Software Engineering Manager

Your responsibilities encompass a wide range of duties, including

• Technical Leadership & Architecture: Provide strong software architecture direction, guide system design decisions, perform code reviews, and stay deeply engaged with the technical execution of C# backend, database, and web application components.
• AI Leadership & Culture: Lead by example in the integration of AI tools, mentoring your team on their usage to solve complex engineering challenges and driving a culture of innovation and efficiency.
• Agile & Project Delivery: Manage software engineering teams and projects for Guardian CAD utilizing Scrum and Agile frameworks, facilitating effective iteration, planning, and delivery.
• Stakeholder Collaboration & Networking: Utilize excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners, senior leadership, and external stakeholders, building strong internal and external networks.
• Overseeing Development and Testing: Work directly with a team of engineers to plan, refine, and develop both conceptual prototypes and production-level functionality. You will oversee the testing process, in collaboration with Quality Assurance engineers and dedicated test teams, to ensure the final solution is free of defects in end-to-end delivery.
• IMPORTANT - The candidate must have been a permanent resident in the UK for at least 5 years to obtain security clearance required for this role (SC/NPPV3).

Required Skills

• Proven experience managing software development teams and projects using Scrum and Agile methodologies
• Experience managing the delivery of software solutions to large enterprise and high security government clients
• High level technical skills in modern C# and/or Javascript, React.js
• Solid background in software architecture with experience conducting code reviews and understanding complex engineering tasks (Technical Lead experience highly valued)
• Proven ability to motivate and lead cross-functional, diverse teams using remote tools utilizing OKR methodology
• Confident in communicating complex technical matters in simple terms to senior management, customers and other stakeholders in written and presentation/demonstration formats.
• Proficiency with AI development tools (e.g., Gemini, CoPilot, Devin) to assist in solving complex engineering challenges daily
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and establish efficient working networks

Would be a plus

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