Software Engineering Resource Manager

PentenAmio UK; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

PentenAmio UK is seeking a technically hands-on Software Engineering Leader in Tewkesbury. Approximately 70% of time will be spent writing real-time C code and guiding an engineering team, with the remaining 30% on line management, mentoring and setting technical direction.

You will design and review production-quality software, drive CI/CD and secure development practices, and coach a team of around eight engineers to deliver high-quality solutions for defence and security markets.

Qualifications

• Strong background in software engineering with hands-on experience in embedded/low-level C.
• Experience across the full software development lifecycle in a product environment.
• Understanding of CI/CD, code reviews and automated testing.
• Ability to translate high-level requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Strong communications skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring engineers and supporting career progression.
• Ability to build and develop high-performing engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain production-quality software as a hands-on engineer.
• Write, review and optimise real-time C code and software architecture docs.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews and governance activities.
• Mentor engineers, support recruitment and development planning.
• Drive engineering standards, tooling, and CI/CD practices across projects.
• Contribute to planning, estimation and technical decision making.

Skills

Embedded C

Real-time systems

Hands-on engineering

Technical leadership

CI/CD

Code reviews

Mentoring

Software architecture

Tools

Git

CI/CD tooling

Qt

Robot Framework

Python

Bash scripting

Go

Rust

Job description

Location: Tewkesbury Salary: £40,000 - £70,0000 Clearance Required: SC About PentenAmio PentenAmio is a leading provider of advanced digital security solutions that power national security and resilience across the UK, Australia and our allies. Focused on solving complex digital challenges that others avoid, we embrace the impossible to deliver transformative technologies that protect those who protect us. Across the UK and Australia, PentenAmio combines a legacy of knowledge and proven delivery across secure mobility and AI-driven deception technologies. Our work spans Government and Defence markets across civil and military applications, powering intelligent advantage on a global scale. Typical Activities This is a technical leadership role where approximately 70% of your time is spent hands-on developing software, with the remaining 30% focused on online management and developing a high-performing engineering team. Working closely with the Head of Software, you'll remain active software engineers while providing leadership, coaching and technical direction across the engineering function. This role is ideal for experienced software engineers who enjoy mentoring others but still want to spend the majority of their time designing, developing and reviewing high-quality software.

Software Engineering (Approximately 70%)

• Design, develop andmaintain production-qualitysoftware as anactive member ofengineering teams
• Write, review andoptimise high-qualitycode, primarily inreal-time C
• Produce and reviewsoftware architecture,design documentation andtechnical proposals
• Participate in codereviews, design reviewsand engineering governanceactivities
• Support engineers throughtechnical mentoring, pairingand collaborative problemsolving
• Own the quality, maintainability and deliveryof software solutions
• Apply modern softwareengineering practices includingCI/CD, automatedtesting and securedevelopment
• Contribute to planning, estimation and technicaldecision making acrossmultiple projects
• Drive consistency inengineering standards,tooling and developmentpractices

Line Management (Approximately30%)

• Line manage ateam of approximatelyeight software engineers
• Conduct regular one-to-one meetings, objective setting andperformance reviews
• Support career developmentthrough coaching, mentoringand development planning
• Identify training needsand help growcapability across theengineering function
• Support recruitment, onboardingand succession planning
• Work alongside theHead of Softwareto develop technicalcapability aligned tofuture business needs
• Encourage knowledge sharingand collaboration acrossengineering teams
• Contribute to continuousimprovement of engineeringprocesses, standards andbest practice

What we're lookingfor

• Strong background insoftware engineering withthe ability anddesire to remainhands-on
• Significant commercial experiencedeveloping software inC within embeddedor low-levelsystems
• Experience working throughoutthe full softwaredevelopment lifecycle ina product developmentenvironment
• Strong understanding ofmodern software engineeringpractices including CI/CD, code reviewand automated testing
• Ability to interprethigh-level requirementsand translate theminto practical technicalsolutions
• Strong communication skillswith the abilityto engage technicaland non-technicalstakeholders
• Experience producing and reviewing high-quality technical documentation
• Experience supporting careerprogression and mentoringengineers
• Ability to build, motivate and develop high-performing engineeringteams

Desirable

• Experience with Goor Rust
• Experience developing modernweb applications
• Python and Bashscripting
• UI development usingQt or wxPython
• Experience with automatedtesting frameworks suchas Robot Frameworkor