Engineering Manager

Lead and manage a team of Engineers, providing guidance, support, and mentorship to help individuals grow in autonomy and contribute to the team's success.

Hold yourself and your team accountable to a high engineering standard.

Foster a safe culture of feedback, continuous improvement, and collaboration, encouraging team members to share their ideas and concerns openly.

Align feedback with other teams to ensure things operate smoothly between teams.

Partner with product managers, designers, and team leads to develop and communicate a clear vision for the squad that aligns with the company strategy and ensure that the team's work and focus align with this vision.

Ensure the squad defines clear objectives that are aligned with team, department, and company goals.

Be accountable for tracking sprint progress.

Be accountable that processes and ceremonies align with company expectations to deliver the best product successfully.

Ensure that the right level of collaboration happens with the squad stakeholders (Product Managers, developer squads, Marketing, Management, etc.).

Partner with the Hiring team to recruit talented Engineers for the team. Participate in improving the hiring process for the team and ensuring we recruit enough to reach our goals.

Be accountable that the onboarding of new team members is happening in the squad.

Lead by example, modeling the behaviors and values that the company holds dear, including humility and servant leadership.

8+ years of software development or equivalent experience in the software development domain, with a strong understanding of software testing. 

Having a developer mindset: experience with coding lifecycle, ability to produce secure code, to do code reviews, and to jump into an unknown codebase, language, and framework.

Advanced knowledge of the Java ecosystem

Good knowledge of at least one programming language along with its development environment to understand end-user's context and expectations.

Experience with Agile methodologies.

3+ years of experience in a leadership or management role, with a proven track record of delivering results and building high-performing teams.

A growth mindset and a passion for helping individuals and teams reach their full potential.

Strong decision-making skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and resources effectively.

Capability to make concrete progress in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Ability to clearly identify the problem to be solved and articulate it, before jumping to possible solutions/actions.

Ability to deliver effective feedback.

Good listening skills.

Ability to face small conflicts in a healthy way and help parties resolve them.

High level of autonomy and still accepting help and feedback from team members and peers.

Ability to challenge yourself.