Hands-on Development Manager (C++)

Project description

We are looking for a Hands-on Development Manager to lead an engineering team building software for a global medical technology company in the dental and orthodontic domain. The team develops high-performance applications for digital treatment planning, 3D visualization and processing of patient data, used by clinicians worldwide. The product runs in a regulated medical device environment, so quality, traceability and engineering discipline are essential.

This role combines technical leadership with people and delivery management. You will spend a significant part of your time writing and reviewing code, making architecture decisions, and leading the team day to day.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional development team (developers, QA, DevOps) and own technical delivery end to end
• Write, review and refactor production C++ code; set coding standards and engineering best practices
• Drive architecture and design decisions, including performance, scalability and maintainability
• Translate business and clinical requirements into technical solutions together with the client’s product and engineering stakeholders
• Plan and track work: estimation, sprint planning, risk management and status reporting
• Ensure compliance with medical device software development processes (IEC 62304, ISO 13485) and quality requirements
• Mentor engineers, run technical interviews and contribute to team growth
• Act as the main technical point of contact for the client’s engineering leadership

Skills

• Must have

• 8+ years of professional software development, with strong modern C++ (C++17/20)

• 2+ years leading development teams while staying hands-on

• Solid experience with software architecture, design patterns and multithreading

• Experience with performance optimization and profiling

• Experience with Agile delivery, planning and estimation

• Strong communication skills and experience working directly with international clients

• English at C1 level or higher

• Nice to have

• Experience with WebAssembly, or a strong C++ background with readiness to ramp up on WASM quickly

• 3D graphics and geometry processing (OpenGL, Vulkan, VTK, CGAL or similar)

• Experience in medical device or other regulated software development (IEC 62304, ISO 13485, FDA)

• Qt for desktop UI development

• CI/CD, CMake, unit testing frameworks (GoogleTest or similar)

• Experience in the dental, orthodontic or healthcare imaging domain

• Other

• Languages

• English: C1 Advanced

• Seniority

• Lead

Location

Madrid, Spain

Req. VR-120339

C/C++

Cross Industry Solutions

27/10/2026

Req. VR-120339