Engineering Manager at La Fosse, London Area, £Contract Rate

Contract Description

Engineering Manager - Contract - £585 to £600 outside IR35 - London (Hybrid, 3 days in the office)


Please note: This is a contract role requiring candidates to be in the London office 3 days per week.


La Fosse have partnered with a eCommerce organisation to recruit an experienced Engineering Manager to join their established team. This role is suited to a senior technical leader with a strong background in Java/JVM environments, who can drive the design and delivery of scalable microservices while leading and developing high-performing engineering teams.

You will play a key role in setting technical direction, embedding best practices, and ensuring high-quality software delivery across multiple initiatives.


Key Requirements

  • Strong experience leading and mentoring engineering teams in senior technical roles
  • Deep expertise in Java/JVM ecosystems with the ability to drive technical decisions
  • Proven track record delivering microservices-based architectures
  • Advocate of modern engineering and DevOps practices
  • Solid understanding of CI/CD and end-to-end delivery pipelines
  • Experience embedding automated testing, infrastructure as code, and observability


Technology Environment

  • Backend development in Java (Spring, Spring Boot, Micronaut)
  • Frontend exposure across React, Next.js, Angular, or TypeScript
  • Cloud-native environments on Azure, with Kubernetes for orchestration


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