Engineering Manager

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

📋 Description

• Drive the successful execution and delivery of projects within the team.

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

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

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

• Assess business and product requirements for technical feasibility and alignment with architecture.

• Convert requirements into EPICs and technical user stories.

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

• Plan and drive sprint execution, timelines, milestones, and management of dependencies.

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

• Monitor team velocity and capacity, optimizing resource allocation effectively.

• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and eliminate bottlenecks.

• Guide design decisions, uphold robust design patterns, and engage in code reviews.

• Ensure monitoring, alerting, and observability for services under your ownership, meeting SLIs and SLOs.

• Define, track, and publish post-release product metrics alongside Product Managers.

• Conduct performance reviews, offer feedback, and promote team development.

• Lead project status reviews and manage communication between teams and leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• 8-10 years of experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer, or in a comparable hands-on technical position.

• At least 5 years of experience in building production systems utilizing Java and Spring Boot.

• Minimum of 3 years of engineering leadership experience overseeing high-performing teams.

• Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and iterative delivery processes.

• Capability to translate intricate product requirements into EPICs, user stories, and tasks.

• Proficient backend engineering skills; familiarity with frontend development is an asset.

• Experience with project planning and tracking tools.

• Knowledge of engineering and product health metrics as well as monitoring tools.

• Proficient in debugging complex production issues, leading incident responses, and performing blameless root cause analysis.

• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, release management, and related metrics.

• Ability to drive alignment among technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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

• Proven track record of enhancing team velocity, delivery predictability, and engineering quality.

• Strong problem-solving abilities, communication skills, adaptability, and attention to detail.

• Experience in managing and mentoring engineers.

• Ability to evaluate workload and manage resource distribution effectively.

• Competence in conducting performance reviews and delivering constructive feedback.

• Capability to lead project status reviews and manage stakeholder expectations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Pension plan.

• Health insurance coverage.

• Paid time off.

• Environment conducive to learning and development.

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

• A people-first culture that prioritizes employee well-being.

• An inclusive and equal-opportunity workplace.