Software Development Manager

Role Overview

• Set, monitor, and evaluate performance metrics for developers, ensuring that productivity and quality targets are met.
• Be the owner of and guardian of the standard of the asset being created, ensuring it is optimal for productivity and our long-term engineering performance.
• Provide constructive feedback and guidance to developers, helping them overcome performance challenges and achieve their goals.
• Implement and refine performance management processes that promote accountability and transparency across teams.
• Line management of a section of our engineering department, driving personal development and performance management for line reports.
• Lead and mentor developers, fostering a positive and collaborative environment.
• Conduct regular 1:1s and performance reviews to support individual career progression, skills development, and job satisfaction.
• Identify training and development needs within the department, facilitating access to learning resources and opportunities and organising or delivering new training solutions.
• Support recruitment processes by identifying talent needs, participating in interviews, and helping select candidates who align with team culture and values.
• Drive retention initiatives to keep high-performing team members engaged and motivated, supporting employee satisfaction and reducing turnover.
• Foster and drive a culture of continuous improvement within engineering teams, where team members are motivated to share ideas and improve processes.
• Identify and implement best practices for team productivity and well-being, keeping abreast of industry trends and tools that can enhance team performance.
• Facilitate retrospectives and other reflective activities to gather insights on team performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Actively promote and build a high‑trust, high‑collaboration engineering culture with excellent communication and collaboration within engineering teams.
• Champion and model company values, acting as a role model for team members and fostering a healthy work culture.

Requirements

• Significant experience in a SaaS environment of rapid and efficient software development with clean code, SOLID principals and design patterns, and building the competency for this in teams.
• Experience of monitoring engineering performance and driving continuous improvement of performance.
• A strong general aptitude for programming and problem solving. You’ll need to pick up new tools and techniques quickly and use them to solve problems.
• Significant previous experience as a hands on software engineer working with mature DevOps practises, and to have maintained the skills required to get down into the code when required.
• A strong understanding of what is required to create and operate maintainable systems.
• Experience with automated testing and quality assurance.
• An understanding of how to build systems that perform well at scale.
• Enthusiasm for building secure systems and implementing security best practices.
• Experience of leading engineering teams building complex/distributed systems.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• A degree in Computer Science or related field from a recognised university with a strong academic reputation, ideally completed with strong academic performance or distinction.

Tech Stack

• Distributed Systems

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Be part of a fantastic company culture; we all display our Company DNA’s, foster a “One Team” and ‘Growth’ mentality.
• Give back to the wider community with volunteer days, fundraisers and charity events.