Software Development Manager - Preston
5 days ago
Preston
Software Engineering Manager Preston (Hybrid) Permanent £65,000 The Opportunity We're looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead, develop, and support a growing team of engineers working across a modern digital platform landscape. This is a people-first leadership role focused on building a high-performing engineering culture, driving quality, and supporting engineers to grow and succeed. You won't own delivery roadmaps directly-instead, you'll ensure the engineering capability behind them is strong, scalable, and sustainable. You'll act as a trusted leader, mentor, and escalation point, working closely with cross-functional teams including Product, Delivery, DevOps, QA, and Architecture. What You'll Be Doing People Leadership & Development • Line manage engineers across multiple teams and platforms, • Run regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and development planning, • Support career growth, coaching, and progression pathways, • Foster an inclusive, high-performance engineering culture, • Champion best practices in coding, testing, and delivery, • Promote strong engineering discipline (CI/CD, code reviews, etc.), • Balance delivery pressures with long-term technical health, • Coach engineers to deepen technical expertise and judgement, • Identify skill gaps and drive learning initiatives, • Manage team capacity and allocation across platforms, • Support hiring, onboarding, and scaling efforts, • Partner with cross-functional teams to support delivery, • Work with third-party and nearshore teams where needed, • Represent engineering in planning and prioritisation discussions, • Ensure consistent application of engineering standards and processes, • Maintain documentation around performance and team structure, • Encourage accountability, ownership, and feedback culture Essential Experience • Strong background in modern software engineering practices, • Proven experience managing and coaching engineers, • Solid understanding of software quality, testing, and CI/CD, • Ability to balance people, delivery, and technical priorities, • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, • Experience in platform-led or capability-based models, • Exposure to scaling teams or organisational growth, • Familiarity with cloud and DevOps environments, • Experience working with third-party or offshore teams, • Opportunity to shape and grow engineering capability at scale, • Work in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment, • Influence engineering culture, standards, and ways of working