2856 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Director of Software Development
£39,000 - 70,500
Spectrum It Recruitment Limited
Commercial Road, Portsmouth
£39,000 - 70,500
Requirements
Must:
- 3 years in a senior engineering leadership role (Director, Head of Engineering, VP, or Senior Engineering Manager)
- Strong technical background, having progressed from hands-on software engineering
- Proven experience managing managers and scaling engineering teams
- Comfortable leading distributed and offshore teams
- Deep understanding of modern & mature software development and DevOps practices
- Analytical, pragmatic, and outcome-focused; with the credibility to engage at both strategic and technical levels
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end software development operation
- Lead a small group of Software Development Managers managing 40-50 engineers across development, DevOps, and QA
- Own delivery, quality, and scalability across the development function
- Embed modern DevOps practices as part of development - CI/CD, automation, small batch delivery, and fast feedback
- Drive continuous improvement using metrics and meaningful engineering KPIs
- Improve developer productivity through better tooling, process, and engineering discipline
- Lead and develop managers, creating consistency while allowing teams autonomy
- Partner closely with the CTO on technology strategy, platform evolution, and future capability
- Balance delivery pressure with sustainable, high-quality engineering
Description
We are a high-growth B2B SaaS business scaling a complex, customer-facing platform used at significant volume. Our commitment to investing in engineering, tooling, and leadership allows us to shape a distributed, high-performing engineering organization. This remote-first culture fosters purposeful collaboration and provides the opportunity to influence and own the engineering culture at a large scale.
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