Software Engineering Manager

Evri Group is the UK’s premier parcel delivery business, uniting four distinct brands—Evri, Evri Premium, a network of DHL, UK Mail and Irish e-commerce specialist Coll-8—to deliver more than 1 billion parcels and letters annually across the UK and to over 200 global destinations. With 12,000 colleagues, 30,000 couriers and drivers, 8,000 vehicles, and a nationwide network of hubs, depots and fulfilment centres, we combine over 50 years of expertise with the scale and flexibility to support everyone from casual senders to SMEs and major retailers. Driven by our friendly, ambitious and diverse people, we are passionate about delivering exceptional service and offer exciting opportunities across the Evri Group.

Software Engineering Manager – Shape the Teams Powering Evri’s Technology Future

£70,000 plus bonus & benefits

Ready to build, inspire and lead high‑performing engineering teams at true scale?

At Evri, our Engineering organisation is evolving fast - modernising platforms, strengthening engineering excellence, and empowering teams to deliver secure, reliable and high‑performing systems used by millions every day. As we continue investing in cloud, automation and modern software development, strong and supportive engineering leadership is more important than ever.

Join us as a Software Engineering Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping our engineering culture, developing talented teams and ensuring predictable, high‑quality delivery across a fast‑moving domain. If you’re passionate about people, delivery excellence and modern engineering practice - this is the place to make meaningful impact.

This is a remote role with travel into Morley when required.

What you’ll be doing

As a Software Engineering Manager, you’ll lead one or more engineering teams - ensuring they’re supported, motivated and set up for success. You’ll partner closely with Agile Delivery Managers, Staff & Principal Engineers and Product teams to drive clear priorities, strong technical execution and a healthy engineering culture.

You'll champion modern engineering practices, build an inclusive environment, and continuously foster growth, engagement and collaboration across your teams.

Responsibilities

• Line‑manage engineers, supporting growth, wellbeing and performance through coaching and continuous feedback.
• Build an inclusive, high‑performing engineering culture centred on collaboration and psychological safety.
• Work with Agile Delivery Managers to plan, prioritise and deliver high‑quality, predictable outcomes.
• Partner with Staff/Principal Engineers to uphold technical excellence, good system design and engineering standards.
• Drive alignment to engineering strategy; identify gaps and improvement opportunities across teams.
• Own hiring and onboarding for your teams, ensuring a smooth, positive candidate experience.
• Support domain‑level strategy by feeding insight and influencing decisions through the Senior Engineering Manager.
• Monitor and improve delivery metrics (e.g., cycle time, predictability, defect rates).
• Remove blockers and escalate risks impacting delivery or team wellbeing.
• Champion best practices across engineering, delivery and continuous improvement.

Interested? Here’s what you’ll need to be successful:

• Proven experience managing software engineering teams within Agile environments.
• Strong understanding of modern engineering practices - CI/CD, automated testing, cloud‑native development and security‑focused engineering.
• Experience in performance management, coaching and developing engineering talent.
• Skilled in building inclusive team cultures that encourage innovation, autonomy and continuous improvement.
• Ability to influence technical decisions without needing to be hands‑on day‑to‑day.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Competent in hiring, onboarding and resource planning.
• Familiarity with delivery metrics and continuous improvement methodologies.
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

At Evri, we know we only grow if our people do too. That’s why we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can bring and be their whole, authentic selves. We’re focused on removing barriers, creating opportunity and ensuring every colleague feels valued for who they are and what they bring.

We are Evri. Where everyone is welcome.

We’re excited for the future. Let’s deliver it together.

Everyone Belongs at Evri GroupWe're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and able to succeed.As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, a Silver-accredited Inclusive Employer, and through our partnership with Scope, we're working to make our workplace and recruitment process more accessible for everyone.We encourage candidates to request adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process and there are touchpoints through the application process to do so. Every application is reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team meaning that we don't use AI to screen candidates.At Evri Group, we're building an environment where everyone can be themselves and thrive.