Job Details: Software Manager

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Vacancy Name Software Manager

Company Craneware PLC

Speciality Technology

Category Permanent

Location Country UK

Office Location Edinburgh

Additional Locations

Introduction to Craneware

Let’s transform the business of healthcare! At The Craneware Group, we are dedicated to

empowering our customers with industry-defining insights that pave the way for a brighter future.

If you are an energetic, forward-thinking individual with a passion for innovation, we invite you to

join our thriving team of more than 750 dedicated professionals. Together, we’ll fuel the expansion of

our SaaS platform and develop cutting-edge applications that redefine the healthcare landscape.

For UK Only Postings: The Craneware Group supports a flexible work environment as well as a

collaborative and teamwork focused atmosphere. Employees will be expected to work a hybrid

working arrangement spending 40% of their time per month in the Tanfield office – approx 2 days per

week.

The Team

Craneware is looking for a Software Manager, Development. In this leadership role you will be

responsible for an team of Engineers working with Big Data technology to drive improvements in the

US-based healthcare market. We are growing a team of strong thinkers and innovators that are

willing to work closely with product and customer-facing teams to design and develop new

applications in the Cloud.

We are expanding our current platform and SaaS product offerings by using cutting edge technology

to process very large data sets that will provide actionable insights for our customers. Architecting

our solutions with a best of breed approach to technology, both .NET and Java-based platforms are

leveraged in order to provide the necessary scale and rapidly bring products to market. Innovative,

collaborative, and agile are critical skills that our engineering team members must possess in our

environment.

You’ll be leading a small and friendly agile team of talented software and automation engineers to

deliver high quality and elegant cloud-based software solutions that have impact on millions of

people, leveraging the Azure platform and latest technologies.

Tech Stack: C# (Web API, Azure Functions), Angular, Azure SQL, ElasticSearch, Postman

Do you have what it takes?

You are passionate about developing products that will positively impact millions of people and

provide better outcomes

You have experience building high-performance, resilient, and scalable solutions

You love working collaboratively and enjoy teamwork to deliver high quality software solutions

You are a strong believer in test driven development and continuous delivery

You seek opportunities to expand your knowledge and deepen your expertise and bring innovation

You Will Be

Accountable for the technical delivery of software to customers while ensuring it is well architected,

maintainable and uses appropriate design patterns and SOLID principles.

Accountable to ensure team code quality, security and testability is high e.g. SonarQube, OWASP

Working with product management to provide technical solutions to meet product requirements and

delight our customers.

Managing, leading and developing a team of engineers to achieve their career objectives through the

full contribution management process including contribution reviews and goal setting, promotions

and performance improvement plans.

Working with peers to define consistent Engineering Software Standards, Best Practices and

approach to software engineering leadership.

Monitoring and responding to the levels of productivity and quality across delivery teams and

ensuring adherence to Engineering Software Standards and Best Practices.

Managing resource levels and availability for delivery teams.

Providing architectural design and development direction when required by the business.

Working with other Software Managers to provide a consistent approach to software engineering

leadership.

Keeping up to date with technical advances to drive innovation.

You Will Bring

Proven track record in a technical leadership role with strong commercial experience.

Proven experience of leading and managing fast-paced teams.

Strong track record in designing and building quality software solutions.

In-depth knowledge of external software development principles and best practices.

Ability to define internal software development principles and best practices.

Extensive development experience and in-depth knowledge in multiple core areas.

Experience in one or more database technologies (e.g. SQL, non-relational) including data modelling

and performance.

An in-depth understanding of automated testing methods and their application.

Proven strong ability to analyse and solve technical problems.

Independent and self-motivated in driving development and technical process improvement.

Effective listener, mentor and coach.

Ability to clearly articulate ideas to target audience.

Ability to collaborate with other senior members of the organisation and stakeholders.

Working knowledge of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools (e.g. TFS, Azure DevOps or

Jira).

Proven experience of working with release management processes (CI/CD) and configuration of

environments.

Good understanding of the use of source control.