Engineering Manager

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

📋 Description

• Lead technical and non-technical initiatives across the engineering division beyond the scope of the candidate's own teams.

• Recognize organizational bottlenecks, implement independent changes, and showcase measurable improvements.

• Empower engineers by fostering an environment where ideas can emerge, be acknowledged, and progress.

• Eliminate obstacles while maintaining team independence.

• Recruit, onboard, and nurture engineers at various levels.

• Establish clear individual performance expectations and address underperformance promptly, transparently, and fairly.

• Promote the adoption of AI agents, refine practices, and enhance organizational capabilities.

• Collaborate with product managers to deliver intuitive, dependable, and well-crafted user experiences.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 3 years of experience managing engineers within a product company (not in an agency or outsourcing environment).

• Two or three instances of initiating engineering or process changes independently, driving them to completion, and measuring their impact beyond the candidate's immediate team.

• Ability to adopt a hands-off approach: no coding, no architectural ownership, and no technical authority.

• Experience working without team leads and architects, or in roles that required the removal of such layers.

• Proven experience in addressing underperformance in a timely and open manner.

• Experience in developing senior-level engineers.

• Familiarity with agentic AI as part of daily operations, with a track record of promoting its wider adoption.

• Capability to make decisions with incomplete information and prioritize effectively.

• Commitment to open communication, including acknowledgment of personal mistakes.

• Decision-making grounded in logic, data, and diverse perspectives.

• Fluent in Russian.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.

• Health insurance available post-probation period.

• Sports and wellness reimbursement.

• Customized English lessons through Preply.

• 22 paid vacation days each year.

• 5 additional wellness days annually.

• Paid sick leave for the first 5 working days.

• Thoughtful gifts for significant life events.

• In-person corporate events.

• Fully remote, long-term collaboration under a B2B model.