Software Development Manager

Software Development Manager - Competitive Salary and remote or hybrid working within the UK available

Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship with this role.

Summary

Lead Forensics is a leading SAAS company with products in the B2B sales and marketing space. We're seeking a Software Development Manager within our engineering department that builds our customer facing products. You will be responsible for the performance and personal development of a section of our engineering department. Although not a directly hands on role you will need to be highly competent in our tech stack our modern tech stack (NestJS/NodeJS, Vue, Redis, SQL Server and Snowflake), able to critique and drive the quality of the code created. This is a role that would suite someone with a strong development background, with expertise in creating clean code following DevOps practises and strong interpersonal skills, who wishes to move through a management career path.

Key Responsibilities:

Performance Management

Set, monitor, and evaluate performance metrics for engineering teams, ensuring that productivity and quality targets are met.
Be the ultimate ambassador for 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 team members, helping them overcome performance challenges and achieve their goals.
Implement and refine performance management processes that promote accountability and transparency across teams.

People Management

Line management of a section of our engineering department, driving personal development and performance management for line reports.
Lead and mentor engineering team members, 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.

Recruitment and Retention

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.

Continuous Improvement

Encourage 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.

Culture and Engagement

Actively promote and build a generative 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.

The ideal candidate will have:

Experience developing with clean code, SOLID principals and design patterns, and building the competency for this in teams.
Experience of developing effective engineering performance metrics 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 technical/computer science degree or equivalent professional experience

What we offer in return;

Competitive salary, dependent on experience
Fully remote working
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, charity events

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