Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and cultivate teams of Software Engineers.

• Facilitate career advancement, perform performance evaluations, aid in compensation planning, and recruit engineers.

• Evaluate essential designs and pull requests, collaborate with engineers on complex issues, and contribute to tooling, prototypes, or minor fixes.

• Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers to comprehend customer needs and engage in discovery.

• Steer teams towards achieving customer and business objectives.

• Align engineering decisions with customer value, retention, and revenue generation.

• Oversee the workflow from planning through to release, utilizing delivery and quality signals to identify bottlenecks.

• Lead the integration of AI-native engineering throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Advocate for operational excellence, reliability, and quality standards.

• Take responsibility for service health and serve as Incident Commander when necessary.

• Establish quarterly objectives, monitor roadmap advancement, and contribute to department-wide planning and strategy.

• Direct the Editing Experience team, which is responsible for translation editors, review and approval workflows, content management tools, and developer utilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of recent experience as an Engineering Manager guiding software engineering teams, preferably in SaaS product companies.

• Strong foundation in software engineering with current hands-on experience.

• Capability to review code and designs, troubleshoot technical issues, and contribute to architectural decisions.

• Experience in hiring, onboarding, coaching, managing performance, and developing engineers.

• Product engineering mindset with experience collaborating with Product and Design on discovery initiatives.

• Direct experience working with customers and evaluating success based on customer and business outcomes.

• Business acumen and proficiency in communicating trade-offs in terms of impact.

• Familiarity with engineering metrics and flow practices such as DORA metrics, cycle time, or WIP limits.

• Practical experience using AI-assisted development and agentic tools in both individual and team workflows.

• Proven track record in planning and executing complex initiatives across multiple teams, including managing dependencies, risks, and incidents.

• Legal authorization to work in the United Kingdom, Latvia, or Spain.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary along with employee stock options.

• Fully remote work arrangement with flexible working hours.

• Co-working budget available.

• Flexible vacation policy.

• Budget for home office setup.

• Learning and development budget.

• Health insurance coverage.

• Wellness allowance provided.

• Regular retreats and social events organized.