Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Oversee one or more teams within an Engineering Domain

• Perform regular one-on-one meetings and conduct performance evaluations

• Deliver actionable feedback and collaborate with tech leads to create individual development plans

• Foster trust and cultivate a supportive, collaborative work environment

• Take charge of the hiring and onboarding processes

• Manage team structure, capacity, workload, and coverage for absences

• Convert business and product priorities into team objectives, technical OKRs, and actionable strategies

• Assign responsibilities with clear expectations and decision-making powers

• Oversee prioritization, estimation, sprint planning, release planning, and execution

• Balance scope, capacity, dependencies, and quality to achieve predictable results

• Maintain and enhance Agile delivery methodologies and practices

• Identify delivery risks, capability gaps, technical vulnerabilities, and operational challenges; initiate corrective measures

• Collaborate with the Lead Solutions Architect and tech leads concerning the technical roadmap, trade-offs, blockers, technical debt, modernization, and automation

• Coordinate QA and release engineering capacity, testing, automation, production readiness, secure development, and SRE practices

• Organize on-call onboarding and schedules while managing incidents and escalations with L2 support

• Align engineering, product, DevOps, Security, and other stakeholders with goals, progress, and risks

• Report on progress, risks, priorities, and resource requirements to the line manager and contribute to technical strategy and planning

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 2–3 years of direct experience in people management, leading engineering teams of 10 or more members

• Over 7 years of experience in software engineering across backend, frontend, or QA, including hands-on technical work and leadership

• Strong technical judgment and capability to discuss architecture, engineering quality, and technical trade-offs with architects and tech leads

• Practical understanding of Agile methodologies, including sprint planning, capacity management, workload management, and adapting delivery practices

• Ability to select and interpret engineering and delivery metrics, transforming insights into actionable steps

• Experience in setting goals, defining success metrics, effective delegation, and holding individuals accountable while fostering autonomy

• Compassionate leadership skills, active listening abilities, awareness of individual motivations and team dynamics, and adeptness in managing difficult conversations and conflicts

• Proactive in identifying risks and weaknesses, taking initiative, and driving issues to resolution

• Experience in collaborating with Product Management to balance product priorities, technical investments, and team capacity

• Knowledge of secure software development, automated testing, release management, production monitoring, and incident response

• A collaborative mindset grounded in respect, transparency, accountability, and receptiveness to feedback

🏝️ Benefits

• Benefit Bar – up to €230/month, applicable for sports, mental health, coworking, home office, or medical-related expenses

• Fully remote work opportunities from nearly any location

• Optional office spaces and support for relocation

• Flexible, asynchronous-friendly work environment

• Budget allocated for courses, certifications, and professional development

• Language learning assistance

• Opportunities for cross-team learning and knowledge sharing

• Medical insurance or reimbursement based on location

• Access to mental health support services

• Financial assistance for significant life events

• Merchandise shop with a rewards system

• Team offsites and company events