Senior Engineering Manager

Job Summary

As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading a multi-disciplinary engineering team, guiding them through agile development practices, and driving the successful delivery of high-quality software products. You will play a key role in shaping the engineering culture, implementing best practices, and ensuring that our platform maintains its high standards of reliability, performance, and security.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Development:
• Lead, mentor, and coach a tribe of engineers, including Backend, Frontend, and QC teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Identify skill gaps and provide growth opportunities for team members through training, mentorship, and career development plans.
• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, performance reviews, and set measurable objectives to track the team's progress and achievements.
• Project Management & Delivery:
• Oversee the end-to-end delivery of projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, timelines, and quality standards.
• Implement and optimize agile methodologies following the Spotify model, driving continuous delivery and iterative development.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of BE, FE, and QC activities.
• Technical Excellence:
• Work closely with architects and tech leads to set the technical direction, guiding the team in making well-informed architectural decisions.
• Promote best practices in coding, design patterns, testing, and documentation to ensure high standards of software quality.
• Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams to maintain the platform’s 99.99% SLA, emphasizing automation, monitoring, and incident response.
• Process Optimization & Agile Practices:
• Drive process improvements to enhance productivity, reduce bottlenecks, and improve the team's delivery velocity.
• Implement robust KPIs to measure the team's performance, focusing on code quality, deployment frequency, lead time, and defect rates.
• Encourage agile rituals such as sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups to ensure alignment and continuous adaptation.
• Stakeholder Management:
• Act as the primary liaison between the engineering tribe and other departments, clearly communicating project status, risks, and dependencies.
• Collaborate with Product Managers to understand the product roadmap and translate it into actionable engineering tasks.

Qualifications & Skills

• Experience:
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3+ years in an engineering management role overseeing cross-functional teams (BE, FE, QC).
• Proven track record of leading teams using agile methodologies, preferably with experience in the Spotify model or similar frameworks.
• Strong experience in building and scaling SaaS platforms, with a focus on reliability, performance, and security.
• Technical Skills:
• Solid understanding of backend and frontend technologies, including experience with modern frameworks, microservices architecture, and cloud-based solutions.
• Familiarity with QA methodologies, automation tools, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps and SRE practices is a plus.
• Leadership Skills:
• Excellent leadership, coaching, and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate and inspire diverse engineering teams.
• Strong problem-solving abilities with a proactive approach to identifying risks and finding solutions.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Soft Skills:
• Strategic mindset with a focus on driving innovation and delivering business value.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize effectively.
• Collaborative approach with a focus on building trust and transparency across teams.