Software Crafters Manchester

Software Crafters Manchester is a space for software engineering professionals to learn, share, and experiment together.

Founded on the principles of the Software Craftsmanship Manifesto, we bring together practitioners to sharpen their technical discipline, explore modern software engineering practices, and discuss the realities of delivering complex software in fast-moving organisations, in an AI-first environment.

Our events vary in format: hands-on coding sessions, structured discussions, expert talks, architecture katas, panel conversations and lightning talks with practitioners from across the industry. With rapid advances in AI, platforms, and tooling, the community is a place to test new ideas, challenge assumptions, and share what’s working (and what isn’t) in modern software development.

We are a community of active professionals who value:

• Maintainability and technical integrity over “just working” software
• Consistent value delivery within complex and changing business environments
• Thoughtful, respectful technical discourse across experience levels
• Productive collaboration, mentoring, and peer learning

The community is supported by Codurance, a Manchester-based software consultancy whose experienced engineers, principals and senior leadership help shape and facilitate sessions, bringing practical insight from working with organisations on complex software delivery, modernisation, quality, architecture and emerging technologies such as AI.
Alongside Codurance, the community is supported by local partners and venue hosts that have included Matillion, Kraken, AWS, Booking.com, Spektrix and JLR.

We’re always keen to hear new voices. If you have a topic, experience, or perspective to share - whether a talk, a discussion topic, or a hands-on session, we’d love to hear from you; or if you are interested in hosting or collaborating please reach out to natalie.gray@codurance.com for an informal chat!

Want to keep updated with everything Software Crafters Manchester? Great! Follow Codurance on LinkedIn and join the Software Crafters UK Slack workspace and the #sc-manchester channel when accepted.