Manager Software Engineering

Cirium; Southampton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cirium is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering to lead a team focused on delivering high-quality software products and platform capabilities. You will partner with product, project, and engineering teams to drive technical excellence and collaboration across the organization.

You will mentor engineers, guide technical decisions, and foster a high-performing, inclusive team culture while delivering on business priorities in a dynamic industry.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams delivering product or platform capabilities.
• Substantial software engineering experience across complex systems.
• Staff resourcing and management, including partnering and offshoring models.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Ability to lead and resolve technical issues collaboratively.
• Excellent communication with broad audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of software engineers delivering high quality products and platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with product, project and engineering partners to ensure successful delivery.
• Provide technical leadership and drive process improvements.
• Monitor progress and report on technical plans and outcomes.
• Be the primary go-to person for coding and technical issues.

Skills

Team leadership

Software engineering

People management

Hiring & resourcing

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Effective communication

Database design & optimization

Job description

Are you passionate about leading high-performing engineering teams and delivering innovative technology solutions that make a real impact?

Do you enjoy mentoring engineers, driving technical excellence, and collaborating across teams to build products that help transform an industry?

About The Business

At Cirium, our goal is to keep the world connected. We are the industry leader in aviation analytics; helping our customers understand the past, present, and predicting what will happen tomorrow. Our mission is to transform the aviation industry by enabling airlines, airports, travel companies, tech giants, aircraft manufacturers, financial institutions, and many more accelerate their own digital transformation. You can learn more about Cirium at https://www.cirium.com/ 1

About The Role

As a Manager of Software Engineering, you will lead and develop a team of software engineers responsible for delivering high-quality products and platform capabilities. Working closely with product, project, and engineering partners, you will provide technical leadership, support the successful delivery of software solutions, and foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team environment.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with cross functionals teams, to deliver new capabilities and improve upon existing capabilities
• Managing your team, including interviewing, hiring, planning, assigning, directing work, appraising performance, and giving appropriate feedback
• Monitoring and reporting on technical progress against plans
• Acting as an acknowledged go-to person on coding and technical issues
• Driving and implementing process improvements
• Monitoring and reporting on technical progress against plans

Requirements

• Have experience in a software engineering role as part of a product or platform delivery team
• Have substantial Software Engineering experience
• Have experience in staff resourcing and management, including partnering and offshoring resourcing models
• Be able to demonstrate excellent organizational skills when dealing with multiple priorities, able to think analytically
• Have experience of managing Software Engineering Teams
• Be a natural problem-solver and able to take a lead in collaborating to resolve issues
• Have excellent communication skills and the ability to convey information clearly to a wide audience
• Be very proficient in database technology, design and manipulation, optimization, and best practice

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.