Software Engineering Manager

We're seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our development function, oversee system architecture, and contribute directly to product direction. This is a key leadership position within a growing SaaS and hospitality technology business.

You'll be equally comfortable managing a cross-functional engineering team, guiding architectural decisions, and shaping the product roadmap. This role sits at the intersection of technical delivery and product management - ideal for someone passionate about building scalable, secure, and user-focused systems., Engineering Leadership & Delivery

• Work with our CTO to lead a team of software engineers across frontend, backend, and infrastructure disciplines.
• Plan and deliver iterations within an agile framework, balancing speed and quality.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, coding practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure consistent system reliability, scalability, and security oversight in production systems.
• Support engineers' professional development through mentoring, one-to-ones, and performance reviews.

Technical Architecture & Strategy

• Own the technical roadmap and system architecture, ensuring it aligns with long-term business goals.
• Evaluate and implement new technologies to future-proof the platform.
• Oversee integrations with third-party services (e.g. payments, channel managers, BI tools).
• Maintain architectural documentation and promote a culture of technical excellence.

Inbound Product Management

• Partner with leadership and commercial teams to gather and refine product requirements.
• Translate customer, market, and operations feedback into actionable feature requests.
• Prioritise the engineering backlog according to value, effort, and strategic outcomes.
• Balance innovation with operational stability, driving continuous improvement across platforms.
• Collaborate with UX and data teams to deliver features that enhance customer and partner experience.

Do you have experience in SaaS?, Must have experience:

• Proven experience managing software engineering teams and complex web applications.
• Strong background in SaaS product development, ideally in hospitality, e-commerce, or property tech.
• Excellent communicator who can bridge technical and business discussions.
• Passionate about measurable impact and delivering great digital products.
• Security and compliance
• Experience in modernising legacy systems towards service orientated architectures.
• Experience contributing to roadmaps or managing inbound product processes.

Nice to have experience:

Deep technical understanding of relevant web technologies

• .Net / C# (, WebAPIs, background services)
• Entity framework / data access across large long lived codebases
• Frontend Technologies including , Razror and React
• Sql, including MySQL and SQL server.

Familiarity with distributed systems and cloud architecture

• API driven systems
• Message queues such as rabbitmq
• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Devops, Bitbucket)
• Cloud infrastructure, Azure, IIS, Linux

• Opportunity to join an established ecommerce/software business with exciting growth plans for the future.
• Above industry average salary (dependent on experience) plus pension contributions.
• Long-term bonus plan gives employees a share in growth in the value of the company.
• Bright office on Cornhill in the centre of Bury St Edmunds: dog friendly, ping pong, table football, darts, as much coffee and tea as you can drink!
• Relocation allowance if you move to Bury to St Edmunds.
• Free car parking.
• Commuting costs paid for by the company.
• Employee benefits and rewards scheme (Perkbox).
• Wellness videos and confidential helpline.
• Paid for training.
• Company events & social time.
• Holiday allowance that rises to 28 days over time, plus bank holidays.
• Support the environment: we donate over £20,000 every year to environmental causes, including a donation from every booking to the World Land Trust.
• You will be joining a twenty-seven-strong team of fun and hard-working sales people, account managers, and software developers with a high performance culture.

Schedule

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

SpeedyBooker is an established and fast-growing online booking and property management platform that connects guests with unique accommodation - from university residences and monasteries to hotels and cottages. * SpeedyBooker is a travel technology business located in the centre of beautiful Bury St Edmunds, with exciting plans for the future. * We own and operate specialist leisure websites focusing on accommodation but also including activities. They include BeachHuts.com, BritainsFinest, FishPal, Monasteries.com and UniversityRooms.com. * Our booking engine, internally developed over ten years, also powers third party websites. * We are building a property management system (PMS) to provide our properties with additional tools. * Our vision is for SpeedyBooker to be the world's leading collection of niche leisure booking websites that are no.1 in their markets, powered by our platform and TurboPMS. * Revenue growth is accelerating, with an average of 23% growth over the past three years, and 27% growth in 2025.