Development Manager / Technical Engineering Manager

We’re looking for an exceptional Development Manager to lead engineering execution across multiple fast-moving products and internal systems.
This is not a passive management role.
We want a highly technical operator and engineering leader who can drive execution, enforce high standards, unblock teams quickly, improve development velocity, and build scalable engineering processes that allow the company to move fast without sacrificing quality or security.
You will be responsible for managing developers, coordinating releases, improving engineering operations, enforcing best practices, and helping build a world-class technical organisation.
You should genuinely love engineering leadership, enjoy solving operational problems, and thrive in high-performance environments where speed and ownership matter.

What You’ll Be Responsible For
Engineering Team Leadership

Lead and manage a team of developers across multiple projects and products
Create accountability, structure, and strong execution standards across engineering
Ensure developers remain unblocked and productive at all times
Push projects forward aggressively while maintaining quality standards
Run daily engineering coordination and task management processes
Review team performance, output quality, and delivery consistency
Build a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, speed, communication, and accountability
Identify weaknesses in workflows, processes, or team structure and improve them proactively
Help recruit, onboard, and scale the development team over time

Project & Release Management

Own engineering execution timelines and release coordination
Plan and manage release schedules across multiple products
Ensure projects are scoped correctly and delivered on time
Coordinate priorities between developers, product stakeholders, QA, and operations
Monitor sprint progress and identify risks before they become blockers
Keep development moving efficiently without constant supervision from leadership
Ensure deployments are smooth, stable, and properly tested before production release
Create clear systems for task tracking, delivery management, and release readiness

Technical Leadership

Enforce strong coding standards, architecture decisions, and development best practices
Ensure high standards around:
- Code quality
- Security practices
- Scalability
- Maintainability
- Documentation
- Infrastructure reliability
Conduct code reviews and technical oversight where necessary
Help developers solve difficult technical problems
Step into the codebase directly when needed to troubleshoot or accelerate execution
Identify technical debt early and create plans to reduce it
Guide engineering decisions with long-term scalability in mind
Ensure engineering systems remain stable as the company grows

Security & Operational Excellence

Implement and maintain strong engineering security practices
Ensure infrastructure and development workflows follow modern security standards
Reduce operational risk through process, tooling, and oversight
Create reliable engineering workflows around deployments, environments, and access control
Improve observability, monitoring, and operational visibility across systems
Ensure engineering work is organised, documented, and recoverable

What We’re Looking For

Core Requirements

Strong experience managing software development teams
Highly technical with the ability to understand, review, and contribute to code directly
Strong understanding of modern software architecture and engineering workflows
Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and development pipelines
Excellent communication and organisational skills
Extremely responsive, proactive, and execution-focused
Comfortable operating in fast-moving startup-style environments
Strong leadership presence with the ability to motivate and push teams forward
High ownership mentality — you naturally take responsibility for outcomes
Strong understanding of software development lifecycle management
Experience creating engineering structure and operational systems
Ability to balance speed with long-term technical quality

Technical Experience We Value

Experience managing web application engineering teams
Familiarity with modern frontend and backend stacks
Strong understanding of APIs, databases, infrastructure, and system design
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
Understanding of cloud infrastructure and operational tooling
Experience with GitHub workflows, pull request reviews, and engineering collaboration systems
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum workflows and sprint management
Strong debugging and troubleshooting ability
Security-first engineering mindset

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