At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic team in developing innovative internal systems using C#, .NET, and Azure.
- Company: Join a successful SaaS tech business in Portsmouth with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid work, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Embrace Agile practices and enjoy excellent career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by balancing leadership and hands-on engineering in a thriving environment.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in leading software teams and hands-on development skills.
We are looking for an experienced Systems Development Manager to join an ambitious and successful SaaS tech business based in Portsmouth, Hampshire. This role combines hands-on software engineering with team leadership, technical direction and delivery ownership. You will lead and support a 6-person team (3 developers, 3 support engineers), helping to improve engineering practices, remove technical blockers and ensure high-quality delivery of software solutions. You will work closely with stakeholders across the business to shape priorities, manage technical decisions and deliver projects that support business objectives.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor and support a team of software engineers, encouraging best practice and continuous improvement.
- Software development - contribute to code quality, architectural decisions, integrations, technical reviews and solution design.
- Provide technical leadership across applications, platforms and engineering practices.
- Support delivery of projects from concept through to implementation, managing priorities, risks and dependencies.
- Work closely with product owners, business stakeholders and technical teams to translate requirements into effective solutions.
- Improve development processes, tooling and engineering standards.
- Champion Agile ways of working and support effective team collaboration.
Essential experience:
- Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams.
- Recent hands-on development experience with C# / .NET.
- Experience with modern cloud technologies, ideally Azure.
- Understanding of software architecture, APIs and scalable systems.
- Experience delivering projects within Agile environments.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Desirable experience:
- CI/CD and DevOps practices.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced technical leader who enjoys balancing people leadership with hands-on engineering and making a positive impact on people, process and delivery.
Head of Internal Systems Development in Portsmouth employer: Spectrum IT Recruitment Limited
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Contact Details:
Spectrum IT Recruitment Limited Recruitment Team
