Software Engineering Manager

JR United Kingdom; Guildford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead cross-functional teams and drive agile innovation in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will possess strong DevOps experience, lead the development processes, and foster a collaborative culture, all while aligning software outcomes with business goals.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software development teams in a scale-up or fast-growth tech environment.
• Strong background in DevOps and cloud-native development.
• Experience with cloud GPU platforms is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead agile engineering teams across the full SDLC from ideation to deployment.
• Drive architectural decisions and development best practices across technologies.
• Encourage a culture of creative problem-solving and continuous experimentation.

Skills

Leadership

Creative Problem Solving

Agile Methodologies

DevOps

Education

Agile certifications (Scrum Master, PMP, etc.)

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

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Our client is a rapidly growing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider driving digital transformation.

Overview:

We are seeking a proactive and technically adept Software Engineering Manager to lead and inspire high-performing, cross-functional development teams. You will be pivotal in scaling engineering operations, fostering agile innovation, and taking end-to-end ownership of development processes. This is an opportunity to lead in a fast-moving scale-up environment within the GPU cloud industry, where creativity, fluidity, and accountability are essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead agile engineering teams across the full SDLC, from ideation to deployment, in a collaborative and high-impact environment.
• Drive architectural decisions and development best practices across technologies like Python, React, Kubernetes, object storage, Terraform, and both Linux/Windows deployments.
• Encourage a culture of creative problem-solving, A/B testing of processes, and continuous experimentation to improve team velocity and release cadence.
• Foster a healthy, inclusive, and resilient team culture. Actively mentor engineers to grow technically and professionally.
• Lead your teams through defects in production, complex troubleshooting, and process streamlining under pressure.
• Apply a DevOps mindset with knowledge of CI/CD, IaaS, deployment architectures, and GPU-based infrastructure.
• Oversee and optimise development operations using tools such as Jira and Confluence. Take full ownership of technical processes, tech debt, and improvement strategies.
• Partner with Directors, AI Leads, and Infrastructure Leads to align software outcomes with business goals.
• Leverage your understanding of AI tooling and modern frameworks (e.g. LangChain, DeepSeek) to guide effective integration into internal platforms.

Requirements/experience:

• Proven experience leading software development teams in a scale-up or fast-growth tech environment
• Strong background in DevOps, cloud-native development, and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)
• Experience managing complex software systems, integrating AI tooling, and building scalable products
• Experience with platforms like AWS, DigitalOcean, and on-prem setups is helpful.
• Fluency with Agile/DevOps workflows, Jira/Confluence, and cloud-native tooling (e.g. Terraform, Kubernetes)
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and analytical skills
• Able to creatively solve complex problems and continuously improve delivery processes
• Agile certifications (Scrum Master, PMP, or equivalent)
• Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines, database triggers, containerisation, and cloud infrastructure
• Experience with cloud GPU platforms (e.g., Lambda Labs, FluidStack, CoreWeave)
• Familiarity with software delivery in hybrid environments (cloud, on-prem, hosted)