Software Engineer – Manager

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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PureGym

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 2008

👥 B2C

⚽ Sports

🧘 Wellness

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 GROWTH EQUITY NON VC on 2025-12

B2C • Sports • Wellness

PureGym is a global gym operator and fitness chain. The PureGym Group runs hundreds of gyms across multiple countries (UK, Switzerland, Denmark, Ireland and, following the 2024 Blink Fitness acquisition, the US) and serves millions of members, positioning itself as an affordable, flexible, and accessible option for people seeking regular exercise and wellbeing. Founded in Leeds in 2009, PureGym emphasizes a judgement‑free, community-driven experience, internal career progression for staff, and rapid international expansion.

📋 Description

• Lead, develop, and grow a group of software engineers matrixed across PureGym’s delivery squads • Ensure engineers are motivated, progressing, and consistently delivering business outcomes at pace and with quality • Act as the connective tissue between squad individuals and the wider engineering function • Partner closely with the Head of Software Engineering and fellow Software Engineering Managers • Conduct 1:1s, development conversations, performance management, calibration, and hiring • Act as one of three leads in the initiative lifecycle alongside the Delivery Manager and Business Analyst • Own the Discovery phase for initiatives and lead or contribute to initiative acceptance • Provide reactive technical support, review pull requests, and address technical debt • Contribute as an engineer for one sprint equivalent per quarter, rotating across squads • Participate in big room planning, cross-functional work, NFR oversight, compliance and access governance, and operational cost management • Provide line management, pastoral support, performance conversations, and career progression support • Set development goals, track progress, and support promotion cases through the engineering growth framework • Conduct performance reviews and objective-setting aligned with the Head of Software Engineering and wider calibration process • Embed engineering standards and AI-first ways of working

🎯 Requirements

• Direct experience managing software engineers in a line management capacity, including running 1:1s, owning performance conversations, and supporting progression • Strong engineering background and technical credibility, ideally at Technical Lead level or above • Ability to give clear, direct, honest feedback and create effective development plans • Good judgment about when to intervene in a squad and when to hold back • Ability to retrospect clearly on incidents and blockers to drive root cause resolution • Experience with upstream technical work, pre-delivery workshops, shaping delivery missions, and partnering with the Principal Software Engineer • Experience working in a matrixed or self-organising engineering team structure (desirable) • Background in a direct-to-consumer digital business (app, website, or e-commerce) (desirable) • Experience supporting engineers through significant structural or cultural change (desirable) • Hands-on experience with AI coding tools and agentic engineering workflows (desirable) • Familiarity with .NET, Azure, or event-driven microservice architectures (desirable) • Technical knowledge of .NET, Kafka, Postgres, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Azure, GitHub workflows, Grafana, Astro, .NET MAUI, Payload, Braze, authentication flows, internationalisation, and agile Kanban-style delivery

🏖️ Benefits

• Free nationwide gym membership for you + 1 • Hybrid working • A truly flexible working culture • Personal private healthcare, including digital GP • Life insurance x4 • Company pension contribution • 25 days annual leave, plus 1 personal day • Option to purchase additional holiday (up to 5 days) • Great learning & development resources • Enhanced maternity pay, paternity and adoption leave

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