Engineering Manager

On a daily basis, you will

• Lead and manage a team of Engineers, providing guidance, support, and mentorship to help individuals grow in autonomy and contribute to the team's success.
• Ensure that the engineers are equipped for success to deliver a monthly release of SonarQube.
• Help engineers build a platform for the delivery of other functional squads.
• Hold yourself and your team accountable to a high engineering standard.
• Foster a safe culture of feedback, continuous improvement, and collaboration, encouraging team members to share their ideas and concerns openly.
• Align feedback with other teams to ensure things operate smoothly between teams.
• Partner with product managers, designers, and team leads to develop and communicate a clear vision for the squad that aligns with the company strategy and ensure that the team's work and focus align with this vision.
• Be responsible that the squad defines clear objectives aligned with team, department, and company goals.
• Be accountable that the squad tracks sprints and progress.
• Be accountable that processes and ceremonies align with company expectations to deliver the best product successfully.
• Ensure the right level of collaboration happens with the squad stakeholders (Product Managers, developer squads, Marketing, Management, etc.).
• Partner with the Hiring team to recruit talented Engineers for the team. Participate in improving the hiring process for the team and ensuring we recruit enough to reach our goals.
• Be accountable that the onboarding of new team members is happening in the squad.
• Lead by example, modeling the behaviors and values that the company holds dear, including humility and servant leadership.

The technical skills you will demonstrate

• 8+ years of software development or equivalent experience in the software development domain, with a strong understanding of software testing. 
• Having a developer mindset: experience with coding lifecycle, ability to produce secure code, to do code reviews, and to jump into an unknown codebase, language, and framework.
• Advanced knowledge of the Java ecosystem and a good understanding of the DevOps mindset.
• Good knowledge of at least one programming language along with its development environment to understand end-user's context and expectations.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.

The leadership skills you will demonstrate

• 3+ years of experience in a leadership or management role, with a proven track record of delivering results and building high-performing teams.
• A growth mindset and a passion for helping individuals and teams reach their full potential.
• Strong decision-making skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and resources effectively.
• Capability to make concrete progress in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge.

The soft skills you will demonstrate

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to clearly identify the problem to be solved and articulate it, before jumping to possible solutions/actions.
• Ability to deliver effective feedback.
• Good listening skills.
• Ability to face small conflicts in a healthy way and help parties resolve them.
• High level of autonomy and still accepting help and feedback from team members and peers.
• Ability to challenge yourself.