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# Software Engineering Manager

- **Company:** Adria Solutions ltd
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Corona (Software Development Kit), DevOps, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Data Analytics, Microservices
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2845696329-software-engineering-manager

## About the Role

* Proven experience leading or mentoring engineering teams (or strong senior/principal engineers ready to step into leadership)
 * Strong hands-on background in modern software development
 * Experience working in fast-paced, product-led or startup-style environments A genuine passion for building scalable, high-quality technical solutions

Desirable but not essential:

 * Experience with distributed systems and microservices architectures
 * Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps culture
 * Exposure to mobile-first or cross-platform product development
 * Background in data-driven or high-availability systems

## Description

On behalf of our leading client based in Manchester, we are recruiting for an exceptional Software Engineering Manager. This is a senior leadership role within a fast-moving, ambitious organisation that is scaling its digital capabilities and building high-impact products across the finance and technology space.

This role is ideal for someone who brings energy, passion, and an entrepreneurial mindset, and who thrives in a startup-style environment with enterprise backing.

We are open to strong candidates from Senior / Principal / Lead Engineer backgrounds who are ready to take a step up into engineering leadership, or already operating at Engineering Manager level looking for a more impactful challenge.

You will be leading high-performing teams of up to 5-10 engineers, driving technical excellence while shaping product delivery and engineering culture.

The Software Engineering Manager will be responsible for:

 * Leading, inspiring, and motivating engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions
 * Building a strong engineering culture centred on ownership, innovation, and rapid delivery
 * Partnering closely with Product to translate vision into robust technical solutions
 * Coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers through 1:1s, feedback, and career development support
 * Driving agile delivery and embedding DevOps best practices across teams
 * Championing a "build fast, learn fast" mindset while maintaining engineering quality and discipline
 * Contributing to solution design, architecture decisions, and technical direction
 * Ensuring systems are designed with strong attention to non-functional requirements (security, scalability, reliability, performance)


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