Role: Engineering Manager (Internal Products)

Location: Milton Keynes (Hybrid)

Reports to: Head of Engineering

As the UK’s favourite property platform, Rightmove aims to give everyone the belief that they can make their move. To help us achieve this, we’re looking for an Engineering Manager to join our team  

We are on a mission to make home moving easier. Home movers across the UK spend more than a billion minutes on Rightmove each month and our website and apps receive over 140 million visits per month. To work towards our mission, we need Engineering Managers to support our engineers to innovative and produce exciting solutions for our internal users, working on in house applications and microservices integrated with third party applications that underpin how Rightmove operates.  Our Engineering Managers help engineers make great technical decisions while developing their skills and experience.  They support great team-working, set technical standards and direction, and grow strong communities of technical practice. 

At Rightmove we work in autonomous cross-functional teams using Agile processes. Each team owns a part of the Rightmove experience made up of design, product, engineering and testing specialists. We recognise that to deliver the best products and features that satisfy millions of users, thousands of agents and hundreds of passionate Rightmovers, we need to work effectively as a healthy, high performing team. 

Typical week as an Engineering Manager:

• Looking at ways of improving the product development lifecycle 

• Exploring new ways to deliver frequently and safely into production 

• Coaching and developing your people, with regular 1-to-1s and continuous feedback 

• Driving a culture of craftsmanship and quality, establishing high technical standards and continuous improvement 

• Supporting engineers to actively manage technical debt 

• Helping teams anticipate and mitigate delivery risks 

• Building technical communities, where teams are encouraged to share knowledge and help each other 

• Hiring great people for the team’s long-term success and deliver an amazing candidate experience 

• Staying up to date with the latest technologies and approaches to software development 

We're looking for someone: 

• Experience leading the design and maintenance of back-office and admin systems, including integration with third-party systems, APIs and middleware. 

• Is comfortable leading cross-functional engineering teams covering, Java (Spring Boot), Javascript (React) and Typescript. 

• Is confident in engaging with senior technical stakeholders, including Principal Engineers and Architects, on subjects such as system design and databases (e.g., Oracle), as well as cloud-based solutions like CockroachDB 

• Can establish great coding standards and encourages those around to do the same. 

• Creates an environment that encourages people to try out new things and learn from their mistakes. 

• Is comfortable with complex problem solving and applies the right technology solution. 

• Champions security best practices, data privacy, resilience and scalability ensuring they are at the forefront of decision-making. 

• Strong understanding of incident management, monitoring, and system reliability 

• Understands the wider architectural impact and ensures continuing improvements to the platform. 

• Encourages open two-way feedback so that teams share honestly, early and often. 

• Expertise in Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) and delivery best practices 

• Is passionate about technology and engineering, embracing diverse perspectives and approaches. 

What we offer

People are the foundation of Rightmove – we’ll help you build a career on it. 

• Competitive compensation package. 

• Cash plan for dental, optical, and physio treatments. 

• Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan. 

• 27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes. 

• Hybrid working pattern with 2 days in the office. 

• Contributory stakeholder pension. 

• Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member other nominated person in your life. 

• Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption, and fertility. 

• Travel Loan, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan. 

• Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching. 

• Access deals and discounts on things like travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts, and move. 

Still not sure 

We want to be part of creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace for all. We’re excited to hear about your experience as well as how you will contribute to our overall culture. So, even if you feel like you don’t meet all the requirements, we would still really like to hear from you!

About Rightmove 

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen.  

We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market.

Despite this growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work with employee #1 still working here! We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove How’s at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture and include:

• Be approachable and appreciate what others do 

• Make complex things as simple as possible 

• Build great teams, because Rightmove is people 

• Drive improvement, we can always be better 

• Share early, honestly, and often 

We believe in careers that open doors and help our team develop by providing an open and inclusive work environment, offering ongoing training opportunities, and supporting charity fundraising events. And with 88% of Rightmovers saying we’re a great place to work, we’re clearly doing something right!  

If all of this has caught your eye, you may well be a Rightmover in the making! 

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As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Rightmove will never discriminate based on age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage / civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity or sexual orientation.  

At Rightmove, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce leads to better innovation, productivity, and overall success., We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of their background or identity, to develop and promote a diverse culture that reflects the communities we serve.