Software Development Manager

ByteHire
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
15 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
£ 115K

Job location

Remote
Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows
A/B testing
Agile Methodologies
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Confluence
JIRA
Cloud Computing
Continuous Integration
Linux
DevOps
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Python
Scrum
Systems Development Life Cycle
Digitalocean
Software Engineering
Software Systems
Systems Integration
React
Delivery Pipeline
Containerization
Kubernetes
Terraform
Database Rules and Triggers

Job description

  • Lead agile engineering teams across the full SDLC, from ideation to deployment, in a collaborative and high-impact environment.
  • Drive architectural decisions and development best practices across technologies like Python, React, Kubernetes, object storage, Terraform, and both Linux / Windows deployments.
  • Encourage a culture of creative problem-solving, A / B testing of processes, and continuous experimentation to improve team velocity and release cadence.
  • Foster a healthy, inclusive, and resilient team culture. Actively mentor engineers to grow technically and professionally.
  • Lead your teams through defects in production, complex troubleshooting, and process streamlining under pressure.
  • Apply a DevOps mindset with knowledge of CI / CD, IaaS, deployment architectures, and GPU-based infrastructure.
  • Oversee and optimise development operations using tools such as Jira and Confluence. Take full ownership of technical processes, tech debt, and improvement strategies.
  • Partner with Directors, AI Leads, and Infrastructure Leads to align software outcomes with business goals.
  • Leverage your understanding of AI tooling and modern frameworks (e.g. LangChain, DeepSeek) to guide effective integration into internal platforms.

Requirements

We are seeking a proactive and technically adept Software Development Manager to lead and inspire high-performing, cross-functional development teams. You will be pivotal in scaling engineering operations, fostering agile innovation, and taking end-to-end ownership of development processes. This is an opportunity to lead in a fast-moving scale-up environment within the GPU cloud industry, where creativity, fluidity, and accountability are essential., * Proven experience leading software development teams in a scale-up or fast-growth tech environment

  • Strong background in DevOps, cloud-native development, and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)
  • Experience managing complex software systems, integrating AI tooling, and building scalable products
  • Experience with platforms like AWS, DigitalOcean, and on-prem setups is helpful.
  • Fluency with Agile / DevOps workflows, Jira / Confluence, and cloud-native tooling (e.g. Terraform, Kubernetes)
  • Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and analytical skills
  • Able to creatively solve complex problems and continuously improve delivery processes
  • Agile certifications (Scrum Master, PMP, or equivalent)
  • Hands-on with CI / CD pipelines, database triggers, containerisation, and cloud infrastructure
  • Experience with cloud GPU platforms (e.g., Lambda Labs, FluidStack, CoreWeave)
  • Familiarity with software delivery in hybrid environments (cloud, on-prem, hosted)

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