Engineering Manager, SaaS (Hands-On Leader)

Lead Forensics; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Growth-oriented culture (One Team)

Volunteer days and community events

Job summary

Lead Forensics is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a section of our engineering team. You will be responsible for performance management, personal development, and a strong focus on clean code and DevOps practices.

Expertise in NestJS/NodeJS, Vue, Redis, SQL Server, and Snowflake is essential, with hands-on coding when needed to improve quality. You will mentor developers, drive recruitment and retention, and build a high-trust, high-collaboration culture.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading SaaS engineering teams.
• Proven ability to drive performance improvements and code quality.

Responsibilities

• Set and monitor performance metrics for developers.
• Line management and personal development of team members.
• Participate in interviews and influence hiring decisions.
• Foster continuous improvement and a collaborative engineering culture.

Skills

Leadership

Performance management

People management

Recruitment & retention

Communication

Problem solving

DevOps practices

Security awareness

Distributed systems

Code review

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

NestJS/NodeJS

Vue

Redis

SQL Server

Snowflake

Job description

Lead Forensics is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a section of our engineering team. You will be responsible for performance management, personal development, and a strong focus on clean code and DevOps practices.

Expertise in NestJS/NodeJS, Vue, Redis, SQL Server, and Snowflake is essential, with hands-on coding when needed to improve quality. You will mentor developers, drive recruitment and retention, and build a high-trust, high-collaboration culture.