Software Development Manager (.Net)Southampton, 3 days in office per weekup to £75000 + BenefitsPlease note my client cannot offer VISA sponsorship for this position.Your new companyI've been engaged by a specialist software provider to recruit a Software Development Manager to work from their modern head office location in Southampton 3 days per week. It's an excellent opportunity to join a company that have flourished in recent years, making multiple acquisitions and now expanding their UK Development team to support a multi-year modernisation project. Your new roleThis is a leadership position managing a squad of Developers to champion software best practice, architectural principles and a modern DevOps culture. Joining a global business you will manage Devs both in the UK and off-shore and will have excellent progression opportunities here.You'll push Agile engineering resources & provide guidance from inception through release of major & point product releases, including ongoing maintenance. You will closely with techies and other stakeholders to drive the offering forward, ensuring the team follow SDLC processes, CI/CD integration, code quality & automation test coverage.You will manage between 7-10 Devs/Testers initially in this role. It's a meritocracy and you can really progress and make your stamp joining this business who are now part of a global group.What you'll need to succeedFrom a tech perspective it's a Microsoft .Net environment so a background here is important, we need 10 years in Development in total with 5 of these having been in a leadership position as this is a hands-off role including recruitment, reviews and improving your teams' adoption of SDLC processes, CI/CD integration and mainstream databases.You'll need working experience with scaled software architecture & domain: performance, redundancy, failover, clustering etc. You'll also need working experience with source code management patterns and proficiency in API design, development & production.They are embracing Azure DevOps here, so previous experience in the Cloud and working with pipelines and containers will serve you well. Same goes for an appreciation of the modern coding practices and SOLID principles.What you'll get in returnThe company offers great flexibility across the board and there is no micromanagement here. We want someone invested in the cause and in return seeing their efforts have internationally. They are a very supportive employer and will fund courses, qualifications and conferences to improve your skill set. There's also a generous flexible benefits package including private healthcare, dental and good holiday allowance etc.What you need to do nowTo find out more and to be considered for this position please apply directly, or contact Max Wilcock, Business Director on .At Hays Technology, we are shaping the future of recruitment. The rapid adoption of cloud, which is making customer interfaces more engaging and creating a seamless engagement with businesses, means that from the foundation of your organisation up, software developers are critical to success. As the competition for talent grows, we're ready and waiting to help developers really make an impact on organisations, so talk to us today. We are Hays Technology.
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