At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and develop high-performing software engineering teams while driving technical strategy.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking tech company focused on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth opportunities, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for continuous improvement and technical excellence.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by empowering engineers and delivering quality software solutions.
- Qualifications: Experience in managing software engineers and leading complex development projects.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
As a Software Development Manager in the Identity Team, you impact positively the teams you lead, the people you manage, and the products you are responsible for whilst helping build the right culture within your domain. You hire, develop, and retain our Software Development Engineers to set them up for success. You build performing teams that consistently deliver quality software, whilst empowering your engineers to own technical decisions. You work effectively with your stakeholders and product teams to ensure the right outcomes are delivered.
You play a key role in formulating the technical strategy and roadmap for your area. You are able to handle high pressure situations and bring technical clarity and problem solving to a mission critical domain, ensuring we maintain high availability for our customers. You impact the teams you lead, the people you manage, and the products you are responsible for, whilst having a direct impact upon the environment and continuous improvement within your domain.
You are responsible for building and developing high performing teams. You take accountability for the environment that your teams operate within and the processes and standards that facilitate high quality software delivery, ensuring the right product outcomes through the right technical strategy and trade-offs.
You build capability by hiring, retaining, and developing the careers of our engineers, ensuring opportunities for growth and maintaining a level of challenge and motivation. You establish and sustain the environment for development to succeed. Your primary focus is to hire, develop, and retain our Software Development Engineers (SDEs). You lead and develop our SDEs through tailored plans, 1-2-1 meetings, coaching, and mentoring whilst aligning opportunities to grow expertise alongside the goals of the wider team and business.
You ensure SDEs are set up for success and provide course corrections when needed. You are responsible for building performing teams that consistently deliver quality software whilst balancing the demands of timeframes and needs. You ensure the right levels of processes, practices, and standards to build and operate products, aligned to the wider Technology strategy and standards.
You drive continuous improvement across your teams and directorate, capturing the right data to affect our practices and delivery. You guide and empower your engineers to own technical decisions whilst understanding when guidance is needed. You play a major role in the process of releasing value to our customers. You are accountable for the products you work on and proactively identify risks, propose mitigations, and understand when to escape or ask for help.
You are able to prioritise availability and consistency of the systems your team builds, prioritising resilience and security to ensure we maintain high levels of performance and availability - enabling our customers to shop in the most convenient way. You build balanced, empathetic relationships with your stakeholders and product teams, collaborating effectively to ensure the right outcomes are delivered. You are a great communicator.
You play a key role in formulating the technical strategy and roadmap for your area to support the growth of our business objectives and maintaining our competitive advantage. You drive architecture, design, implementation, adoption, and re-usability of technology within your teams and the wider technology community, crafting a culture of innovation and technical excellence.
Qualifications:
- Experience managing software engineers, supporting their career development and growth.
- Experience leading complex software development programmes.
- Demonstrated experience designing, developing and running highly-scalable distributed systems.
- Able to provide technical leadership and problem solving skills in high pressure situations to ensure our systems availability.
- Experience implementing a range of design and architecture patterns.
- Experience of technical leadership within a team.
- Coaching, supporting and mentoring those around you.
Software Development Manager - Identity in Welwyn Garden City employer: WeAreTechWomen
As a Software Development Manager in the Identity Team, you will thrive in a dynamic environment that prioritises innovation and technical excellence. Our company fosters a culture of continuous improvement, offering tailored career development opportunities and a supportive atmosphere where your leadership can shine. With a focus on empowering engineers and maintaining high system availability, we ensure that you have the resources and autonomy to drive impactful projects while collaborating with dedicated stakeholders.
