Software Engineering Manager

Experis (Austria); Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Professional development

Wellbeing support

Career progression

Job summary

Experis in the United Kingdom is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of around eight engineers and testers in a hybrid Nottingham role. The position is hands-off coding, focusing on people development, technical guidance and delivering software on schedule.

You will collaborate with Product and Scrum teams to plan priorities, review code, and influence architecture while driving quality improvements and efficient delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with leadership experience.
• Experience leading engineers in Agile environments.
• Ability to review code and influence design decisions.
• Proven track record delivering software in fast-paced settings.
• Effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of engineers and testers.
• Manage performance, provide feedback, and support career progression.
• Review code and influence software design and maintainability.
• Improve code quality, testing practices, and ways of working.
• Collaborate with Product teams to plan priorities and roadmap delivery.
• Remove obstacles and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Support recruitment and build team skills; leverage AI-assisted development tools.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching

Agile methodologies

Code review

Communication

AI tools familiarity

Tools

.NET

C#

React

Angular

JavaScript

TypeScript

Azure

Job description

Software Engineering Manager

.NET | React | Angular | JavaScript | Azure

Hybrid /3 days a week / Nottingham/ up to £90k plus benefits

We're recruiting for a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of circa eight engineers and testers within an established technology business. This is an opportunity to develop people, influence technical decisions and drive software delivery in a fast paced environment.

This is a hands off coding role. You must still be comfortable reading and reviewing code, contributing to technical discussions and providing guidance to your team.

The role

Working closely with Product and Scrum teams, you'll take responsibility for your team's performance, development and delivery.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading, coaching and developing a team of circa eight engineers and testers.


• Managing performance, providing regular feedback and supporting career progression.


• Reviewing code and contributing to decisions around software design, architecture and maintainability.


• Improving code quality, testing practices and ways of working.


• Working with Product teams to plan priorities and deliver against the roadmap.


• Removing obstacles and managing competing priorities in a fast paced environment.


• Supporting recruitment and building the skills needed within the team.


• Helping the team make effective use of AI assisted development tools.

About you

You'll have a strong software engineering background and experience leading engineers within an Agile environment. You'll enjoy developing people while retaining the technical understanding to challenge decisions and assess the quality of the work being delivered.
We're looking for:

• Experience managing, coaching and mentoring software engineers.


• A technical background across technologies such as .NET, C#, React, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript and Azure.


• The ability to read and review code, even though you are no longer coding daily.


• Experience managing software delivery and responding to changing priorities.


• A strong understanding of code quality, test driven development and continuous improvement.


• Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively with technical and non technical stakeholders.


• An interest in cloud technologies and AI assisted development.

What's on offer

Alongside a competitive benefits package, you'll have access to professional development, wellbeing support and opportunities to progress and a salary up to circa £90k