Software Development Manager
We are seeking an experienced and driven Software Development Manager to lead our engineering team with a sharp focus on Engineering Productivity, Software Quality, and Delivery Excellence. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a high-performance environment and is passionate about building robust systems, nurturing talent, and consistently delivering high-quality software on time. As Software Development Manager at adserve, you will have three key areas of focus;
 
Engineering Productivity 
  • Ensuring the software development teams achieve their highest level of productivity by close management, review, training, mentoring and continuous improvement.
  • Champion efficient development workflows and eliminate bottlenecks.
  • Foster a culture of autonomy, ownership, and continuous improvement.
  • Introduce metrics and dashboards to track and improve developer effectiveness.
  • Drive mentoring and growth opportunities to upskill engineers and keep them engaged.
 
Software Quality
  • Instill best practices for code quality, automated testing, and peer reviews.
  • Own and improve quality gates across the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Champion the adoption of AI for code reviews, refactoring and unit testing wherever possible.
  • Collaborate with QA and Product teams to build reliable, maintainable software.
  • Monitor technical debt and lead efforts to pay it down strategically.
  • Champion a ‘right first time’ mindset throughout the development lifecycle.
 
Delivery 
  • Ensure teams consistently meet sprint, release, and roadmap commitments.
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration between engineering, product, and design.
  • Balance scope, time, and resources to deliver business value without burnout.
  • Identify and manage risks to timelines early and effectively.
  • Track delivery metrics and use data to guide continuous improvement in planning and execution.
 
Our team are all remote workers in the UK, you will need to demonstrate considerable experience of running remote development teams. Furthermore,  you should come from a software engineering background, with experience of our core stack (C#, React, AWS) and will be hands-on, leading by example, in the development of our applications.
 
 
Our Tech Stack
 
As Software Development Manager, you will need to be fluent in our tech stack, and we can’t consider candidates without considerable experience in;

  • C# for back-end development
  • React.js for front-end development
  • Extensive use of AWS (Cognito, Lambda, Fargate, PostgreSQL, Cloud-formation etc)
 
 
Skills / Attributes Required
  • At least 5 years track record of building and managing successful software delivery teams, in a commercial SaaS web application development environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to create application development strategies founded on agile principles and effectively execute initiatives to achieve to desired outcomes
  • Expert level knowledge and experience in enterprise systems integration and best practices in the context of SaaS application development
  • Ninja-level experience in Jira to ensure quality, productivity and delivery metrics not only drive development, but are visible across the business for reporting purposes.
  • Experience in working with the broadcast, media and ad-tech sectors very desirable
  • Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen customer focus capable of presenting technical solutions to customer, investors and other stake-holders.
  • B.Sc. Computer Science from a top rated university.
 
 
Salary & Benefits
To attract the very best, we provide an attractive package of salary and benefits, with a great working environment and a supportive team.   Benefits include;
  • Attractive salary and benefits, including private health and gym membershi
  • Stock options
  • Permanent working from home with occasional visits to London or other locations for team building and other activities
  • A rewarding, inclusive corporate culture based on hiring the very best and giving them freedom to excel