Engineering Lead & Systems Delivery (Hybrid)

Spectrum IT Recruitment

England

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Spectrum IT Recruitment is seeking an experienced Systems Development Manager to join a SaaS tech business in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The role blends hands-on software engineering with people leadership and delivery ownership.

You will lead a 6-person team (3 developers, 3 support engineers), shape priorities with stakeholders and drive engineering practices, architectures and agile delivery across cloud-based solutions. Hybrid/remote with 1–2 days onsite.

Qualifications

Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams.
Hands-on development experience with C#/.NET is required.
Experience with modern cloud technologies, ideally Azure.
Understanding of software architecture, APIs and scalable systems.
Experience delivering projects within Agile environments.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor and support a team of software engineers, encouraging best practice and continuous improvement.
Software development - contribute to code quality, architectural decisions, integrations, technical reviews and solution design.
Provide technical leadership across applications, platforms and engineering practices.
Support delivery of projects from concept through to implementation, managing priorities, risks and dependencies.
Work closely with product owners, business stakeholders and technical teams to translate requirements into effective solutions.
Improve development processes, tooling and engineering standards.