Software Development Manager

Software Development Manager - Manchester

Are you a hands-on Software Development Manager who enjoys building high-performing engineering teams while shaping technology strategy? Our client, an ambitious and growing technology company based in Greater Manchester, is looking for an experienced Software Development Manager to play a key role in driving both technical excellence and business growth.

As part of the senior leadership team, you'll combine strategic thinking with hands-on technical leadership, managing a small but talented engineering team while helping define the company's technology roadmap. You'll mentor and develop engineers, improve development processes, and support the growth of the team as the business continues to scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver the company's software development strategy, balancing technical leadership with people management.
• Manage, mentor and grow a team of software engineers.
• Drive best practices across software engineering, architecture, code quality and delivery.
• Work closely with stakeholders across the business to ensure technology supports commercial objectives.
• Champion innovation, continuous improvement and R&D initiatives.
• Help shape the future engineering function, including recruitment, team expansion and development processes.

Technical Environment

You'll have experience working with modern cloud-native technologies, including:

• Golang
• AWS
• React
• TypeScript

Experience designing scalable, distributed applications and working within modern Agile development environments would be highly beneficial.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams.
• Strong software development background, ideally with hands-on experience in Golang and modern web technologies.
• Experience building and deploying applications on AWS.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, cloud-native development and engineering best practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and business priorities.
• A passion for coaching, mentoring and developing engineering talent.

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary.
• Flexible and hybrid working.
• The opportunity to influence technology strategy and play a key role in a growing business.

If you're looking for an opportunity to combine technical leadership with strategic influence in a growing organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

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Software Development Manager - Manchester