SaaS Engineering Manager: Scale & Lead Diverse Teams

Doghouse Recruitment; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Bonus opportunity

Job summary

Doghouse Recruitment seeks an experienced Software Engineering Manager for a growing SaaS organization in Utrecht. You will guide a cross-functional engineering team, balancing hands-on coding with people leadership to scale the organization.

You will collaborate with product and delivery, shape the future engineering organization, and drive ownership and continuous improvement across teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams.
• Experience scaling, restructuring or splitting engineering teams.
• Hands-on mindset (approximately 50% management / 50% technical).
• Strong communication skills in English and ability to connect technology, product and business.

Responsibilities

• Coaching and developing a team of 4-6 engineers.
• Improving delivery processes and collaboration with Product.
• Establishing clear ownership and effective ways of working.
• Supporting organizational change and continuous improvement.

Skills

Team leadership

Hands-on coding

Communication

English fluency

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

C#/.NET

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Doghouse Recruitment seeks an experienced Software Engineering Manager for a growing SaaS organization in Utrecht. You will guide a cross-functional engineering team, balancing hands-on coding with people leadership to scale the organization.

You will collaborate with product and delivery, shape the future engineering organization, and drive ownership and continuous improvement across teams.