Software Engineer Manager | Southampton

Do you know what a great engineering team looks like, and do you love building one? Have you written code yourself, but do you now get more energy from helping engineers grow and deliver? Then we’d love to get to know you. Your role We're looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead our engineering team in Southampton, a group of approximately 8–15 engineers. You'll be responsible for building a strong team, helping people develop, and making sure the team delivers good software. Our engineering team in Southampton currently works together on the same product. That may change as we grow. Over time, you could be managing engineers across different products and offices. This may involve occasional travel to other locations, typically a couple of times per year. You won't be writing code yourself, but we do expect you to have worked as a software engineer. You need to understand technology, recognize good engineering practices, and be able to challenge technical decisions when needed. Some teams have Lead Engineers to take the technical lead; others don't (yet). What you’ll do + Deliver. Agree on priorities and realistic plans with Product Management. Help your teams deliver predictably, clear obstacles out of the way and make sure the work solves real customer and business needs. + Keep engineering standards high. Make sure your teams have the technical leadership they need, from a Lead Engineer or someone else. + Guide and challenge technical decisions. Make sure teams follow good practice in architecture, code quality, testing and maintainability. Use quality and delivery metrics to spot problems and track improvements. + Lead and develop your team. Hire engineers, coach them, give feedback, manage performance and help people grow. Create a team where people enjoy working together and feel free to speak up. + Own operations and security. Your teams own what they build, including how it runs in production. You make sure monitoring and incident management are in place, security vulnerabilities get fixed and teams meet security and compliance requirements. You support audits and certifications. And you use metrics on incidents, security findings and cloud costs to spot problems and measure progress. + Improve how we work. Find ways to make your teams more effective. Encourage engineers to work with colleagues across products and locations. Share knowledge, improve ways of working and reuse existing components and solutions, instead of building everything from scratch. + Work with stakeholders. Build good relationships with Product Management, other engineering leaders and colleagues across the business. + Keep them up to date on progress and risks. Help resolve conflicting priorities, and think about what’s best for the whole organisation, not just your own teams. About Whitevision At Whitevision, we help take repetitive work out of the world. Our smart software helps organisations process incoming documents, like purchase invoices, quickly and digitally. That gives people more time for work that actually matters. We’re a leading SaaS player in Intelligent Document Processing & Management. We build smart, scalable and reliable tools for invoice processing, procurement, spend and document management, which integrate seamlessly with a wide range of ERP systems. We’ve been doing this for over 20 years, and more than 2,300 organisations rely on our solutions. Over 140 colleagues work from our offices in Breda, Rotterdam, Zoetermeer, De Goorn, Milton Keynes and Southampton. Through our buy-and-build strategy, we’re growing into one strong, international group. One company, one platform and lots of room to grow.