Senior Software Development Manager

3 weeks ago

Altrincham, Trafford, United Kingdom Informed Solutions Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Software Engineer to join our team at Informed Solutions. As a key member of our Engineering discipline, you will be responsible for leading the planning, design, development, integration, and testing of high-quality software solutions that meet business and user needs.

Key Responsibilities
  • Take technical responsibility for the high-quality engineering of complex services across all stages (design, build, test, deploy, operate, and continually improve).
  • Implement end-to-end architectures for larger services, ensuring deliverables are of a high standard and maintaining quality documentation.
  • Structure and provide technical assurance for the work of teams, advising on design patterns and engineering approaches to ensure software quality, including non-functional requirements.
  • Guide team members and participate in the hands-on implementation of best practices in engineering.
  • Collaborate with DevOps engineers to implement CI/CD pipelines for supporting ongoing software quality.
  • Build effective relationships with clients and stakeholders, offering options for decision-making, and providing commercially sound advice and solutions.
  • Offer formal and informal advice and guidance in the development of strategies, frameworks, and standards as required.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, User-Centred Design, Service Operations, Delivery Management, and Data Science practitioners to achieve objectives and successes within multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Play a leading role in the Engineering discipline to maintain an energized community of engineers, influencing company-wide innovation, best practice adoption, standards, tools, and artefacts.
  • Support the ongoing growth of Informed's Engineering capability by helping to recruit technical staff and contributing to InformedACADEMYTM.
Requirements
  • Experience collaborating with client technical and business stakeholders to define solution deliverables that meet business and user needs.
  • An unbiased and independent perspective on technology stacks used to deliver a particular solution.
  • Understanding of software engineering best practices and design patterns for enterprise-scale solutions.
  • Proven track record of leading technical teams to solve complex problems and deliver innovative solutions.
  • Background in Agile delivery environments, delivering software solutions in controlled increments (e.g., following Scrum, Agile Delivery phases, GDS Service Manual, etc.).
  • Broad understanding of modern programming languages, leading frameworks, distributed system architectures (e.g., microservices), and the full software development lifecycle, including use of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
  • Strong planning skills, with the ability to assign commercially robust estimates and work with delivery managers and Product Owners to align delivery plans with business objectives.
  • Experience overseeing and quality assuring the technical delivery of team members, mentoring others on best practice.
  • Commercial awareness with the ability to balance trade-offs where necessary to ensure successful delivery.
  • Effective communicator who can explain complex information to stakeholders, anticipate obstacles, and work under pressure within an agile environment.
  • Willingness to maintain relevant, up-to-date practitioner skills through continuing professional development and training, including accreditations/certifications.
Desirable Skills and Experience
  • Experience working in a professional services/consultancy environment.
  • Ability to deliver as part of multiple projects, concurrently across multiple teams.
  • Experience of the GOV.UK Digital Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice.
  • Proven experience delivering a complex software solution hosted on one of the leading cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), with working knowledge of other cloud platforms.
  • Demonstrable expertise in software engineering practitioner skills (i.e., a programming language, frameworks, cloud technologies) evidenced by domain-relevant accreditations/certifications at an advanced level.
  • Hands-on knowledge of designing and implementing software solutions capable of handling sensitive data (e.g., Personally Identifiable Information or payment information).
  • Experience implementing software solutions that operationalise data science and Machine Learning components.
Personal Qualities
  • A hands-on problem-solver who leads by example, demonstrating commitment to software quality.
  • A clear communicator, calm, can-do, resilient, and comfortable being challenged.
  • Strong planning, time management, and organisational skills, with the ability to balance conflicting priorities.
  • Detail-oriented, reliable, and punctual.
  • Inquisitive, using critical thinking to ask lots of questions, overcome biases, break assumptions, and consider different perspectives.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Bring strong technical leadership to your team and the wider discipline.
  • Able to explain difficult or sensitive topics; working to build consensus internally and with the wider business.
Benefits

We offer a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits to our employees, including:

  • InformedACADEMYTM - We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications.
  • Industry-leading health and wellbeing plan - We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support, and physical health support.
  • Hybrid working.
  • Private Health Care Cover.
  • Generous life assurance cover.
  • Gym Membership.
  • Monthly office lunch.
  • Onsite massage sessions.
  • 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays.
  • Sabbatical Leave Scheme.
  • Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay.
  • Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay.
  • Company Pension Contribution.
  • Profit Share Scheme.
  • Payment of professional subscriptions.
  • Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals.

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