Software Development Manager

Digital Waffle; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Waffle is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead and develop an engineering team, driving code quality, performance and continuous improvement. This role combines leadership with hands-on technical involvement to push the SaaS product forward.

The ideal candidate has a background in modern web tech and a track record of mentoring engineers while delivering scalable, secure systems. Remote work is supported on a permanent basis.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software teams and mentoring engineers.
• Strong focus on code quality, performance and testing.
• Proven ability to deliver scalable, secure SaaS applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the engineering team to deliver features end-to-end.
• Drive engineering best practices, CI/CD and automated testing.
• Collaborate with product and design to shape the roadmap.
• Ensure scalable, maintainable system architecture and reliability.

Skills

Node.js / NestJS

Vue.js

DevOps practices

Automated testing

Tools

SQL Server

Snowflake

Job description

Software Development Manager

Location: Remote.

Salary: £100,000 - £120,000 - DOE. Type: Permanent.

I am working with a growing SaaS business seeking a Software Development Manager to lead and develop an engineering team, driving code quality, performance and continuous improvement. This is a great opportunity for an experienced software engineer looking to take the next step in their leadership career while remaining technically hands-on.

Key Skills

• Node.js / NestJS
• Vue.js
• SQL Server & Snowflake
• DevOps best practices, clean code and automated testing

Leadership

• Experience leading and mentoring software engineers
• Performance management and team development
• Building scalable, secure and maintainable systems
• Driving engineering best practices and continuous improvement