Engineering Manager

Why this role matters

Engineering Manager leads multiple small to medium-sized teams of high-level professionals, driving excellence and delivering innovative technological solutions. Engineering Manager manages teams across multiple product domains, setting quality standards, fostering collaborative development, facilitating cross-departmental coordination and decision-making, and ensuring reliable and timely product releases.

What you'll actually do

• Build and grow the team by hiring diverse talent and ensuring smooth onboarding and mentorship.
• Lead and inspire by fostering collaboration, engagement, and a high-performance culture, motivating the team to achieve and exceed results while leading by example and engaging directly in operational challenges when needed.
• Develop and support people through coaching, feedback, regular performance reviews, and tailored growth planning.
• Take ownership and make decisions with accountability and timely, informed judgment.
• Align multiple teams with engineering strategy and clarify crossteam responsibilities.
• Serve as a link between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.
• Coordinate work across multiple teams within the domain, ensuring consistency in architectural principles.
• Participate in technical planning and reporting processes, set goals for the team.
• Analyze and fill detected/predictable resource gaps to prevent delivery bottlenecks.
• Participate in planning and reporting, incl. resource allocation on domain level, for the teams.
• Develop detailed project plans, manage resources, and monitor progress across teams (not only direct reports).
• Manage resources and budgets within the team for cost efficiency (example: external services, tools, etc).
• Cascade the technical vision and software development strategy.
• Facilitate critical decisions on technology standards, stacks, tools, and frameworks.
• Define effectiveness metrics for the domain. Responsible for domain results and efficiency.
• Serves as the final authority and subject-matter expert within the domain.
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical and project-related risks.
• Act as a change agent to support organizational changes and implement management decisions.
• Define principles of working with technical debt.
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies, propose innovative solutions, and contribute to tech roadmap.
• Support the incident management process within the area of responsibility.
• Ensure continuous quality improvement processes* are on the cutting edge, effectively implemented and executed (Root Cause Analysis, Post Mortem Analysis, Incident Management, Software Delivery, Testing, Code Review, etc.)
• Ensure technical support and software quality comply with standards and reqs appropriate to their level.
• Independently solve technical problems that match own expertise.

Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Relevant certifications in software architecture, agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, SAFe), or cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure) are considered an advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading several teams of a total of 20–40 technical specialists, with several (3–5) experienced direct reports
• Experience with managing managers: hiring, growing, corner cases
• Track record of managing the performance and development of highly skilled engineers, including senior and lead positions
• Extensive technical knowledge and deep expertise in building modern, customer-facing products
• Knowledge and hands-on experience in building robust software systems
• Ability to establish and optimize engineering processes related to quality, release, and other parameters
• Understanding of how to align multiple teams to collaborate on a single product across multiple platforms
• Ability to decompose business requirements, metrics, and KPIs into development teams
• Ability to combine deep-diving into details of source code for particular service and delegation of high-level tasks to Team Leaders who report to you
• Strong understanding of both process and people management
• Ability to combine a passion for technology with effective communication skills and enjoy problem-solving in a dynamic environment
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work seamlessly with other departments on a cross-functional basis
• Product development and project management skills 
• Experience in building High Available system, realtime processing
• Strong knowledge of trading domain 
• Strong stakeholder management (multiple high-priority stakeholders)
• End-to-end ownership and accountability
• Hands-on approach

What we offer along the way

• Competitive salary and annual performance bonus
• Full relocation support for you and your family — flights, housing, visas, and legal assistance included
• Top-tier health insurance with full family coverage — medical, dental, vision, mental health — plus life insurance for peace of mind
• Unlimited learning opportunities: external courses, English lessons, career and leadership development
• Education allowance covering school and kindergarten fees
• 21 working days of annual leave, plus public holidays and fully paid sick, maternity, and paternity leave
• Employee appreciation program: branded gifts, birthday day-offs, celebration budgets for weddings, newborns, and milestones
• “Get to know Team” trips — meet colleagues across our global hubs, along with company-wide offsites that raise the bar
• Employee share scheme — grow with us
• Branded MINI Cooper Countryman company car and private parking
• Free in-house sports clubs, Sanctum Club gym access, and jet skis
• Access to a Corporate doctor
• Exclusive discount program with cafes, gyms, and local services
• Expat tax perks: up to 50% income tax exemption
• Support with the naturalisation process for relocated employees

What your journey looks like

1. Intro call with Recruiter (30 minutes)
2. Tech interview  (60 minutes)
3. Behavioural interview (60 minutes)

Please note that applications are welcome to be received until the 9th of May.

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