Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of high-performing software engineers.
• Cultivate a positive and inclusive team environment that values diversity of thought and collaboration.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning, raising the education level of the team.
• Manage team and individual performance through regular 1:1s, coaching, feedback, development, and performance reviews.
• Lead hiring for the team, working with recruiters, shaping and conducting interviews and identifying top talent.
• Drive the Agile/Scrum process, facilitating sprint planning, daily standups, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
• Promote and enforce engineering best practices, including code reviews, testing, and documentation.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, particularly within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
• Mentor developers through code reviews, empowering them through ownership of successively bigger projects, and assisting in technical design and planning.
• Foster delivery of high-quality code that is maintainable, scalable, and testable.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of engineering experience building high-traffic websites and distributed applications.
• 3+ years of experience leading and managing local, nearshore and contractor-based software teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage people, with strong interpersonal skills and maturity.
• Proven track record of driving technical execution and delivering successful projects.
• Deep understanding of software development methodologies and best practices.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
• Have a passion for technology and a drive to think out of the box.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating and deploying AI developer tooling (e.g., code generation, AI-assisted review, or intelligent test generation), with the ability to assess ROI, lead adoption, and coach engineers on effective and responsible AI use.
• Diverse experience with a broad range of technologies and services - some of our key technologies are Microsoft Azure, C#, Azure Cosmos, Postgres, Azure Service Bus, MS SQL Server/Azure SQL, React/HTML/CSS, Kubernetes & Docker.
• Solid knowledge of Data Structures, Algorithms and Design Patterns.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work across environments and juggle many large initiatives with tight timelines.