LearnUpon is looking for a Manager, Engineering to join our team in Dublin. This is a flex role, working 1 day per week from LearnUpon's Dublin office.
LearnUpon LMS helps organizations train their employees, partners, and customers. Businesses can manage, track, and achieve their unique learning goals — all through a single, powerful solution.
With offices in Dublin (our HQ), Belgrade, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City and Sydney, we are a global team with lots of diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences that puts our customers' experience at the heart of everything we do. Our culture fosters an open, collaborative and supportive environment where our accomplishments are celebrated and encouraged. We're always striving for the best solution (not the easy one). We’re proud of our success and we’re humble and hungry to achieve more.
As an Engineering Manager in our Engineering group, you will be a key technical leader and role model within the organization. You’ll be leading a team of Engineers to design and deliver features within our SaaS Learning Management System. You’ll grow and strengthen the great company culture that we have in LearnUpon.
What will I be doing?- Lead and manage a team of Engineers.
- Mentor and grow top engineering talent.
- Participate and drive key technical and design discussions with the teams.
- Drive execution of product and technology road map by collaborating with peers in Engineering, Product, and Customer Experience.
- Create a collaborative work environment that fosters ownership, accountability, transparency and innovation.
- Be a role model with a dedication to action and a high bar for craftsmanship.
- Drive alignment across the org in creating the overall long-term technology road map.
- Lead your team to identify problems and work to continually improve productivity and efficiency.
- 2+ years of previous experience as a manager of engineers, covering all people management and employee lifecycle processes.
- 5+ years of programming experience in software design and development in an object-oriented programming language such as Java, Ruby, Python, C#
- Deep knowledge of developing web applications.
- Superb written and verbal English communication skills.
- Ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders in other departments of the business.
- Knowledge of (and a passion for) current trends and best practices in software design and architecture, including performance, security and scalability.
- Strong understanding of and passion for craftsmanship.
Don’t worry if you don’t tick every box in order to apply, we’re always happy to review applications and take all experience into consideration. We do our best to provide feedback where we can!
Not required but considered a plus- Experience leading a large team with multiple areas of ownership.
- Experience working with and leading teams in multiple locations.
- Experience in building and running large scale distributed systems.
- Track record of recruiting and growing top talent.
- A technology qualification (Degree or equivalent) in a field of study such as Computer Science or Engineering.
- Competitive salary and company ESOP.
- 25 days’ annual leave, plus 10 public holidays and 1 annual wellness day.
- Private health insurance and company pension.
- Parental benefits, including up to 26 weeks paid maternity leave, 4 weeks paid paternity leave, and coaching support for new parents (location-specific details apply).
- Up to 4 weeks per year working abroad (role eligibility applies).
- Clear career progression opportunities — take LearnUpon where you think it can go.
- A collaborative and supportive environment with regular team events.
What is the Hiring Process?
Applicants for the position can expect the following hiring process:
- Qualified applicants will be invited to schedule a 30-minute call.
- Successful candidates will then be invited to a series of practical interviews.
- Finally, candidates will have a short interview with our CTO.
- Successful candidates will be contacted with an offer to join our team.
LearnUpon is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, family status, age disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, membership of the Traveller community, or any other legally protected status.
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LearnUpon LMS helps businesses unlock the power of learning. From Fortune 100 companies to rising SMBs, our user-focused LMS and industry-leading expertise enables businesses to deliver impactful training that fuels employee, partner, and customer success.
