gt-hq - Engineering Manager | Dreams

• Engineering Leadership & Delivery Ownership • Own delivery outcomes for FE engineering and QA: predictable throughput, release readiness, incident/defect ownership, and continuous improvement • Establish and maintain strong engineering ways of working • Identify delivery risks early (dependencies, resourcing, technical constraints) and actively remove blockers • Balance "run the business" work with roadmap delivery and technical-debt reduction to protect site stability and future change velocity • Front-End Modernisation / Migration Leadership • Steer the front-end migration programme end-to-end: sequencing, approach, and delivery governance, ensuring progress without destabilising trading • Set and maintain FE standards and patterns: framework usage, TypeScript standards, state management, component structure/reuse, testing strategy, and performance best practices • Make key migration decisions visible: document major trade-offs and ensure alignment across stakeholders • Ensure the team maintains a sustainable architecture direction • Quality & Test Leadership (via Test Manager) • Line-manage and support the Test Manager to create and execute effective test strategies, plans, and scripts across releases and change programmes • Ensure robust coverage across testing types: exploratory, feature, pre/post-release, integration, regression, and performance—primarily manual with pragmatic automation where it adds value • Drive strong defect management: triage, prioritisation, clear ownership, and fast resolution, especially for live issues impacting customers/trading • Maintain clear release sign-off processes and communication so stakeholders understand confidence and risk • Stakeholder & Partner Management • Actively question project briefs and help shape solutions to reduce delivery roadblocks • Translate business goals into engineering delivery plans and communicate clearly to non-technical stakeholders • Coordinate with third-party development and QA partners on standards, quality expectations, and delivery timelines • People Leadership & Team Development • Build a strong engineering and QA culture focused on ownership, quality, continuous improvement, and collaboration • Set clear expectations, coach performance, develop capability, and support hiring for the future platform • Create a team structure and operating rhythm that reduces day-to-day dependency on the Head of Ecommerce • ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE: • Proven experience leading and line-managing a team of front-end engineers (and/or a cross-functional delivery team), with strong people-management capability • Strong technical credibility in modern front-end development (JavaScript/TypeScript, component-based architecture, performance, testing), with the ability to guide decisions even if not coding daily • Demonstrable experience leading delivery of significant front-end change (migration, modernisation, replatform, major refactor) with clear sequencing and risk management • Strong understanding of software quality and testing practices; experience partnering closely with QA/Test roles and maintaining release confidence • Excellent stakeholder management: able to communicate trade-offs, progress, and risks clearly to technical and non-technical audiences