SaaS Engineering Manager: Lead High-Performing Teams

Lead Forensics; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company culture

Volunteer days

Job summary

Lead Forensics in Portsmouth is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead our customer-facing engineering team. You will drive performance, coach developers, and shape delivery practices across SaaS products.

As a hands-on leader, you’ll mentor engineers, manage performance, and champion continuous improvement while maintaining a high-trust culture aligned with our One Team values.

Qualifications

• Extensive SaaS development experience with clean code and SOLID design.
• Proven track record of monitoring and improving engineering performance.
• Hands-on with DevOps and automation.
• Strong problem-solving and quick learning of new tools.
• Experience leading distributed systems projects.
• Security best practices and secure systems.

Responsibilities

• Set clear goals and monitor developer progress to meet targets.
• Lead a section of the engineering department and develop teams.
• Mentor engineers and conduct regular performance reviews.
• Coordinate recruitment and retain high-potential staff.
• Champion continuous improvement and best practices.
• Promote high-trust, collaborative engineering culture.

Skills

SOLID principles

DevOps practices

Distributed systems

Interpersonal skills

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

NestJS/Node.js

Vue

Redis

SQL Server

Snowflake

Job description

Lead Forensics in Portsmouth is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead our customer-facing engineering team. You will drive performance, coach developers, and shape delivery practices across SaaS products.

As a hands-on leader, you’ll mentor engineers, manage performance, and champion continuous improvement while maintaining a high-trust culture aligned with our One Team values.