Development Manager

Development Manager - Fruition Group Working Hours & Benefits: - Permanent opportunity. - Hybrid working model. - Dublin location - Brand new offices in the City Centre - Career development and progression opportunities. - Employee wellbeing initiatives and wider benefits package. Job Description: Our client is looking for an experienced Development Manager to lead a software engineering team and support the continued development of secure, scalable SaaS products within a growing technology environment. Job Responsibilities - Manage and develop a team of software engineers, creating clear development pathways and supporting individual and team performance. - Take ownership of engineering delivery across key initiatives, ensuring solutions are reliable, scalable and built to appropriate technical standards. - Partner with Product, Design and other technology functions to translate business and customer requirements into effective technical solutions. - Establish a strong engineering culture focused on collaboration, ownership, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement. - Support technical decision-making and help shape engineering standards, practices and longer-term technology priorities. - Coach engineers and emerging leaders, helping to strengthen both technical capability and leadership skills across the team. - Work effectively with senior stakeholders, internal specialists and external partners to deliver technology initiatives successfully. - Promote secure engineering practices, ensuring development processes incorporate appropriate security controls and that identified vulnerabilities are addressed. Experience Required - Minimum 5+ years' experience within software engineering, including significant experience managing or leading development teams. - Strong software development background with a good understanding of modern full-stack technologies and engineering practices. - Previous experience delivering and supporting enterprise-scale SaaS platforms or similar software products. - Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, performance management and professional development. - Strong understanding of Agile development and modern software delivery practices. - Experience working across multiple projects or priorities within a complex technology environment. - Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to communicate effectively across engineering, product and business teams. - Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to influence decisions and drive delivery. Desirable Skills - Experience delivering technology within financial services, regulated industries or similarly complex environments. - Previous exposure to Product Owner responsibilities or product-led development. - Agile coaching or software delivery management experience. - Good understanding of application security, secure development principles and vulnerability remediation. - Experience contributing to wider engineering strategy or technology roadmaps. - Additional language capabilities would be advantageous. Educational Requirements - Third-level qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or another relevant discipline, or equivalent professional experience. HOW TO APPLY: If you are interested in this role, please apply with your updated CV and I will be in touch to discuss your application in further detail. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion and further insight into the opportunity, please reach out to Fionn Kennedy at Eolas. SIMILAR ROLES OPEN: As a dedicated IT Recruitment Agency, we also have several similar permanent and contract roles open. The above role may not be an exact match for your experience, salary or daily rate expectations etc. However, we would like you to reach out in order to discuss other roles we are currently recruiting for in similar fields. Also, please feel free to view our website for more jobs and details about us if you wish.