month fixed‑term position based in our Nottingham office.

Hybrid working model: flexible to work from the office and from home, with a requirement to be in on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Benefits

• High‑performance career progression and training programs through Capital One University.
• Core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance.
• Flexible benefits such as season‑ticket loans, cycle‑to‑work scheme and enhanced parental leave.
• Open‑plan workspaces, accessible facilities and a fully‑serviced gym, subsidised restaurant and mindfulness and music rooms.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace. All information will be kept confidential and will only be used for the purpose of applying a reasonable adjustment.

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