About the role:

At Holland & Barrett, we're on an exciting journey to become the world's leading health and wellness retailer. With a rich heritage and a growing global presence, we're redefining what wellness means for our customers-and technology is right at the heart of it.

As we grow our digital capabilities, we're looking for an experienced and passionate Engineering Manager to lead our Basket & Checkout squad. This team plays a vital role in our e-commerce experience, helping millions of customers every year complete their wellness journey with ease and confidence.

As Engineering Manager for our Basket & Checkout squad, you'll play a central role in owning the delivery of reliable, performant, and user-centric software. Working closely with Product and Tech leadership, you'll ensure our checkout experience is as simple and seamless as our customers expect.

Your responsibilities will include:

Technical Leadership

• Own and evolve the technical direction of the team, ensuring it aligns with our wider platform strategy.
• Lead architecture design and code quality practices, championing scalability, security, and modern engineering principles.
• Promote innovation and continuous improvement across tooling, development practices, and infrastructure.

• Mentor, support, and grow a talented team of engineers-fostering a culture of trust, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Drive hiring, onboarding, and career development, helping your team thrive and perform at their best.
• Embed our EPIC values-Excellence, Passion, Integrity, and Care-in everything the team does.

• Partner with Product Managers and Technical Program Managers to deliver against ambitious, customer-focused roadmaps.
• Lead sprint planning, manage team capacity, and balance priorities across features, tech debt, and operational improvements.
• Ensure robust CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and monitoring systems are in place to support rapid, high-quality releases.

• Be the go-to technical leader for your area, clearly communicating progress, plans, and risks to stakeholders.
• Work cross-functionally with other squads to manage dependencies and deliver cohesive customer experiences.
• Represent the team in wider forums, ensuring engineering insights and feedback are heard and actioned.

• 5+ years of engineering leadership experience, managing teams of 8+ engineers.
• A strong development background in JavaScript, Java or Kotlin (React or React Native experience is a bonus!).
• Proven success building and scaling distributed systems using modern cloud-native technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, microservices).
• A deep understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, and DevOps culture.
• Strong architectural and problem-solving skills, with a hands-on mindset when needed.
• An empathetic and motivational leadership style-able to guide teams through ambiguity and change.

• A chance to lead a mission-critical squad at the forefront of our digital journey.
• Opportunities to grow and shape the technology vision of a globally recognised brand.
• A collaborative, inclusive environment where your voice and ideas matter.
• Hybrid working with flexibility, plus access to our London and Nuneaton tech hubs.
• A competitive salary and benefits package, including staff discount, wellbeing support, and more.

• Pension company contribution = 3%
• Incentive scheme up to 10% of annual salary, based on company performance.
• Your wellbeing is paramount so you can get away and take 33 Days Holiday per year.
• Private Medical Care (Self after 1 year)
• Learning and Development opportunity with Holland & Barrett is a great base for career development long term.
• Career progression.
• Refer and Earn Scheme - as we're growing you can earn money by referring people to join us from your network.
• Epic Extras gives you access to exclusive benefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers.
• Stay healthy with Discounted Products - from day one you'll get a 25% discount (on top of other promotions) when you shop at H&B on anything that you buy.
• We all need a little help sometimes, so we offer Free 24/7 Confidential Advice & Colleague Welfare.
• Mental Health First Aiders - we have lots of qualified Mental Health First Aiders because its all about your health & wellbeing.
• Stay active in the Onsite Gym at our Nuneaton Hub!
• We have colleague Reward and Recognition Schemes, so your hard work and loyalty won't go unnoticed.
• And many more!