Software Development Manager

DRIMCO GmbH; München; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DRIMCO GmbH is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead engineering teams responsible for designing, developing, and scaling enterprise SaaS products. You will partner with Product, QA, DevOps, Design, and Customer-facing teams to deliver high-quality software while building a strong engineering culture.

This leadership role requires 10–15 years of software engineering experience, 4+ years in people management, and hands-on expertise in distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs, and

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of software engineering experience.
• 4+ years of engineering people-management experience.
• Mandatory experience in a product-based software company.
• Strong technical background in C++ OR Java.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing software engineering teams.
• Drive Agile/Scrum practices across engineering teams.
• Partner with Product Management to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Own sprint planning, delivery, and roadmap alignment.
• Ensure code quality, reliability, and scalable architecture.

Skills

C++

Java

Distributed Systems

Microservices

REST APIs

System Design

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Agile/Scrum

People Management

Leadership

Architectural Decision Making

Enterprise SaaS

Tools

CI/CD

Job description

As a Software Development Manager, you will lead engineering teams responsible for designing, developing, and scaling enterprise SaaS products. You will work closely with Product, Engineering, QA, DevOps, Design, Business, and Customer-facing teams to deliver high-quality products while building a strong engineering culture. This is a leadership role for someone who combines technical depth, people management, product thinking, and strong execution.

The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions:

Engineering and People Leadership:

• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing software engineering teams.
• Build a culture of ownership, accountability, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Manage hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and team growth.
• Develop engineering managers, technical leads, and senior engineers.
• Drive engineering productivity and delivery predictability.

Product and Delivery:

• Partner with Product Management to translate business and customer requirements into technical solutions.
• Own sprint planning, engineering execution, release planning, and roadmap delivery.
• Manage priorities, dependencies, risks, and technical trade-offs.
• Drive Agile/Scrum practices across engineering teams.
• Balance feature delivery with platform scalability, technical debt, reliability, and long-term architecture.

Technical Leadership:

• Provide technical direction across architecture and system design.
• Guide teams in building scalable distributed systems and microservices.
• Participate in architecture reviews and critical technical decisions.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, security, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Drive engineering best practices, automation, testing, and continuous improvement.

Cloud, DevOps and Scalability:

• Partner with DevOps teams on cloud infrastructure and platform reliability.
• Drive improvements across: AWS / Azure / GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Monitoring and Observability, Release Automation, Application Performance, Production Reliability.
• Improve scalability, availability, performance, and operational efficiency.

Customer and Stakeholder Management:

• Participate in customer-facing technical discussions and solutioning.
• Support technical escalations and enterprise customer requirements.
• Communicate engineering progress, risks, dependencies, and timelines to senior leadership.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Business, Sales, Customer Success, QA, and DevOps teams.

You should be able to:

• Scale engineering teams and technology platforms.
• Drive predictable engineering execution.
• Make strong architectural and technical decisions.
• Build high-performing engineering organizations.
• Develop engineering managers and technical leaders.
• Partner effectively with Product and Business teams.
• Understand enterprise customer requirements.
• Balance speed, quality, scalability, security, and reliability.

Requirements:

• 10-15 years of software engineering experience.
• 4+ years of engineering people-management experience.
• Mandatory experience in a product-based software company
• Strong technical background in C++ OR Java
• Experience with: Distributed Systems, Microservices, REST APIs, System Design, Database Design and Optimisation, AWS / Azure / GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Production Systems, Monitoring and Observability.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering complex software products.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum and modern software development practices.

Preferred Experience:

• B2B SaaS / Enterprise SaaS experience.
• Experience building enterprise-scale software platforms.
• Experience working with global/enterprise customers.
• SaaS platform architecture and scalability experience.
• Exposure to AI/ML or GenAI products.
• Experience in a high-growth startup or scale-up environment.
• Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams.
• We are looking for an engineering leader who can operate across technology, people, product, and business.

Keywords:

• Software Development Manager, Engineering Manager, Engineering Leadership, Software Engineering, SaaS, B2B SaaS, Enterprise SaaS, Product Company, C++, Java, Distributed Systems, Microservices, REST APIs, System Design, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Cloud, DevOps, Database, Agile, Scrum, People Management, Product Engineering, Enterprise Software.