Software Engineering Manager

Software Engineering Manager

Software Engineering Manager - London - Remote/Hybrid - £65k NEG

Are you a Software Engineering Manager or Lead Engineer ready to drive significant change? We are transforming our highly successful desktop ERP into a cutting-edge, self-hosted web solution. This is a fundamental rebuild, designed to significantly improve operational scalability and team efficiency.

What You'll Be Doing

We seek a hands-on leader to guide the development of our new web application using Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and C#. You will primarily provide technical leadership to a small team of seasoned developers as they transition to web development. This role requires a highly technical leader comfortable managing projects without dedicated DevOps or UI/UX specialists, thriving in a high-ownership environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Architect, design, and implement full-stack functionality: Blazor UI, ASP.NET Core backend, database integration, and deployment.

Provide technical direction and hands-on development across the platform lifecycle.

Lead and ensure adherence to team standards for development controls and processes.

Guide on API and web-dev best practices, setting positive examples for engineers.

Establish efficient development workflows, testing strategies, and deployment pipelines.

Ensure the solution is secure, maintainable, performant, and extensible for production readiness.

Champion software engineering best practices with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset.

Help maintain internal system documentation by writing and updating procedures as required throughout the SDLC.

Who You Are:

You are a skilled technical leader, passionate about building robust, scalable web applications. While strong technical leadership is paramount, you also possess the crucial soft skills to influence and be a key decision-maker within a well-established team. You will lead by example through hands-on contribution.

What You'll Bring:

Proven, recent, hands-on development experience with C#, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and T-SQL.

Solid understanding of web application architecture, component-driven UI development, and backend integration.

Experience deploying self-hosted applications, including configuration, infrastructure, and security considerations.

Ability to provide architectural clarity and technical mentorship for engineers transitioning from desktop to web development.

Excellent communication and organisational skills, able to set direction and manage priorities effectively.

Experience in early-stage product teams or with accounting/enterprise back-office systems is a plus.

Familiarity with Entity Framework Core, SignalR, or relevant .NET ecosystem tools is preferred.

Exposure to CI/CD, basic infrastructure setup, and cloud/hybrid deployment models, even without dedicated DevOps support, is beneficial.

Strong UI sensibility, capable of creating user-friendly interfaces without a dedicated design team, is a bonus.

Why Join Us?

This is a significant opportunity to lead the transformation of a key product into a modern, web-based solution. You will play a central role in shaping architecture, mentoring talent, and delivering a system critical for the business's long-term success.

Join a "Great Place to Work UK" certified company, offering extensive benefits and a supportive environment. Based at our East Croydon / Hybrid office, reporting directly to the Head of Software Development, you will find clear career progression as our business expands its software expertise across operating companies.

If you are a highly technical engineering leader who thrives in small teams, embraces varied responsibilities, and delivers quality software under real-world constraints, we encourage you to apply.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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