Engineering Manager, Core

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the team tasked with managing the essential functions of Testlio's crowdsourced testing platform.

• Take ownership of the technical direction and delivery across key platform areas.

• Direct the design and execution of agentic workflows that plan, implement, and adapt testing operations.

• Allocate approximately 20–30% of your time to writing production code, reviewing critical-path pull requests, and approving technical designs.

• Collaborate with the AI/ML team on models and frameworks, as well as with the product team on roadmap and architecture.

• Streamline fragmented data models and update outdated services and data storage solutions.

• Establish practices for planning, prioritization, and design reviews.

• Manage production support, including triage, escalations, and root-cause analysis.

• Define service level objectives and create performance dashboards.

• Lead investigations into root causes and enhance reliability, observability, and operational efficiency.

• Ensure compliance with engineering standards and the Definition of Done requirements.

• Mentor engineers, introduce AI-assisted development workflows, and minimize knowledge silos through reviews and documentation.

• Report directly to the Director of Engineering.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years managing a team of 4 or more engineers in an agile, remote environment.

• Recent experience in writing production code and designing or refining production systems.

• Proficient in implementation, code review, and making architectural decisions.

• Hands-on experience developing LLM-powered or agentic features in production, or a proven ability to lead a team rapidly into a new technical domain.

• Strong familiarity with TypeScript, Node.js, AWS, and React.

• Experience in designing and building APIs is a requirement.

• Familiarity with observability and APM tools like New Relic, Datadog, or Sentry.

• Experience in optimizing slow database transactions.

• Knowledge of application security best practices and integrating security reviews into the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

• Experience modernizing legacy systems or mitigating significant technical debt while maintaining product functionality.

• Proficient in English with strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively with product management and cross-functional teams in a distributed, asynchronous environment.

• Organized and meticulous in approach to standards and processes.

• Passionate about team productivity, technical excellence, and ongoing improvement.

• Results-oriented with a focus on data-driven decision-making.

• Visa sponsorship is not available.

• Familiarity with GraphQL and Kafka is advantageous.

• Previous experience managing a SaaS product is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% remote work within a fully remote and globally distributed team.

• Flexible paid time off.

• National holidays.

• Personal days.

• Sick days.

• Stock options.

• $300 annual learning stipend.

• An inclusive, purpose-driven culture.

• Tools and support to thrive in a fully remote environment.