Engineering Manager API

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The Edenred Digital Center (EDC) in Bucharest, Romania is Edenred Group's new Digital hub for strategic IT projects.

Context/ ROLE

Join Edenred at the forefront of digital innovation as we transform the way people connect with essential services worldwide. As part of our ambitious platform strategy, Edenred operates a dynamic mobile application that serves 3 million monthly active users across 14 countries and 3 continents.

We are seeking an accomplished Engineering Manager to play a pivotal role in elevating our app ecosystem. In this mission-critical position, you will:

• Lead the Review and optimization of the application’s ecosystem architecture to ensure scalability, reliability, and seamless integration across markets.
• Drive efficiency by leveraging data-driven insights and operational excellence.
• Champion a product-centric mindset within the engineering and product teams, fostering new ways of working that accelerate innovation and deliver outstanding user experiences.

If you are passionate about building high-performing teams, streamlining complex systems, and shaping the future of mobile platforms on a global scale, Edenred offers you the opportunity to make a lasting impact. Step into a role where your expertise will directly influence our growth, agility, and customer satisfaction.

Position SCOPE & Key Responsibilities AS Engineering Manager

The candidate will report to the Head of Mobile Apps. The team is fully based in Bucharest, at Edenred Digital Center. In their role, the engineering manager will focus on the App’s API ecosystem, while keeping a view on the overall product.

The successful candidate will participate in the design, development, roll-out and support of worldwide systems that will be used every day by millions of people, being responsible for:

• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Execution Management: Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of engineering projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Technical Guidance: Provide technical direction and support to the engineering team, ensuring best practices in software development and system design.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Design, and Operations, to define and deliver high-quality products.
• Team organization: Manage teams effectively, balancing workloads and prioritizing tasks to meet project deadlines.
• Performance Management: Conduct regular performance reviews, set objectives, and provide continuous feedback to team members.
• Process Improvement: Identify areas for improvement in the development process and implement changes to enhance efficiency and productivity.
• Recruitment: Participate in the hiring process to attract and retain top engineering talent.
• Innovation: Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies, and drive initiatives to incorporate new technologies and methodologies.

Required skills & profile

Education

• Software Engineering or Any Related Engineering Degree Skillset

Skillset

• Extensive experience in cross-functional development and technical leadership in large scale products.
• Over 5 years of development experience (an early experience on payment and/or mobile development is highly desirable).
• Experience in growing a development team.
• Experience working within a product-led company that places value on coaching and servant leadership.
• A goal-oriented person, preferably with experience in working with, and driving OKRs (or other management frameworks).
• A critical thinker who can break complex problems into their simplest components.
• An excellent communicator with infectious energy, and a flare for motivating others.
• Previous experience working in cross-functional teams that balance product and engineering needs.

Mindset

• Passionate about digital product development with purpose.
• Servant leadership.
• Entrepreneurial minded.
• Team player.
• Beginner’s mindset.

Nice to have:

• An experience with MuleSoft technologies or similar API management solution

VIBE WITH US

Joining us means:

• Taking part in an ambitious corporate project
• Becoming part of a team that embraced the digitalization challenge and enjoys this transformation every day
• Living our values every day: passions for customers, respect, imagination, simplicity, entrepreneurial spirit.

Because:

• You will greatly contribute to build the project that will improve the customers’ experience on an international level
• You will get exposure to various global cultures and teams
• You will be working with the newest technologies to build a new platform from scratch
• We offer you a very pleasant working environment, in the heart of Bucharest
• We also have for you: meal tickets, holiday vouchers, health subscription, flexible hours, work from home, flexible benefits system, on-the-job training & e-learning platforms.

And we do not stop here!

Apply now and Vibe with Us!