The Software Development Manager will join us, to lead the delivery of functionality across our Fundamentals Development Team, building out new features and functionality to evolve services and applications that form the foundation of aPriori’s solution. Come join our team and help us drive transformation across the manufacturing supply chain!

A Software Development Manager at aPriori is a creative technologist who leads by example, setting the pace and tone for building a culture of high performing teams. The role will collaborate frequently with designers, product managers, architects and business stakeholders throughout aPriori, to deliver compelling products that integrate with our SaaS suite.

The Software Development Manager will provide direction and oversight through all phases of the product release cycle (design, development, quality assurance, delivery, and production monitoring), aligning development objectives with product milestones and ultimately, customer satisfaction. As a Software Development Manager, one of the key responsibilities is to build and maintain a passionate, engaged and effective Engineering team. This is accomplished through taking a deep interest in the people that report to you by making sure they are happy, motivated and challenged in what they do.

Our stack: Java, SpringBoot, Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Postgres SQL, running on AWS cloud and On Premise

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a development team through design, development, and delivery of features
• Evaluate the technical decisions of the team to ensure the quality in deliverables
• Foster a high-performing team culture through strong leadership, team collaboration, and talent development
• Manage, mentor and evaluate engineers' performance to drive efficiency, professional growth and team success
• Collaborate with Product Management and engineering leaders to translate organisational goals into technical direction for your teams
• Partner with Product Management counterpart to effectively plan and oversee projects, managing team workload to ensure consistent delivery and achievement of targets
• Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and leadership, ensuring transparency and realistic expectation management
• Contribute to the organisation’s technical strategy ensuring that the team’s work aligns with the company’s goals

• Proven ability to lead software engineering teams (people management and technical delivery)
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both in writing and verbally
• Strong knowledge of OOP concepts and architectural patterns (Inversion of Control, Domain Driven Design, MVC, etc.)
• Knowledgeable in CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) pipelines and tools, with the ability to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies like Kubernetes, Docker etc.
• Proven ability to effectively allocate team resources, manage workload, and coach high-performing individual contributors
• Skilled in agile development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
• Experience of building loosely coupled applications using microservices and integration patterns

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related STEM subject
• 2+ years in a leadership or managerial role
• 5+ years in an individual contributor software engineering role prior to becoming a manager.

If you do not meet all of the criteria above, then don’t let that put you off. We want to hear from people who are curious, want to learn, and help us on our mission.