Hands-on Development Manager (C++)

We are looking for a Hands-on Development Manager to lead an engineering team building software for a global medical technology company in the dental and orthodontic domain. The team develops high-performance applications for digital treatment planning, 3D visualization and processing of patient data, used by clinicians worldwide. The product runs in a regulated medical device environment, so quality, traceability and engineering discipline are essential.

This role combines technical leadership with people and delivery management. You will spend a significant part of your time writing and reviewing code, making architecture decisions, and leading the team day to day.

Responsibilities

Lead a cross-functional development team (developers, QA, DevOps) and own technical delivery end to end

Write, review and refactor production C++ code; set coding standards and engineering best practices

Drive architecture and design decisions, including performance, scalability and maintainability

Translate business and clinical requirements into technical solutions together with the client’s product and engineering stakeholders

Plan and track work: estimation, sprint planning, risk management and status reporting

Ensure compliance with medical device software development processes (IEC 62304, ISO 13485) and quality requirements

Mentor engineers, run technical interviews and contribute to team growth

Act as the main technical point of contact for the client’s engineering leadership

Must have

8+ years of professional software development, with strong modern C++ (C++17/20)

2+ years leading development teams while staying hands-on

Solid experience with software architecture, design patterns and multithreading

Experience with performance optimization and profiling

Experience with Agile delivery, planning and estimation

Strong communication skills and experience working directly with international clients

English at C1 level or higher

Nice to have

Experience with WebAssembly, or a strong C++ background with readiness to ramp up on WASM quickly

3D graphics and geometry processing (OpenGL, Vulkan, VTK, CGAL or similar)

Experience in medical device or other regulated software development (IEC 62304, ISO 13485, FDA)

Qt for desktop UI development

CI/CD, CMake, unit testing frameworks (GoogleTest or similar)

Experience in the dental, orthodontic or healthcare imaging domain