Technical Engineering Manager

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the personnel, delivery, and technical strategy of the Chronicle engineering team

• Convert business and customer requirements into actionable engineering priorities and results

• Collaborate with Product to determine roadmap priorities and break down epics into individual tasks

• Evaluate designs and code, assist with complex technical tasks, resolve obstacles, and help manage production incidents

• Act as the direct line manager for assigned engineers, overseeing their daily employee experience

• Set expectations, objectives, accountability, development plans, and conduct performance reviews

• Mentor and develop team members while addressing performance issues in collaboration with HR

• Monitor workload, engagement, wellbeing, and team dynamics

• Take ownership of delivery commitments and develop realistic plans considering priorities, capacity, dependencies, technical debt, and risks

• Facilitate planning, prioritization, and execution while ensuring clear ownership

• Communicate status updates, risks, trade-offs, and changes to Product and leadership

• Enhance engineering practices for estimation, documentation, testing, code review, release management, incident response, and continuous improvement

• Direct architecture, system design, and implementation decisions

• Uphold standards for secure, reliable, maintainable, documented, testable, and observable software

• Assist engineers in evaluating trade-offs related to reliability, performance, scale, security, delivery speed, and maintainability

• Ensure accountability for production systems, operational issues, incidents, defects, and technical debt

• Aid in incident response and follow up on significant technical or customer-related issues

• Engage in customer discussions and investigate intricate customer escalations

• Foster effective cross-functional relationships and communicate technical matters to non-technical stakeholders

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience leading software engineers, including coaching, providing feedback, and managing performance

• Strong technical credibility acquired through hands-on software engineering experience

• Proven track record in delivering enterprise software or complex SaaS products

• Proficient in Python, or possess deep expertise in Java or C# combined

• Experience with distributed systems, handling large data volumes, concurrency, scaling, APIs, and complex technical challenges

• Familiarity with AWS or Google Cloud Platform

• Experience with Agile or Kanban methodologies, continuous deployment, and modern deployment tools

• Sound judgment, self-awareness, and a consistent approach to accountability and employee support

• Ability to balance leadership of people, technical direction, client needs, and delivery expectations

• Experience with NoSQL technologies like Cassandra or CouchDB

• Proficient in Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, or other search technologies

• Familiarity with React or a similar frontend framework

• Experience in supporting security, compliance, or data governance products

• Background in leading teams through technical modernization, operational improvements, or scaling challenges

• Experience working with legal technology, enterprise data, or digital preservation systems

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-Time UK Employee

• Remote work opportunities

• Support for time-off requests and employee wellbeing

• Opportunities for career development, individual growth goals, and stretch assignments

• Regular performance reviews and constructive feedback

• An inclusive and respectful work environment

• Support across various countries, cultures, and time zones