Engineering Manager - C2

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom; Hybrid

This opportunity is only open to internal Scottish Government applicants who are currently 'Priority Movers'. Applications from individuals not currently on the Priority Mover list will be rejected and not considered.

Join us as an Engineering Manager (C2) and play a key role in shaping the services and technology that support digital public services across Scotland.

 

Help shape the digital services that support people and organisations across Scotland, leading a team responsible for delivering secure, resilient and scalable services that enable the effective management of billions of pounds of public funds each year.

Join the Scottish Government's Digital Components and Infrastructure division as an Engineering Manager within our Payments team. You will lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for building, operating and continually improving ScotPayments, the Scottish Government's strategic payments service.

ScotPayments provides secure, resilient and scalable payment capabilities that public sector organisations rely on to make and manage payments efficiently. As a critical national digital service, it supports a growing range of public bodies across Scotland and processes billions of pounds of public funds annually.

As an Engineering Manager, you will provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle, helping your team deliver high-quality services while fostering engineering excellence, modern development practices and continuous improvement. You will work closely with stakeholders to shape technical solutions, improve service performance and ensure systems remain secure, reliable and fit for the future.

Having recently completed a major multi-year transformation programme, the team is now focused on enhancing service capabilities, supporting wider adoption and enabling the future delivery of modern payment services across the Scottish public sector.

 

Technology Stack
Our services and applications run on AWS using Lambda functions. Backend services are written in C#, while Node.js and TypeScript are used for front-end applications. Persistence is provided by S3, RDS Postgres and DynamoDB. We use GitHub for CI/CD.  

 

Why Join Us?

• A 35-hour working week
• Flexible hybrid working
• Offices in Glasgow or Edinburgh
• A strong Civil Service pension
• Support for continuous professional development

 

Where You'll Work

This role can be based in either:

• Atlantic Quay, Glasgow
• Victoria Quay, Edinburgh

 

We offer flexible Hybrid working. Scottish Government currently requires colleagues in hybrid-compatible roles to spend at least 40% of their working time in an agreed workplace location.

 

 

Join us as an Engineering Manager (C2) and play a key role in shaping the services and technology that support digital public services across Scotland. This opportunity is only open to internal Scottish Government applicants who are currently 'Priority Movers'. Applications from individuals not currently on the Priority Mover list will be rejected and not considered.