Senior Manager Software Engineering

Overview

Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Vision

• **Client liaison:** acting as a bridge between client technology teams and your own delivery targets to ensure full understanding of inbound business requirements, quickly turning client wishes into reality.
• **Integration perfection:** defining and implementing key integration methods with our client base, ensuring seamless transition of data and processes between client and DataFlow systems for maximum efficiency and best applicant experience.
• **Architectural Innovation:** Lead the conceptualisation, design, and development of new, high-availability software systems and services for executive leadership and operations.
• **Roadmap Ownership:** Create and manage the product development roadmap, prioritising technical debt, feature requests, and infrastructure upgrades based on business impact.
• **Enhance Services:** Based on customer feedback, quickly and proactively identify opportunities to enhance existing software services, improving performance, security, and user experience.

Operational Excellence & Management

• **Platform Ownership:** Assume full ownership of the day-to-day management of all existing software applications used across the region, ensuring code quality, uptime, and performance.
• **Code Integrity:** Act as the ultimate guardian of software quality and consistency within our development environment.
• **Stakeholder Collaboration:** Partner closely with department heads internal and external) to understand their functional needs, gather requirements, and deliver effective software solutions.
• **Team Leadership:** Mentor and guide a team of full-stack developers (as the team grows), fostering a culture of precision, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• **Talent Management:** Ensure appropriate sizing and recruitment within the engineering team, ensuring the right structure and capability to match growth targets.

The Ideal CandidateRequired Qualifications & Experience

• **Experience:** 10+ years of progressive experience in commercial, enterprise software development, with at least 5 years in a leadership or management capacity.
• **Educational Background:** Minimum of a **Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering**.