Hands-on Development Manager (C++)

About the role

DXC Luxoft is looking for a Hands-on Development Manager in Madrid 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. The role combines technical leadership with people and delivery management, with a significant part of the time spent writing and reviewing code, making architecture decisions and leading the team day to day.

Key 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 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

Required profile

• 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
• Strong communication skills and experience working directly with international clients
• English at C1 level or higher

Required skills

• Agile delivery, planning and estimation
• Nice to have: WebAssembly, 3D graphics and geometry processing (OpenGL, Vulkan, VTK, CGAL or similar)
• Nice to have: medical device or regulated software development (IEC 62304, ISO 13485, FDA)
• Nice to have: Qt for desktop UI, CI/CD, CMake, unit testing frameworks (GoogleTest or similar)
• Nice to have: experience in the dental, orthodontic or healthcare imaging domain