Engineering Manager

Department: Engineering

Location: Barcelona

Employment Type: FullTime

About Nivoda
Nivoda is the leading global B2B jewellery marketplace, Nivoda’s growth trajectory has skyrocketed over the past 12 months, and we continue to expand across new regions at an unprecedented pace. Our DNA centers on understanding our customers' needs and offering them a seamless experience. With a growing team based in major cities worldwide, including London, New York, Hong Kong, and Mumbai, Nivoda is becoming the go-to marketplace for the global jewelry industry.

We aim to be bold, innovative, and relentless in our pursuit of excellence as we transform an industry steeped in tradition.

About the Role

At Nivoda, we are determined to empower Jewelers to sell more effectively and passionate about pushing the boundaries of innovation to empower our customers in the jewelry industry.

As our Senior Engineering Leader, you will play a crucial role in our mission, collaborating closely with our business stakeholders, lead teams to architect and  launch groundbreaking new offerings on our platform. Your expertise will be instrumental in adapting the next generation of industry-leading solutions, transforming how jewelry is bought and sold online.

What You'll Do:

• Impact & Delivery : Drive the expansion of Nivoda's category offerings on our platform and mobile app. Build a high performing Team  that aligns Company’s business objectives.

• People Management and : Mentor Managers / Tech leads and retain talent, foster growth plans at each level of the team and define, measure and own key metrics for team performance and Goals 

• Tech influence: Build solutions and own the Technical Direction and decisions alongside the Tech Leads

• Strategy and Leadership: Spearhead translating Business requirements to Tech solutions, strategise long term Engineering Initiatives and own Staffing requirements. 

• Stakeholder Communication and Collaboration: Build strong stakeholder relationships, influence senior leaders, and collaborate effectively across departments to drive initiatives.

• Organisational Wide Impact: Contribute to the wider Nivoda engineering culture, including developing best practices, coding standards, and quality guidelines to be adhered to throughout the development lifecycle 

• Drive with Business Acumen: Leverage expertise to improve Customer Touch points and ability to make decisions aligned with the company's vision  and contributing to strategic growth.

• Innovation : Stay abreast of emerging technologies to inform decision-making and ensure the engineering teams remain competitive

Your qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 4+ years of management, and proven experience as a manager of managers and technical leads, with a strong track record of leading successful projects from inception to delivery.

• Proficiency in System Architecture and Design with knowledge of data stores.

• Good understanding of cloud Technologies (AWS) and streaming data tools such as Kafka, microservices architecture, and distributed systems

• Experience in leading cross-functional projects and proficiency in project management process and techniques such as Staff planning, executing, and monitoring projects.

• Experience in leading and mentoring teams and driving them toward big goals with consistent execution

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to succinctly explain deep technical concepts, effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders

• Experience leading Agile/Scrum ceremonies

• Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for tackling complex technical challenges.

• Experience with building  Ecommerce Marketplace Solutions or Products would be a bonus.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to shape the future of a rapidly scaling marketplace

• Be Leader of a team in augmenting new offerings of our Marketplace

• Flexible, remote working arrangements

• Competitive base salary and bonus structure

• Generous holiday allowance

• The chance to make a significant impact in a fast-paced, dynamic industry