Engineering Manager

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

📋 Description

• Lead the successful execution and delivery of projects within engineering teams.

• Oversee comprehensive technical planning and convert product requirements into actionable tasks.

• Facilitate collaboration among engineers, product managers, QA, and UX teams.

• Take ownership of end-to-end delivery across cross-functional teams within the product domain.

• Assess requirements for technical feasibility and alignment with architectural standards.

• Convert requirements into EPICs and technical user stories.

• Refine, prioritize, and manage the backlog in collaboration with Product Managers, UX Designers, and Engineers.

• Organize and lead sprint execution, timelines, delivery milestones, and dependencies.

• Advocate for engineering processes and rituals that enhance collaboration, accountability, and efficiency.

• Track team velocity and capacity while optimizing resource allocation.

• Manage cross-team dependencies and ensure stakeholder alignment.

• Guide design decisions, uphold sound design patterns, and actively participate in code reviews.

• Ensure monitoring, alerting, and observability for managed services while adhering to SLIs and SLOs.

• Define, track, and share post-release product metrics with Product Managers.

• Supervise and mentor engineers, conduct performance reviews, and provide constructive feedback.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• 8–10 years of experience in a hands-on technical role such as Software Developer or Software Engineer.

• Over 5 years of experience in building production systems using Java and Spring Boot.

• At least 3 years of experience in engineering leadership, managing high-performing teams.

• Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and iterative delivery.

• Proven ability to translate complex product requirements into EPICs, user stories, and tasks.

• Strong backend engineering skills; frontend exposure is advantageous.

• Experience with project planning and tracking tools.

• Familiarity with engineering and product health metrics, as well as monitoring tools.

• Skilled in debugging complex production issues, leading incident response, and conducting blameless root cause analysis.

• Knowledge of modern deployment practices, CI/CD pipelines, release management, and related metrics.

• Capability to foster alignment among technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Proficient in risk management, dependency tracking, and stakeholder communication.

• History of enhancing team velocity, delivery predictability, and engineering excellence.

• Experience in managing and mentoring engineers.

• Ability to evaluate bandwidth and manage resource allocation effectively.

• Experience in conducting performance reviews and offering constructive feedback.

• Competence in leading project status reviews and managing stakeholder expectations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Pension plan.

• Health insurance coverage.

• Paid leave.

• Environment focused on learning and development.

• Opportunities for knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical presentations.

• People-first culture emphasizing employee well-being.

• Inclusive workplace with equal opportunity employment.