About us
Stacuity is an innovative, ambitious, and rapidly growing company that provides cutting-edge SaaS platforms to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), MVNOs, IoT Service Providers, Enterprise Connectivity Providers, and related industries. We have developed our own mobile core network and supporting platforms from the ground up, using a modern, state-of-the-art architecture. Our globally distributed platform enables customers worldwide to manage and secure mobile connectivity for Enterprise and IoT markets.
Privately owned and headquartered in the Isle of Man, with a UK office, Stacuity was founded by industry veterans with a proven track record in business growth. Now in our fifth year, we are a well-funded global business with ambitious expansion plans. To support this ongoing growth, we are looking to grow our friendly yet professional technical team—offering a unique opportunity to join an exceptional, trusted, and valued group of people.
This role is flexible and can be office based (Isle of Man), Hybrid or Remote (UK or similar time zones).
Summary of this job
Our development team is responsible for maintaining and enhancing our platform against an ambitious feature roadmap. This roadmap is informed by the requirements of customers and prospective customers, and by wider industry trends and initiatives. Stacuity has always been a leader in innovation – so our roadmap is constantly evolving. This requires a well-organized, professional and coherent team who can thrive and keep their cool in a dynamic, fast-moving and sometimes challenging environment.
As Software Development Manager, you will be responsible for planning and coordinating development and associated activities across our development team, liaising with other elements of the business (in particular network and system operations, sales/presales).
You will combine practical expertise and proven experience in the delivery of software projects, people leadership, and Agile/Scrum best practices.
This role is pivotal in ensuring high-quality, secure, and scalable software delivery while fostering a positive, collaborative, and high-performing engineering culture.
Key responsibilities – what you will do:
Technical & Delivery Leadership
- Lead or contribute to Product Management activities, including roadmap, feature planning/prioritisation, and ensuring alignment with the needs of our customers and the strategic ambitions of the company
- Support or contribute to the qualification and analysis of requirements, and consideration of how these requirements might be met through feature design and subsequent development activities
- Collaborate with the CTO, architects and senior engineers on detailed system design and technical strategy
- Oversee our software development practice, to ensure consistent delivery of robust, scalable, and secure solutions aligned with business and customer requirements
- Ensure efficient and effective DevOps best practices throughout the software development lifecycle including version control, release management, testing, traceability and documentation
- Ensure that high standards of code quality, reliability, performance, and operational resilience are maintained
Agile / Scrum Leadership
- Act as a key driver of Agile and Scrum practices across the development team
- Lead or support Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives
- Continuously improve team velocity, predictability, and quality of delivery
People Management & Team Development
- Line-manage developers, providing coaching, mentoring, and performance feedback
- Support individual growth through development plans, training, and career progression
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-trust team environment
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and scaling of the team as the business grows
Stakeholder & Operational Responsibilities
- Act as a key interface between engineering, product, operations, and leadership teams
- Support customer and partner integrations where required
- Contribute to incident management and root cause analysis for production issues
- Participate in the 24x7 emergency on-call rota (remunerated), where required
What you will bring: E = Essential, D = Desirable
Your Qualifications
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline E
Relevant industry certifications (e.g. Microsoft, Cloud, Kubernetes,
etc.) D
Agile Certifications D
Your Experience and Skills
Proven experience as a Development Manager, Engineering
Manager, or Technical Lead. E
Strong background in .NET/C# development and modern backend
architectures D
Experience delivering mission-critical, high-availability systems D
Familiarity of experience of product management principles,
roadmap management, feature analysis/prioritisation/planning D
Solid understanding of API-driven architectures, distributed
systems, and microservices E
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, with hands-on
leadership of Agile teams E
Familiarity with cloud platforms, containerisation, and CI/CD
pipelines D
Comfortable working in a Linux-based production environment D
Your Behaviours & Values
Strong leader who is calm, decisive, and supportive E
Self-motivated, proactive, and delivery-focused E
Excellent communicator, able to bridge technical and non-technical
audiences E
Comfortable working remotely and across distributed teams E
Values aligned with Stacuity’s culture: ambitious, innovative,
dependable, and supportive E
Able to work flexible hours when required to meet the needs of the
role E
Willing to undertake a DBS check E
Right to work (if visa is required) E
IOM Worker/Work permit (if IOM based) E
What we offer:
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Flexible remote working arrangements
- Opportunity to work on real-world mobile core network technology
- Influence over technical direction and team culture
- Supportive, collaborative, and highly skilled technical environment
- Ongoing professional development and leadership growth opportunities
