Software Engineering Manager

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

📋 Description

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

• Conduct effective one-on-one meetings, performance evaluations, and discussions on career advancement.

• Mentor engineers in both technical and interpersonal skills.

• Cultivate a positive, inclusive, and motivating team environment.

• Ensure timely and high-quality project delivery.

• Manage sprint activities, including planning sessions, daily standups, and retrospectives from a managerial perspective.

• Identify and eliminate obstacles, enhance workflows, and optimize processes.

• Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers to establish priorities and align objectives.

• Lead architectural and technical decisions without engaging in daily coding.

• Uphold best practices in testing, monitoring, scalability, and security.

• Review design work and provide mentorship to senior engineers.

• Connect leadership objectives with engineering execution.

• Convert product and business objectives into engineering strategies.

• Balance immediate delivery needs with long-term sustainability.

• Engage in budgeting and workforce planning.

• Represent the engineering team in leadership and cross-functional meetings.

⛳️ Requirements

• High levels of empathy, emotional intelligence, and communication skills.

• Experience in coaching, mentorship, and resolving conflicts.

• Capability to establish trust and a sense of psychological safety.

• Strong understanding of Agile, Kanban, or Lean methodologies.

• Knowledge of prioritization frameworks such as OKRs, RICE, or ICE.

• Experience working with stakeholders and managing their expectations.

• Demonstrated ability to hire and cultivate exceptional teams.

• Robust background in software engineering and system design.

• Ability to assess technical proposals and make informed trade-offs.

• Familiarity with infrastructure, scalability, observability, and reliability concepts.

• Understanding of CI/CD practices, testing methodologies, and incident management.

• Skill in linking engineering decisions to business outcomes.

• Strong judgment in weighing speed against quality and features against technical debt.

• Comfort in communicating trade-offs and risks to executive leadership.

• Over 5 years of experience in engineering, including at least 2 years in management or technical lead roles.

• Proven track record of managing teams of 5 to 15 engineers.

• Experience in fintech, SaaS, or other high-scale environments is advantageous.

• Fluency in English and Spanish/Portuguese is a significant plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Phantom Share Program available for eligible team members; a performance-based incentive aligned with the company's long-term success and value creation.