Software Development Manager

Motion Applied; Woking; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion initiatives

Work in a growth-oriented company

Job summary

A technology firm in Woking seeks a Software Engineering Manager responsible for leading development teams and managing software products. This mid-senior level position requires a degree in Computer Science or a related field, strong expertise in agile methodologies, and excellent customer focus. Candidates should have experience in cloud-based architectures and be comfortable engaging with stakeholders. The role offers opportunities in a dynamic environment with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of CI/CD practices.
• Track record of end-to-end delivery.
• Experience in an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead software product development teams to achieve goals.
• Engage with stakeholders for project planning.
• Shape strategic direction for products and services.

Skills

Collaboration with software engineers

Agile project development

Cloud-based microservices architecture

Customer focus

Technical task management tools

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Kafka

Job description

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The world around us is experiencing significant change, the greatest in generations.

At Motion Applied, we’re accelerating the response to that change. Our vision is that our people and technologies will pioneer a better future. Our mission is to achieve breakthroughs in performance.

We’re at the cutting edge of innovation in industries including automotive transportation and motorsport. We create solutions that drive efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

We want to help to reduce the carbon footprint and become more sustainable. Our focus is on electrification and telemetry, control and analytics.

To deliver efficient lightweight electric powertrain and vehicle development; motorsport solutions that make series more sustainable and efficient; reliable connectivity solutions for transportation and insightful analytics and monitoring of transport fleets.

By applying our expertise, we deliver real benefits and pioneer a better future.

Purpose of the Role

This role provides delivery responsibility for incoming work from customers, new features for motorsport and product development beyond motorsport. It reports to the Head of Software Products with a high degree of interaction across the entire Software Products team and with customers.

You will work on a variety of challenges to deliver complex products and solutions for our ATLAS (Advanced Telemetry Linked Acquisition System) suite and other related systems. You will be passionate about technology and eager to use the most effective and applicable technologies, to create robust and scalable software.

You will work on a variety of challenges to deliver complex products and solutions, which ultimately enable race engineers and strategists to access powerful, race‑winning insights in F1 and other motorsports series.

Our software combines many capabilities, including data capture, visualisation and modelling of real time and historic data for detailed analysis, reporting, anomaly detection and enabling the best strategic decisions to be made.

Principal Accountabilities

Inspiring and Leading

• Collaborate with software engineers and testers to ensure project goals are met. Provide guidance and ensure that development practices are followed.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and foster a culture of continual improvement with the engineering teams.
• Work with Business Managers, Product Managers, Engineering and Operations to make sure Programmes and Projects are scoped and planned and delivered to meet budget, business case and customer requirements.
• Ensure the successful execution of the MA’s software development strategy.
• Ensure quality, scalability, and maintainability of code and software architecture.
• Work with Team Leads, identify and address any issues or challenges faced by the team and implement solutions to improve efficiency and productivity.
• Organise projects using a structured product development framework, with appropriate project phases and milestones.
• Facilitate governance & lead stakeholder management by ensuring regular reviews of progress and facilitating problem resolution across functions.
• Coordinate with Team Leads and stakeholders to ensure resources are appropriately allocated to meet delivery timelines.
• Work closely with senior managers and business leaders to develop efficient system designs and implement best practices in a supportive and forward‑thinking environment.

Strategic Influence

• Shape the strategic direction of our products and services, balancing emerging technologies with legacy systems.
• Keep the software development team at the forefront of the latest technologies and methodologies.
• Engage with customers and partners to gather feedback and ensure our solutions meet market needs and expectations.
• Communicate effectively with team members, stakeholders, and clients, providing regular updates on product progress and issues to manage expectations.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Ideally Degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related subject or equivalent technical or business‑related subject.
• A deep understanding of aligning technology with business objectives, with a focus on continuous improvement and ability to drive architectural and system design discussions and decisions.
• Demonstrable experience of successfully adopting an agile approach to project development or product improvement.
• Strong knowledge of cloud‑based microservices architecture, CI/CD practices, and observability.
• Track‑record of end‑to‑end delivery at pace, excellent prioritisation skills and opts for a metrics delivery approach.
• Experience in a fast‑paced, large functioning engineering team, with a knack for driving improvements to streamline development across multiple development teams.
• Demonstrable leadership, commercial awareness and strong business acumen.
• Strong customer focus and be comfortable working closely with senior stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in, or enthusiasm about motorsport.
• Familiarity with our tech or equivalent technologies, including:
  • Message brokers such as Kafka.
  • Distributed computing, machine learning, data science.
  • Proficient in using technical task management and planning tools e.g. Azure DevOps and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office systems.

Who we are

Motion Applied are a medium‑sized tech firm spun out of McLaren Group. We’re looking for people who will thrive in a non‑hierarchical, growth‑orientated company, self‑starters who are flexible and somewhat entrepreneurial in their approach.

McLaren Applied are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) and promote DEI in all we do. McLaren Applied are also members of the UK Government Disability Confident Scheme.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology and Engineering

Industries

Electrical Equipment Manufacturing

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