SaaS Software Development Manager – Lead Platform Engineering

Spectrum IT Recruitment; Worthing; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum IT Recruitment is seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to lead engineering standards for a high-growth UK SaaS platform. You will balance people leadership with technical direction, ensuring secure, maintainable and high-performing systems while shaping the next phase of platform evolution.

The role requires strong SaaS experience, a hands-on coding background, and proven leadership of engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a SaaS or product-led environment.
• Hands-on software engineering background (C#/.NET or modern JS/TS stacks).
• Proven leadership of engineering teams.
• Experience building and operating systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Define and enforce engineering standards across the platform.
• Lead technical direction and architecture decisions for the next evolution of the product.
• Coach and grow engineering teams to improve quality, delivery speed and reliability.

Skills

SaaS experience

Leadership

Hands-on coding

DevOps familiarity

QA & testing

Problem solving

Job description

Spectrum IT Recruitment is seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to lead engineering standards for a high-growth UK SaaS platform. You will balance people leadership with technical direction, ensuring secure, maintainable and high-performing systems while shaping the next phase of platform evolution.

The role requires strong SaaS experience, a hands-on coding background, and proven leadership of engineering teams.