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.
Requirements
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.
