Software Engineering Manager

Software Engineering Manager

• Manage members of your team, coach them and be responsible for their career growth
• Be responsible for the team’s delivery goals within their Product ownership area
• Organize daily and recurring activities following Agile methodologies
• Take part in architectural discussions and drive the implementation of the team’s roadmap
• Write well structured, testable, performant and secure code
• Review code and have your own code reviewed by fellow engineers
• Design new systems and improve existing ones following best practices and architectural patterns
• Be responsible for the good operation and monitoring of the systems the team owns
• Be responsible for the performance of your team members and evaluate them regularly
• Build and cultivate an environment of ownership, trust and teamwork
• Organize team bonding activities and strive for the team members’ well-being
• Get engaged with the product and aim to deliver great business value

Requirements

For a good fit in this role we expect candidates with:

• BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• 2+ years of experience in managing, leading or mentoring other engineers
• 8+ years of proven experience in building Web Applications that are robust, maintainable and scalable
• Experience with back end technologies and frameworks (e.g Ruby/Ruby on Rails, NodeJS/Express, PHP, Go, Java, Python)
• Experience with microservices architectures and distributed systems
• Experience with SQL and No-SQL Databases (preferably PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis)
• Familiarity with modern front end frameworks, technologies and patterns (React, Vue, micro-frontends etc.)
• Familiarity with message brokers (e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka, SNS/SQS)
• Deep understanding of software architecture and the software development life cycle
• Solid foundation and understanding of the Object-Oriented programming patterns and best practices (Design Patterns and SOLID design principles)
• A broad knowledge of the web platform as a whole (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, HTTP/S, REST, web performance, web security)
• Agile development experience (SCRUM)
• Fluency in English is a must

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience with GraphQL
• Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design
• DevOps mindset