Senior Engineering Manager

Role Description

As a Senior Engineering Manager in the Technology & Engineering division, you will be responsible for managing and growing several self-organized engineering teams, driving delivery excellence, and representing development direction at a strategic level. You will collaborate closely with engineering leads, product managers, and senior stakeholders to ensure alignment, performance, and team success.

• Manage and grow multiple engineering teams and their leaders within a business unit or product area.
• Cultivate technical excellence and a culture of continuous learning across teams.
• Participate in and supervise discussions on key technical decisions, delivery expectations, and people allocation.
• Represent the development direction at the strategic (VP) level, including plans, results, metrics, and capabilities.
• Drive AI tool adoption to improve team efficiency and delivery speed.
• Encourage learning through AI-assisted development and automation.
• Coach teams on best practices for software delivery, estimation, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure clear goals, priorities, and resource allocation while maintaining technical excellence and innovation.
• Foster a culture of trust, transparency, collaboration, and constructive feedback.
• Maintain high morale and motivation, especially during challenging circumstances.
• Balance business, team, and individual needs through effective communication and decision-making.
• Recognize team achievements and help teams learn from challenges or failures.
• Manage staffing, including hiring new team members aligned with company values and culture.
• Monitor and assess team performance, conduct performance reviews, and ensure fair compensation processes.
• Support the adoption of DevOps practices and modern engineering methodologies.

Qualifications

• Mature understanding of the manager’s role, with a strong product- and results-oriented mindset, demonstrating strong ownership and focus on delivering outcomes.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in software development, primarily with the Java stack.
• 3+ years of experience managing one or more engineering teams (25+ individuals) in a modern software development environment.
• Strong understanding of modern software development processes, frameworks, and their practical trade-offs.
• Knowledge of contemporary software engineering technologies and their applications to real-world problems.
• Understanding of AI tools, prompting, and workflow automation in software engineering.
• Ability to assess AI outputs and apply them to improve efficiency and quality.
• Familiarity with DevOps culture and practices.
• Strong interpersonal skills combining empathy, business acumen, and the ability to set expectations and provide feedback.
• Open-mindedness, willingness to learn, and courage to make progress-driving decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Desired Skills

• Experience leading the development of complex, distributed software systems requiring deep domain or technical expertise.
• Experience with Agile or other value-stream-based framework transformations.
• Proven success in building high-performing software development teams from the ground up.
• Experience managing teams using metrics related to motivation, performance, and time.

Benefits

• Reveal great tech solutions by joining a team of experts who create custom, cutting-edge tech solutions for world-renowned businesses.
• Enjoy the freedom of fully remote work with a flexible working schedule.
• Benefit from performance and merit reviews, personal development plans, and individual learnings through the corporate library.
• Work with a team of like-minded individuals who care about what they do and how they do it.
• Participate in company-wide tech and cultural events, and contribute to meaningful CSR initiatives.

Interview Steps

• Pre-Screening with the recruiter
• Manager screening
• Tech Interview
• HR Interview
• Interview with Managing Director
• Product Interview (Client)
• Interview with VP, Technology & Engineering (Client)