Engineering Manager

Skylum allows millions of photographers to make incredible images. Our award-winning software automates photo editing with the power of AI yet leaves all the creative control in the hands of the artist.

Join us on our mission to make photo editing enjoyable, easy, and accessible to anyone. You’ll be developing products with innovative technologies, providing value and inspiration for customers, and getting inspired in return.

Thanks to our incredible team of experts, we’ve built a collaborative space where you can constantly develop and grow in a supportive way. At the same time, we believe in the freedom to be creative. Our work schedule is flexible, and we trust you to give your best while we provide you with everything you need to make work hassle-free. Skylum is proud to be a Ukrainian company, and we stand with Ukraine not only with words but with actions. We regularly donate to various organizations to help speed up the Ukrainian victory.

As the Engineering Manager you will be the driving force behind bringing Skylum’s powerful AI technologies to every screen. While our Core R&D team crafts the "engines," your mission is to build the "high-performance vehicles" around them. 

Requirements:

• Strong motivator, leader, team player with a record of leading and mentoring employees
• Proven practical experience in engineering management
• Background in Engineering/Team Lead role
• Experience in guiding teams through planning, prioritization, and execution of work
• Experience in development team managing 
• Experience in Image Processing / Video Processing
• Machine Learning and Data Analytics skills would be a plus

Mission:

Your mission of an engineering manager is to lead, manage, and support your team to achieve exceptional results, while fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and innovation.

KPIs:

• Team performance 
• Employee engagement
• Team efficiency (achieve maximum results with an optimal budget)
• Technology delivery
• Technical excellence

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of software engineers
• Oversee day-to-day agile executions, planning, process improvements, reporting and reviews
• Work closely with the team, report and cooperate directly with the CTO
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Product, Marketing, Engineering
• Run or join virtual teams for different cross-team projects delivery
• Ensure delivery on multiple projects of increasing dependencies in a fast-paced environment
• Technology quality ownership 
• Ensure that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and deadlines
• Participate in release planning, sprint planning, and conflict resolution within or between scrum teams
• Work with product management to define the requirements/user stories, perform groomings and reviews
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Work with customer success teams to resolve critical customer issues
• Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals
• Be both a technical leader and a thoughtful people manager
• Provide team members guidance, regular feedback, coaching, and mentoring
• Manage performance and conduct regular performance reviews
• Work closely together with recruiters to grow the team, participate in interviews, recruiting and onboarding processes
• Help the team solve technical challenges related to performance, fault-tolerance, security and scalability

What we offer:

For personal growth:

• A chance to work with a strong team and a unique opportunity to make substantial contributions to our award-winning photo editing tools;
• An educational allowance to ensure that your skills stay sharp;
• English and German classes to strengthen your capabilities and widen your knowledge.
  

For comfort:

• A great environment where you’ll work with true professionals and amazing colleagues whom you’ll call friends quickly;
• The choice of working remotely or in our office space located on Podil, equipped with everything you might need for productive and comfortable work.
  

For health:

• Medical insurance;
• Twenty-one days of paid sick leave per year;
• Healthy fruit snacks full of vitamins to keep you energized.
  

For leisure:

• Twenty-one days of paid vacation per year;
• Fun times at our frequent team-building activities.
   

If you are looking forward to working with true professionals and simply amazing people & product — we are waiting for your CV!