The Engineering Manager will be responsible for guiding engineering teams in designing, building, deploying, and maintaining scalable digital products and platforms across Seismic Tech. You will work closely with product managers, designers, business stakeholders, and engineers to translate complex requirements into reliable, secure, and high-performing technology solutions.
This is a hands-on engineering leadership role. While you will provide technical direction and manage engineering delivery, you are expected to actively contribute to architecture decisions, code reviews, debugging, system design, technical problem-solving, and engineering standards.
Engineering Leadership & Architecture
- Provide technical leadership across engineering teams and projects.
- Drive architectural decisions and ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable.
- Review technical designs and guide engineers in selecting appropriate approaches.
- Establish engineering standards, coding practices, and development principles.
- Provide the engineering judgement required for complex technical decisions.
- Remain actively involved in software development, debugging, technical reviews, and system improvement.
- Review code and technical implementations to ensure quality and maintainability.
- Support engineers in resolving complex technical challenges.
- Participate in architecture discussions, system design, and technology evaluations.
- Contribute directly to critical engineering initiatives where required.
- Work closely with product managers and business teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Support planning, prioritisation, estimation, and delivery of engineering initiatives.
- Ensure engineering teams deliver reliable products within agreed timelines.
- Balance business objectives with technical quality and long-term sustainability.
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering team members.
- Build a culture of ownership, accountability, learning, and technical excellence.
- Conduct technical reviews and provide constructive feedback.
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and growth of engineering talent.
- Ensure systems meet requirements for availability, scalability, and performance.
- Identify and resolve technical bottlenecks and production issues.
- Promote strong practices around testing, security, monitoring, and documentation.
- Improve engineering processes to increase efficiency and reliability.
- Leadership opportunity within a fast-growing technology and consulting environment.
- Direct ownership of engineering standards, architecture, and technical delivery.
- Opportunity to build and scale high-impact digital solutions.
- Work across modern technologies including AI-enabled systems, cloud platforms, and data-driven applications.
- A role combining technical depth, leadership, and meaningful product impact.
Requirements
Qualifications
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with experience leading engineering teams.
- Strong background in backend or full-stack software development.
- Proven experience designing and delivering scalable production systems.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and engineering best practices.
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Experience with modern software development workflows, CI/CD, testing, and deployment practices.
- Strong programming experience in languages such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, or similar technologies.
A Strong Technical Leader
You have deep engineering fundamentals and understand that great software requires strong architecture, quality practices, thoughtful design, and continuous improvement.
You are comfortable reviewing code, debugging complex issues, contributing to technical solutions, and working directly with engineering teams.
You understand that engineering exists to solve real problems. You can balance technical decisions with user needs, business objectives, and delivery priorities.
You enjoy developing engineers, creating strong engineering cultures, and helping teams perform at their best.
Our engineering environment includes:
- Python
- Node.js / TypeScript
- React / Modern Frontend Frameworks
- SQL / NoSQL Databases
- REST APIs and Distributed Systems
- Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Docker / Kubernetes
- CI/CD Pipelines
- AI-enabled applications
- Large Language Models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Open-source models)
- Vector Databases and Retrieval Systems
- Data Engineering and Analytics Platforms
We invite you to join Seismic Tech and help shape the future of business technology consulting. As a diverse, indigenous-owned global business, we are committed to building exceptional teams, delivering meaningful solutions, and creating an environment where talented professionals can thrive.
Bring your technical leadership, engineering excellence, and passion for building impactful technology solutions to Seismic.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience leading engineering teams
- Strong background in backend or full-stack software development
- Experience designing and delivering scalable production systems
- Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and engineering best practices
- Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with modern software development workflows, CI/CD, testing, and deployment practices
- Strong programming experience in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, or similar technologies
Seismic Consulting Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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