Software Engineering Manager | £120K | 1-2 days | London | Ecommerce

Software Engineering Manager | .NET | London Hybrid 1-2 days | Up to £120KI’m working with an organisation in London that is looking for an experienced Software Development Manager to lead and build their new engineering team. This is a hands-on player-coach role, ideal for someone who enjoys leading and developing engineers, but still wants to stay close to the technology. You’ll be joining at an exciting point in their engineering journey, helping modernise legacy integrations and move towards reusable .NET services, APIs, microservices and event-driven architecture.You’ll have around 70% focus on people leadership, engineering capability and delivery, with 30% protected for hands-on technical contribution.📍 London – Hybrid 1-2 days a week💼 Permanent - Salary up to £120KThe role:Lead, coach and develop a team of senior and junior software developersOwn 1:1s, performance, objectives, career development, recruitment and succession planningBring strong C# / .NET expertise to code reviews, pairing, design and complex engineering problemsSet and embed engineering standards, quality gates, CI/CD, automated testing, security and observabilityHelp modernise Logic Apps and point-to-point integrations into reusable services, APIs and event-driven solutionsSupport healthy Agile delivery, coaching Senior Developers and Squad Leads and helping teams become increasingly autonomousHelp establish responsible AI-assisted engineering practicesTech stack:C#.NET Azure (ServiceBus, Logic Apps, Functions etc)Kafka Docker TerraformYou don’t need to be an expert in every technology, but you’ll need a strong, current .NET background and genuine experience leading software engineers.They’re particularly interested in people who have come from a Senior Developer / Lead Developer / Technical Lead background and have moved into or are ready to move into a broader engineering management role.If you’re a interested in the role then please apply with your up to date CV!Software Engineering Manager | .NET | London Hybrid 1-2 days | Up to £120K