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Software Development Manager Manchester (Hybrid)
Are you an experienced Software Development Manager with a strong software engineering background? Do you enjoy developing high-performing teams while staying close to the technical detail? We're partnering with a fast-growing SaaS technology business looking for a Software Development Manager to lead a team of talented engineers building modern, customer-facing products. This is an exciting opportunity to join during a period of growth, helping shape engineering standards, improve team performance, and build scalable software using modern development practices.
About the Role
As a Software Development Manager, you'll lead a team of approximately seven software engineers, supporting their technical development, performance, and career progression while ensuring the delivery of high-quality, maintainable software. Although this isn't a hands-on coding role, you'll remain technically involved by reviewing code, coaching engineers, driving best practices, and helping solve complex technical challenges. You'll play a key role in creating a high-performing engineering culture, improving delivery efficiency, supporting recruitment, and promoting continuous improvement across the engineering function.
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What You'll Be Doing
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers.
- Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning.
- Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, technical guidance, and best practices.
- Promote Clean Code, SOLID principles, design patterns, and maintainable software.
- Improve engineering productivity, quality, and delivery performance.
- Support hiring, interviewing, onboarding, and retaining engineering talent.
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and leadership teams to deliver business objectives.
- Champion a collaborative engineering culture built on continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
- Help teams build secure, scalable, and reliable software solutions.
What We're Looking For
- Strong background as a Software Engineer before moving into management.
- Proven experience managing software engineering teams in a SaaS environment.
- Excellent people leadership, coaching, mentoring, and performance management experience.
- Strong technical understanding of modern software development and engineering best practices.
- Experience reviewing Pull Requests and maintaining high coding standards.
- Strong knowledge of TypeScript and Node.js (NestJS preferred).
- Experience with Vue.js, Redis, SQL Server, or similar modern technologies.
- Experience working with modern DevOps practices, including:
- CI/CD
- Continuous Deployment
- Trunk-Based Development
- Feature Flags
- Strong understanding of scalable system design, automated testing, and software quality.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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Why Join?
- Join a rapidly growing SaaS business with ambitious growth plans.
- Opportunity to make a genuine impact on engineering culture and team development.
- Work alongside highly skilled software engineers using modern technologies.
- Be part of an organisation that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Excellent opportunity for career progression as the engineering function continues to grow.
Working Arrangement
This role is fully remote initially as the business establishes its new Manchester office. Once the office is operational, you'll be expected to attend approximately once a week, once a fortnight, or once a month, depending on business needs.
If you're an Engineering Manager or Software Development Manager who still enjoys staying close to the technology while leading and developing high-performing teams, we'd love to hear from you.
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