Hands-on Development Manager (C++)

Luxoft; Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking a Hands-on Development Manager to lead an engineering team building software for a global medical technology company in dental and orthodontic domain. The role blends technical leadership with people and delivery management, with significant time spent coding, architecting, and guiding the team daily.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions, and ensure compliance with medical device software processes while collaborating with international clients and product

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development with strong C++ (C++17/20).
• 2+ years leading development teams while staying hands-on.
• Solid experience with software architecture, design patterns and multithreading.
• Experience with performance optimization and profiling.
• Experience with Agile delivery, planning and estimation.
• Strong communication skills with international clients.
• English at C1 level or higher.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional development team (developers, QA, DevOps) and own technical delivery end to end.
• Write, review and refactor production C++ code; set coding standards and engineering best practices.
• Drive architecture and design decisions for performance, scalability and maintainability.
• Translate business and clinical requirements into technical solutions with client stakeholders.
• Plan and track work: estimation, sprint planning, risk management and status reporting.
• Ensure compliance with medical device software processes (IEC 62304, ISO 13485).
• Mentor engineers, conduct technical interviews and contribute to team growth.
• Act as the main technical point of contact for the client’s engineering leadership.

Skills

C++ (modern)

Team leadership

Hands-on coding

Architecture design

Multithreading

Performance optimization

Agile

English (C1+)

Client communication

Education

Bachelor in Computer Science

Tools

CMake

GoogleTest

Qt

WebAssembly

Job description

Project description

We are looking for a Hands-on Development Manager to lead an engineering team building software for a global medical technology company in the dental and orthodontic domain. The team develops high-performance applications for digital treatment planning, 3D visualization and processing of patient data, used by clinicians worldwide. The product runs in a regulated medical device environment, so quality, traceability and engineering discipline are essential.This role combines technical leadership with people and delivery management. You will spend a significant part of your time writing and reviewing code, making architecture decisions, and leading the team day to day.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional development team (developers, QA, DevOps) and own technical delivery end to endWrite, review and refactor production C++ code; set coding standards and engineering best practicesDrive architecture and design decisions, including performance, scalability and maintainabilityTranslate business and clinical requirements into technical solutions together with the client’s product and engineering stakeholdersPlan and track work: estimation, sprint planning, risk management and status reportingEnsure compliance with medical device software development processes (IEC 62304, ISO 13485) and quality requirementsMentor engineers, run technical interviews and contribute to team growthAct as the main technical point of contact for the client’s engineering leadership

SKILLS

Must have

• 8+ years of professional software development, with strong modern C++ (C++17/20)2+ years leading development teams while staying hands-onSolid experience with software architecture, design patterns and multithreadingExperience with performance optimization and profilingExperience with Agile delivery, planning and estimationStrong communication skills and experience working directly with international clientsEnglish at C1 level or higher

Nice to have

• Experience with WebAssembly, or a strong C++ background with readiness to ramp up on WASM quickly
• 3D graphics and geometry processing (OpenGL, Vulkan, VTK, CGAL or similar)
• Experience in medical device or other regulated software development (IEC 62304, ISO 13485, FDA)
• Qt for desktop UI development
• CI/CD, CMake, unit testing frameworks (GoogleTest or similar)
• Experience in the dental, orthodontic or healthcare imaging domain