• Own the technical strategy and architecture for the POS Application Platform, acting as the domain CTO for everything that runs on our POS devices. • Build and govern the four core platform pillars across the organisation: developer experience (tools, libraries, SDKs), platform reliability (observability, uptime, quality standards), foundational frameworks (architecture, coding standards, testing and release pipelines), and squad adoption (driving uptake of platform tooling across all embedded POS engineers). • Define and enforce engineering standards across all POS device types and OEM manufacturers, ensuring architectural consistency and quality across a heterogeneous device fleet. • Functionally lead POS engineers embedded across Payments, Onboarding, VAS, Savings, and Loans squads — setting the bar for engineering quality and providing the platform layer above all of them. • Own POS observability end-to-end: monitoring, alerting, and incident response frameworks that ensure platform health across all devices and squads. • Drive the architecture for how Moniepoint supports multiple POS device types, including defining how new devices are onboarded, governed, and integrated with the platform. • Collaborate with OEM partners and the POS hardware team when new device types are introduced, ensuring the application layer is ready to support them from day one. • Write and review code directly — this role expects 40 to 60 percent hands-on engineering time. You will set the technical standard, not just the technical direction. • Build and scale the POS platform team, including hiring, mentoring, and structuring for growth as the platform expands internationally. • Translate platform decisions into business impact, working closely with Product, Payments, and Business leadership across markets. • Establish and continuously improve engineering processes, tooling standards, CI/CD pipelines, and developer productivity metrics across the POS engineering community.

• Build the AI-ready context foundation: Lead the engineering charter to design and evolve an AI-ready context store across structured, unstructured, vector, and graph systems. This platform powers apps, agents, and enterprise workflows on top of trusted data. • Own core platform primitives: Drive end-to-end delivery of complex platform capabilities, including: - High-scale ingestion and validation frameworks - Contract-driven routing, storage, and serving layers - Multi-tenant isolation and noisy-neighbor resilience - Search APIs with sub-second P95 response times - Systems operating at 99.99% availability • Lead from the front: Engage deeply in architecture and systems design. Guide distributed systems tradeoffs, review RFCs, unblock critical issues, and participate meaningfully in technical decisions. This role requires technical depth, not just coordination. • Scale teams and operational excellence: Build and mentor high-performing engineers and managers. Define engineering metrics, on-call practices, SLO discipline, and incident processes. Strengthen the operational engine behind a platform serving 100K+ users and billions of assets.

Title: Software Engineering Manager Location: High Wycombe Buckinghamshire GB Job Description: Software Engineering Manager Based: High Wycombe / Hybrid preferred, Remote (UK) considered Term: Permanent, Full time Salary: £60k - £75k dependant on experience + excellent benefits Do you have a professional background in software development? Are you an established leader and manager, with a desire to help others realise their potential? Are you passionate about music and audio technology? If you have answered yes to all the above, we would love to hear from you! As part of our continued focus on embedded software development, and our commitment to deliver high quality and reliable products to our customers, we are hiring for a new role to support our growing community of engineers working on embedded software. The Role: As part of maturing our organisational structure, we are introducing additional Engineering Management capacity to support our teams, specifically focused on the Novation brand. Depending on your experience level, you’ll be managing 2 or more teams in this role (2-4 engineers per team, including QA). The teams are made up of a balance of senior, mid-level, and junior engineers, who are developing embedded software to support our Novation ranges. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping best practices and fostering a strong engineering culture, while working closely with Product Owners and Technical Leads to help balance quality, flow, and product delivery. This role will report to the Head of Software and work closely with other Engineering Managers and Leads across the department. How you’ll support your teams: - Manage the delivery capabilities and efficiency of your teams, including championing good engineering practices. - Working closely with Product Management, ensure team priorities are aligned to deliver on the Product Roadmap and Engineering Strategy. - Facilitate communication and collaboration across teams, providing context and support. - Champion knowledge-sharing, including appropriate documentation, team demos, and communities of practice. - Guide the development of engineers through regular feedback, 1:1s, and career development conversations. - Shape hiring practices to attract the right talent and improve onboarding processes. - Ensure that items in the roadmap are understood and have the appropriate resourcing and skills required. How you’ll support your teams: - Experience leading teams and helping them work well together. - Experience mentoring teams in Agile and DevOps environments. - A passion for helping others achieve ambitious goals while advocating for technical excellence. - A background as a senior software engineer with a strong grasp of embedded software development (C/C++), working on cost-sensitive product architectures. - A love of music and ideally audio technology! Join us and help shape the future of our engineering practices! About Us Focusrite plc is a global music and audio group that develops and markets music technology products. Used by audio professionals and amateur musicians alike, our solutions facilitate the high-quality production of recorded and live sound. Our audio technology brands stand together, seeking to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity – ‘we make music easy to make’. The Focusrite Group trades under thirteen established and rapidly growing brands: Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, ADAM Audio, Sequential, Oberheim, Martin Audio, Optimal Audio, Ampify Music, Linea Research, Sonnox, OutBoard and TiMax. With a high-quality reputation and a rich heritage spanning decades, its brands are category leaders in the music-making industry. Music technology is an enriching space to work in and we enjoy a Group-wide open-door culture which encourages innovation. This culture, combined with a passion for the inspirational solutions we create, has led to the group winning numerous accolades, including six Queen's Awards, the AIM Company of the Year Award 2021 and regular appearances in 'The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For’. The Focusrite Group is dedicated to building a great place to work and as an equal opportunity employer we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion. The group mission is to cultivate an equitable culture, internally and externally, where all people feel they are welcome, safe and positively represented, because at Focusrite they truly are. Equally, we recognise the major impact that climate change is having on our world and work every day towards being industry leaders in a carbon neutral future. Benefits include flexible/hybrid working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, Health Cash Plan, enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay, employee purchase scheme, group bonus scheme, company music events, offsite company parties and free lunch in the canteen. We arrange company training sessions and encourage personal development.

Role Description We are looking for someone to join the engineering team as the first engineering manager for a group of highly skilled engineers working across our product teams. Key Responsibilities - Managing and developing the engineers, helping them to grow their skills and advance in their careers. - Conducting regular catch-ups, running 360 performance reviews, and having development conversations with your reports (tailored to each engineer). - Helping engineers set personal development objectives and supporting them in their growth. - Providing updates and highlighting any performance issues to the VP of Engineering. - Getting involved with hiring and providing a great onboarding experience. - Being accountable for the growth of individuals in your team. - Ensuring the well-being of the team. Qualifications - You have experience managing engineers in a fast-paced environment. - You are comfortable working in a hands-off role whilst being able to converse with engineers from experience (having previously worked in an engineering role). - You have a proven ability in building a strong engineering culture with a focus on employee morale and motivation, talent development, and management of performance. - You care deeply about building a collaborative and empathetic environment that puts the team’s happiness first. - You’re excited to play a key part in shaping the engineering culture of a growing team. - Understanding of high-performing teams and working towards achieving this. - Excellent communication skills. - Ability to take initiative and adapt to the needs of the team. Benefits - Flexible Working Hours & Remote-First Environment — Work when and where you’re most productive, with flexibility and support. - Comprehensive BUPA Health Insurance — Stay covered with top-tier medical care for your peace of mind. - £1000 Heka Budget per year — Prioritise your health and well-being with funds for fitness, mental health, and more. - Monthly Wellbeing and Learning Day — Take every last Friday of the month off to recharge, on us. - 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + 1 Extra Cultural Day — Enjoy generous time off to rest, travel, or celebrate what matters to you. - Mental Health Support via Spill — Access professional mental health services when you need them. - Aviva Pension Scheme — Plan for the future with our pension program. - Ravelin Gives Back — Join monthly charitable donations and volunteer opportunities to make a positive impact. - Fortnightly Randomised Team Lunches — Connect with teammates from across the company over in-person or remote lunches every other week. - Cycle-to-Work Scheme — Save on commuting costs while staying active. - BorrowMyDoggy Access — Love dogs? Spend time with a furry friend through this unique perk. - Weekly Board Game Nights & Social Budget — Unwind with weekly board games or plan your own socials, supported by a company budget.