Engineering Manager - Developer Productivity

Why do we love building Make (and why you might, too)?

We are developers and we take it for granted that we can solve pretty much anything by writing software. But what if someone is not a developer or doesn't have access to one? Chances are that they will end up doing the same boring tasks over and over, copy-pasting data from one place to another, wasting time on low-value work instead of doing something way more impactful.

With Make, we give anyone the opportunity to build powerful automations in a way that almost feels like a game. We give anyone a chance to experience the joy of building something that just works. We turn regular people into makers.

What you’ll do

• You will lead and grow one of the Platform Engineering teams at Make, focusing on improving engineering productivity and optimizing the developer journey
• You will lead a team of up to 6 engineers and grow them through mentoring, coaching, 1-on-1s, and pair programming, as needed.
• You will have the opportunity to shape the direction of our developer tools and workflows, identify patterns and best practices, promote them across the engineering organization, and drive the adoption
• You will work closely with Engineering and Product leadership to contribute to the vision and strategy for improving developer productivity and measuring its impact
• You will have a lot of fun at work, too! 🙂

Our Tech stack

• ⚙️ Back-end: JS/TS, Node.js, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, Elasticsearch
• 🖥 Front-end: JS/TS, Angular, React, Web Components, Canvas
• ☁️ Infra: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Golang
• 🚚 CI/CD: GitHub, CircleCI, ArgoCD/Workflows
• 🔎 Monitoring: DataDog

What we expect from you

You have a wide technical experience of designing and building end-to-end solutions that empower developers. You’re passionate about influencing an environment where engineers excel, and are highly productive. You feel confident in shaping the streamlining of the entire software development lifecycle, establishing and evangelizing best practices, adopting new tooling, removing roadblocks, and committed to drive the change.

Work closely with engineering and product leadership to define key performance and productivity indicators, measure developer satisfaction, and identify the limitations with the remediation steps to get the productivity to the next level.

The team you will lead is focused on creating and maintaining internal tools, standards, and workflows that enable teams to build, ship, and innovate faster and reliably. Your mission is to modernize and optimize not only the development pipeline but also the entire developer journey, ensuring its stability, scalability, efficiency, and promoting developer satisfaction. If this resonates with you, let's definitely talk!

Here's what we're looking for:

• Typically 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus and expertise in backend development and cloud infrastructure.   
• Typically 2+ years in a leadership role, preferably within a platform engineering, developer productivity, or developer experience domain.   
• Comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end software development lifecycle, from building features, version control to deployment, monitoring, and incident management  
• Strong enthusiasm for developing and maintaining internal platforms, services, libraries, and frameworks that streamline the development process, improve developer workflows, and enhance the overall developer satisfaction.   
• Experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines to reduce build times, increase deployment frequency, and ensure overall pipeline stability and reliability.   
• Experience in ownership and enhancing common developer tools (e.g., version control systems, CI/CD tools).   
• Solid understanding of cloud-native technologies, infrastructure as code, and automation principles.   
• Experience in shaping developer onboarding processes, creating reusable templates and blueprints, and establishing standards to maintain efficiency, scalability, and governance.   
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, enabling effective partnership with various teams and stakeholders across the company.   
• Strong command of English, both verbal and written (we're an international team). 

What we offer

• 📈 RSUs grant in a rapidly growing company raising its value every day
• 💸 Annual bonus
• 🌎 Multinational team with 42 nationalities creating the future of automation
• 🎓 Learning & Development plan (online language, professional courses, conference tickets and other trainings)
• 🍎 Notebook/Macbook and 34’’ curved monitor, access to a company 3D printer
• 🦒 Height adjustable office desk
• 🏝 25 days of vacation, 4 sick days
• 🫶 10 care days
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Extra parental vacation (3-6 months) 
• 👶 RSUs grant for a newborn child
• ☂️ Life insurance
• 🏋️ Multisport card
• 💰 Remote working allowance
• 🍍 Snack bar, coffee, tea, fruit and vegetable, and sweets all day - every day - available for everyone
• 🥗 Monday breakfast, Wednesday lunch, and Friday break, with company-provided food and drinks, with music and lively discussion
• 🏡 Flexible working hours + home office 
• 🐕 Company therapy pets in Prague's office (dog-friendly office)
• 🥳 Team buildings, parties, and company events multiple times a year

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