Manager Software Engineering

LNRS Data Services Ltd Company; Southampton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cirium, a leading aviation analytics provider, is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering to lead and grow a high-performing engineering team. You will mentor engineers, drive technical excellence, and collaborate with product and project partners to deliver scalable software platforms.

In this role, you will oversee staffing, progress tracking, and architectural decisions, ensuring delivery of value across products while fostering an inclusive, productive team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams delivering product or platform capabilities.
• Proven track record in building high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration across product and engineering partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Collaborate with product, project, and engineering partners to set direction.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers.
• Monitor progress and drive improvements to processes and practices.
• Act as go-to person for coding and technical issues.

Skills

Software engineering leadership

Team management

Hiring and resourcing

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Database design and optimization

Tools

SQL databases

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 of managing Software Engineering Teams
• 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
• 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.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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