Head of Internal Systems Development

Salary: £90,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements

• Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams.
• Recent hands-on development experience with C# / .NET.
• Experience with modern cloud technologies, ideally Azure.
• Understanding of software architecture, APIs, and scalable systems.
• Experience delivering projects within Agile environments.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Desirable: CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of software engineers, encouraging best practice and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to code quality, architectural decisions, integrations, technical reviews, and solution design.
• Provide technical leadership across applications, platforms, and engineering practices.
• Support delivery of projects from concept through to implementation, managing priorities, risks, and dependencies.
• Work closely with product owners, business stakeholders, and technical teams to translate requirements into effective solutions.
• Improve development processes, tooling, and engineering standards.
• Champion Agile ways of working and support effective team collaboration.
• Help remove technical blockers and ensure high-quality delivery of software solutions.

Technologies

• Azure
• C#
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Support
• ASP.NET
• AI
• CRM
• SQL

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We are an ambitious and successful SaaS tech business based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, working on internal business systems. This is a hybrid/remote role with 1-2 days a week onsite in the Portsmouth/Fareham area. We offer an opportunity for an experienced technical leader to balance people leadership with hands-on engineering, shape engineering practices, and make a positive impact on people, process, and delivery.

last updated 32 week of 2026