Software Engineering Manager - Deep Tech

Softweb Resourcing; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the City of Westminster is looking for a Technical Team Lead to guide a talented group of engineers. You will oversee the development of production software for industrial clients, shape the technical strategy, and facilitate career growth within the team. The role offers a salary of up to £120k, stock options, and a range of benefits, including top-tier medical coverage and hybrid working in London. Join us to make a global impact in the technology sector.

Benefits

Stock options

Annual performance equity

Top-tier medical coverage

Life insurance

Sabbaticals

Growth potential

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering teams to success.
• Past hands-on software engineering experience.
• Background in CAD, Robotics, AI, or Deep Tech.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of around 10 engineers to build production software.
• Shape the technical strategy and drive delivery.
• Mentor Software Engineers and oversee architecture decisions.

Skills

Leadership of software engineering teams

Stakeholder management

Architectural knowledge

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

Tools

AWS

Azure

C++

Job description

This Deep Tech scale up is using AI to transform how things get made in the physical world. They are solving genuinely hard problems where computer science meets engineering physics, with real constraints and tangible outcomes. The technology is deployed in production environments globally, making a measurable difference to how people work.

What you’ll do

• Lead a team of smart engineers (around 10) building production software that industrial customers depend on daily.
• You’ll shape technical strategy, drive delivery, and build a culture where hard problems get solved elegantly.
• Oversee architecture, mentor talented Software Engineers who love a challenge, and work closely with product to turn complex customer needs into elegant technical solutions. You’ll also have knowledge of Agile, OKRs, DevOps and CI/CD.

You should apply if

• You’ve led software engineering teams before and know how to get the best out of talented people.
• You can talk architecture and algorithms, but you also understand delivery, stakeholder management and building engineers’ careers.
• You have a previous hands‑on software engineering background.
• You’ve worked in Engineering, CAD, Robotics, AI or Deep Tech industries in a prior role.
• Bonus points if you’ve worked with industrial tech, cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure), DevOps, simulation engineering, have a Maths / Physics background or worked with C++ in the past.

What’s in it for you

Salary up to £120k, stock options, annual performance equity, top‑tier medical coverage, life insurance, sabbaticals, lots of growth potential and hybrid working in the London office.

This technology is deployed globally, making a measurable difference to how people work and 2026 is going to be a huge year with the company doubling in size.

Are you ready to build something that matters with global impact? Send your CV now for a confidential chat.