Leading Supermicro’s Desktop, AI PC, and Workstation product lifecycle. Collaborating across functions and managing product planning from concept to launch.
About the role
- Development Manager leading software development teams focused on SaaS solutions at 1Nebula in Cape Town. Driving agile practices and ensuring high-quality delivery across product streams.
Responsibilities
- Manage and lead all development teams across OneView and Stactize product streams and the Analytics Team.
- Provide day-to-day guidance, mentorship, and career development support to developers at all levels (junior to senior).
- Conduct performance reviews, set individual development goals, and manage team capacity.
- Foster a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture with a focus on quality and accountability.
- Ensure consistent delivery of sprint commitments across all development teams in alignment with the product roadmap.
- Work closely with the Scrum Master to facilitate agile ceremonies, remove blockers, and improve team velocity.
- Manage dependencies and coordination between multiple development streams to ensure integrated delivery.
- Track and report on delivery metrics including velocity, burndown, and sprint completion rates.
- Ensure coding standards, code review processes, and development best practices are followed across all teams.
- Collaborate with Software Architects on technical design decisions and technology selections.
- Manage technical debt prioritisation in collaboration with the Product Manager and Engineering Executive.
- Support estimation and technical feasibility assessments for new features and projects.
- Partner with Product Owners to ensure user stories are well-defined, estimated, and ready for development.
- Coordinate with the DevOps Manager to ensure smooth build, test, and deployment processes.
- Work with QA to ensure adequate test coverage and quality gates are in place.
- Identify and implement improvements to development workflows, tools, and processes.
- Drive adoption of engineering best practices including continuous integration, and automated testing.
- Contribute to the definition and measurement of engineering KPIs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field (required)
- 7+ years software development experience, with at least 3–5 years in a team leadership or technical management role.
- Proven experience managing multiple agile development teams delivering SaaS or product-based solutions.
- Strong hands-on understanding of modern software development practices, including clean code, code reviews, and architectural collaboration.
- Demonstrated ability to drive consistent sprint delivery and predictable team velocity.
- Solid working knowledge of Agile/Scrum frameworks and experience improving agile maturity across teams.
- Experience overseeing and improving code quality, test coverage, and defect reduction metrics.
- Ability to manage technical debt prioritisation in partnership with Product and Engineering leadership.
- Strong cross-functional coordination skills — able to align Development with Product, DevOps, QA, and Service Desk.
Benefits
- 20 Leave days a year plus a “mulligan day” each quarter after meeting all your deliverables. That’s 4 extra leave days annually!
- High spec laptops and equipment for you to comfortably work remotely.
- A once off at home office allowance to set up your home office.
- Flexible working hours.
- Access to our Well-being program and Employee support services – we believe in work/life balance being of utmost importance for you and your family so this perk is for them too.
- Grow your skills and learn something new with paid for Microsoft courses and certifications.
- Take up a hobby and unlock a training allowance every 2 years to do something non-work related.
- Give back by participating in our Culture and Social Responsibility initiatives.
- Free Gap cover
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