Software Engineering Manager

Be-IT; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Occasional travel

Competitive salary

Volunteer days

Job summary

Be-IT is partnering with a fast-growing UK SaaS business to hire a Software Development Manager. This role blends leadership with hands-on coding, owning performance and development of a section of the engineering team while maintaining technical credibility.

You'll work across a modern stack—NestJS/Node.js, Vue, Redis, SQL Server and SingleStore—and lead a culture of clean code, DevOps, and high collaboration. Expect remote-first work with occasional office travel and strong growth.

Qualifications

• Significant SaaS leadership experience with fast delivery and quality.
• Proven ability to monitor performance and drive improvements.
• Hands-on coding with the ability to review code and influence design.
• Strong DevOps practices and automation mindset.
• Experience building scalable, secure systems.

Responsibilities

• Set and evaluate performance metrics for engineers.
• Provide hands-on feedback and coaching.
• Line manage a section of the engineering department.
• Identify training needs and deliver learning solutions.
• Support recruitment and maintain high-trust culture.
• Lead continuous improvement and stay current with trends.
• Collaborate across teams to drive quality and pace.

Skills

Leadership

Performance management

Mentoring

Hands-on coding

DevOps practices

System scaling

Security best practices

Cross-functional collaboration

Software architecture

Education

Computer Science degree

Tools

NestJS/Node.js

Vue.js

Redis

SQL Server

SingleStore

Job description

Remote-first (UK) | Occasional travel to office | Up to £110,000

I'm working with a fast-growing SaaS business to find a Software Development Manager for their engineering team. This is a genuinely hands-on leadership role: you'll own the performance and development of a section of the engineering department, while staying close enough to the code to challenge quality and drive pace.

It's a great fit for someone with a strong development background who has moved into management and wants a role where technical credibility still matters day to day. You'll be working across a modern stack - NestJS/Node.js, Vue, Redis, SQL Server and SingleStore - with a team that takes clean code and DevOps practice seriously. The use Agentic AI daily as an accelerator and you'll be comfortable leading teams to do the this.

What you'll be doing

• Setting, monitoring and evaluating performance metrics for your developers, owning the standard of what the team ships.
• Providing hands-on feedback and coaching, helping developers work through challenges and hit their goals.
• Line managing a section of the engineering department - 1:1s, performance reviews, career development, the lot.
• Identifying training needs and organising or delivering learning solutions for your team.
• Supporting recruitment: identifying talent needs, sitting in on interviews, and helping select people who fit the team's culture.
• Driving retention initiatives to keep your strongest people engaged and motivated.
• Championing continuous improvement - retrospectives, process fixes, and staying on top of industry trends worth adopting.
• Building a high-trust, high-collaboration engineering culture, and role-modelling the company's values.

What we're looking for

• Significant experience in a SaaS environment, shipping software fast and cleanly -SOLID principles, design patterns, and the ability to build that competency in others.
• A track record of monitoring engineering performance and driving continuous improvement.
• Strong general aptitude for programming and problem-solving - comfortable picking up new tools and techniques quickly.
• Significant hands-on engineering experience with mature DevOps practices, and the skills to still get into the code when it counts.
• A solid understanding of what it takes to build and run maintainable systems at scale.
• Experience with automated testing and quality assurance.
• A genuine enthusiasm for secure systems and security best practice.
• Experience leading teams that build complex or distributed systems.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• A Computer Science (or related) degree from a strong university, ideally with strong academic performance or distinction.

What's on offer

• A role with a fast-growing UK SaaS company, remote-first, with occasional travel to their offices.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• A strong, values-led culture built around a genuine "One Team" and growth mindset.
• Volunteer days, fundraisers and charity events - a company that gives back to the wider community.