Hands-On Software Development Manager - SaaS Tech Lead

Digital Waffle; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Waffle is growing and seeking a Software Development Manager to lead and develop an engineering team, driving code quality, performance and continuous improvement. The role combines leadership with hands-on technical work to guide delivery.

You will mentor engineers, promote best practices, and scale secure, maintainable systems using Node.js/NestJS, Vue.js, SQL Server and Snowflake, with DevOps and automated testing at the core of delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and mentoring software engineers.
• Proven ability to drive performance management and team development.
• Experience building scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.
• Proven track record delivering engineering best practices and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop an engineering team while remaining technically hands-on.
• Drive code quality, performance, and continuous improvement across projects.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices and maintainable architectures.
• Mentor engineers and raise the bar on delivery and quality.

Skills

Team leadership

Performance management

Continuous improvement

Engineering best practices

Tools

Node.js

NestJS

Vue.js

SQL Server

Snowflake

DevOps practices

Automated testing

Clean code

Job description

Digital Waffle is growing and seeking a Software Development Manager to lead and develop an engineering team, driving code quality, performance and continuous improvement. The role combines leadership with hands-on technical work to guide delivery.

You will mentor engineers, promote best practices, and scale secure, maintainable systems using Node.js/NestJS, Vue.js, SQL Server and Snowflake, with DevOps and automated testing at the core of delivery.