Development Manager

Overview

As Development Manager you will lead a software team delivering a world-leading telematics platform. You partner with engineers, product and stakeholders to plan, prioritise and implement features, while shaping engineering practices and architecture. The role blends hands-on technical work with people leadership in a fast-growing, agile environment. You will drive delivery excellence, manage technical debt, and support career growth in a dynamic, cross-functional setting.

Pay / Benefits

• Pension
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free breakfast daily
• Gym access
• EV scheme

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to identify opportunities and introduce new technologies
• Collaborate with Head of Engineering, Director of Product and leads to analyse projects and change requests
• Plan, schedule, and monitor development tasks; communicate priorities and issues to stakeholders
• Oversee NodeJS, Typescript and C# pipelines; report progress to Head of Engineering
• Line manage and mentor a growing team; provide technical support remotely or in person
• Proactively manage platform health and address technical debt
• Track KPIs and ensure delivery excellence; escalate issues as needed
• Define and evolve platform architecture with architects; implement engineering practices
• Coordinate South Africa-based support and QA teams to balance work between customers

Key requirements

• Degree-level education with 2:2 minimum
• Experience building and managing high-performing development teams
• Software development background with NodeJS, Typescript and/or C#
• Experience building SaaS platforms at scale on containerised cloud platforms (preferably AWS) with CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Experience managing a development pipeline and task allocation
• Ability to understand complex business processes and system architecture
• Strong communication to set stakeholder expectations and influence delivery
• Collaborative, pragmatic approach with focus on business delivery
• Excellent communication and team-oriented mindset

• leadership and people management
• stakeholder management
• clear communication
• NodeJS
• Typescript
• C#

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