Software Engineering Manager

About Penten Amio

Penten Amio is a leading provider of advanced digital security solutions that power national security and resilience across the UK, Australia and our allies. Focused on solving complex digital challenges that others avoid, we embrace the impossible to deliver transformative technologies that protect those who protect us.

Tewkesbury

£52,000 - £85,000 DOE

SC (DV Desirable)

Working in collaboration with internal stakeholders across Engineering, Product, and Project Management, the Software Engineering Manager will balance hands‑on technical delivery with people leadership and capability development.

• Design and develop production‑quality software, spending 60‑70% of time hands‑on coding
• Review and approve engineering outputs to ensure quality and fitness for purpose
• Write and review technical designs and implement core system components
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, pairing, and unblocking engineers
• Own quality and delivery outcomes across assigned projects
• Plan and coordinate engineering work, including scope, schedules, and governance
• Line manage a team of ~8 software engineers, including performance management
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning
• Drive consistency and continuous improvement across engineering practices

• Strong background in software engineering within a product development environment
• Proven experience balancing hands‑on development with people management
• Experience working in regulated and/or secure environments
• Expertise in modern software engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, code review)
• Ability to plan and estimate technical work, managing risk and constraints
• Experience eliciting and interpreting requirements and shaping ambiguous problems
• Demonstrated ability to raise technical standards and grow team capability
• Confident technical communicator across engineers, leadership, and stakeholders

• Experience programming in real‑time C
• Knowledge of Go, Rust, or modern web application frameworks
• Experience with Python‑based UI development (e.g. wx Python, Qt)
• Familiarity with embedded systems debugging and test equipment
• Exposure to fuzzing, static, and dynamic analysis tools

At Penten Amio, we value our employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Life Insurance - 4x Salary
• 2:30pm finish on Fridays
• Option to work a 9‑day fortnight
• Private Health Scheme
• EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Company Pension (matched up to 10%)
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank/Public Holidays
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

• Free on‑site parking
• Casual dress code
• Free fruit in the office

Penten Amio is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that our current and future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. Please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make.

• Have significant professional experience in software engineering (including hands‑on development)
• Be a British citizen
• Hold or be eligible for UK National Security Vetting (NSV) at SC level (DV desirable)