Engineering Manager (Infrastructure)

Culure

• Grow a healthy, collaborative, continuously improving engineering culture
• Apply Tribal Leadership principles and maintain the team at level 4+
• Organise the team rituals and ceremonies
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement
• Follow the Agile principles and be their first advocate
• Make the mission of the team clear internally and externally

People Management

• Coach engineers of all levels and individuals facing any work related challenges 
• Be responsible for attracting, mentoring, supporting and retaining a team of top-notch engineers who design, build and support SwissBorg infrastructure
• Onboard new members 
• Attract and retain new talent
• Ensure that our hiring processes are best aligned with the requirements
• Work closely with all Engineering Managers to create hiring plans

Delivery

• Drive the implementation of the roadmap and balance new features with technical debt
• Manage expectations and work closely with high level stakeholders
• Ensure productivity by removing obstacles and creating a results driven and high performing engineering environment 
• Plan and prioritise the team’s roadmap, and champion team projects internally
• Monitor metrics to ensure that teams are hitting and are on target 
• Work closely with the Product Manager to ensure that outputs and goals are aligned
• Own and create new processes
• Share opinions and input, with the ability to influence the direction of the engineering teams

We would love to hear from you if you have the following experience:

• 3+ years of management experience
• Prior experience coordinating a team and delivering on a roadmap
• Experience managing infrastructure teams
• A “people first” approach - you care about facilitating learning and growth on the team - you put our engineers first
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• A deep understanding of communication, group dynamics and coaching, and can help teams develop trust and safety
• Comfortable providing feedback and having sometimes difficult conversations
• Strong attention to detail
• Although this is not a hands on position - we are looking for an understanding of the latest frameworks and technologies so that when something isn’t working or delivery is slow, you know how to fix it
• The ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced environment
• Must have an interest in crypto or blockchain eco-system

Nice to have:

• Comfortable working in a hyper growth environment and understanding the challenges that come with a scaleup environment
• Previously managed remote distributed teams