Engineering Manager

We are seeking a seasoned Engineering, Senior Manager (M3 Level) to join our dynamic team. As a first-line manager, you will lead a team of talented engineers, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of ownership, and ensuring the successful delivery of high-impact projects. You will be responsible for guiding technical decisions, managing team performance, and aligning engineering efforts with business goals. Responsibilities: Technical Leadership : • Provide technical leadership and direction for major projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices. • Be hands-on with code, maintaining high technical standards and actively participating in design and architecture decisions, code reviews, and helping engineers optimize their code. • Ensure that high standards of performance, scalability, and reliability are maintained when architecting, designing, and developing complex software systems and applications. • Ensure accountability for the team’s technical decisions and enforce engineering best practices (e.g., documentation, automation, code management, security principles, leverage CoPilot). • Ensure the health and quality of services and incidents, proactively identifying and addressing issues. Utilize service health indicators and telemetry for action. Implement best practices for operational excellence. • Play a pivotal role in the R.I.D.E. (Review, Inspect, Decide, Execute) framework. • Understand CI/CD pipelines from build, test, to deploy phases. Team Management: • Lead and manage a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and highperformance environment. Conduct regular performance reviews, provide feedback, and support professional development. • Foster a culture of service ownership and enhance team engagement. • Drive succession planning and engineering efficiency, focusing on quality and developer experience through data-driven approaches. • Promote a growth mindset, understanding and driving organizational change. • Actively seek opportunities for team growth and cross-functional collaboration. • Works and guides the team on how to operate in a DevOps Model. Taking ownership from working with product management on requirements to design, develop, test, deploy and maintain the software in production. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. • 11+ years of experience in software development, with 3+ years in a technical leadership role and 2+ years in a people management role. • Proven track record of leading and delivering large-scale, complex software projects. • Deep expertise in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript. • Extensive experience with software architecture and design patterns. • Strong understanding of cloud technologies and DevOps principles. • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail. • Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence and drive chang