Job description
Are you passionate about leading engineering teams that contribute to secure communications and meaningful products? Zivver is seeking an Engineering Manager with strong front-end experience who will not only lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams but also take an informal leadership role across the company's broader front-end development efforts. This is a unique opportunity to manage and mentor a high-impact team while playing a pivotal role in Zivver’s technical growth. 🚀🔐
As Engineering Manager, you will lead several cross-functional Product & Engineering (P&E) teams comprising front-end, back-end, QA, DevOps, and data engineers. You will be responsible for fostering collaboration and ensuring smooth delivery across the stack. Your leadership will play a key role in empowering the team to deliver high-quality, secure, and scalable solutions.
In addition to your formal leadership duties, you will serve as an informal leader for front-end development across the entire company, guiding the implementation of best practices, driving innovation, and maintaining architectural consistency.
What You’ll Do:
Team Development & Performance:
- Develop and enhance team performance within your span of control through effective mentoring, regular performance reviews, and personalized development plans, including fostering leadership skills in others.
Recruitment & Onboarding:
- Oversee the hiring process and onboarding of new team members, ensuring their integration and personal development within the organization.
Agile Practices & Technical Excellence:
- Adopt and promote agile methodologies and software engineering best practices, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
Cross-Team Collaboration:
- Facilitate collaboration and communication across teams, including Product, Design, and customer-facing teams, to align priorities and ensure a focus on delivering customer value.
Collaboration with Leadership:
- Collaborate with other engineering managers and the VP of Engineering on initiatives that impact the entire engineering organization, such as recruitment and mentorship programs.
Organizational Impact:
- Lead and drive Product & Engineering initiatives that create organization-wide impact, advocating for the priority of architectural roadmap items and collaborating with all teams across Zivver.
Benefits:
Be all in with us – Step into an energetic, results-driven environment where your passion, focus, and commitment will help you achieve your best work. We're all in, and we’ll support you in growing your career, driving impact, and delivering real results.
Bring authenticity in a global team – Collaborate with over 30 nationalities. We celebrate you for who you are. In our diverse, inclusive environment, your unique voice, perspective, and ideas are valued and respected. Open-mindedness and mutual respect are at the core of how we work.
Breathe simplicity in work-life balance – Focus on what truly matters. We offer unlimited holidays, allowing you to step back, recharge, and return with clarity and purpose, so you can contribute at your best.
Building together at our Amsterdam HQ – Our beautiful office is a space where we come together to collaborate. While we offer flexibility, we believe that face-to-face connection is where the magic happens. Join us in person a few days a week to keep building something great.
Be all in while temporary working from X – Need a short-term change of scenery? We support temporary remote work from anywhere, but we believe that being all in means fostering strong, in-person collaboration for long-term success.
Invest in your growth – We're all in when it comes to your development. With up to €1,000 per year for personal development, we support your career growth and encourage you to keep bringing your authentic self to every challenge.
Relocation made simple – Moving to the Netherlands? We make it easy with all the relocation support you need for a smooth transition, so you can focus on building your new chapter with us.
Plan for tomorrow, today – We cut through the complexity with a simple, reliable pension plan that secures your future, so you can focus on what matters now.
Make a meaningful impact – At Zivver, we believe in contributing to a better world. Through our secure communications platform, we help organizations protect sensitive information and empower individuals with safer, more responsible digital communication. Together, we’re building a safer, more privacy-conscious future.
Job requirements
Technical Qualifications:
- 6+ years of front-end development experience with a strong grasp of JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern frameworks (React or Angular preferred).
- 2+ years in a leadership role, managing cross-functional teams (front-end, back-end, QA, DevOps).
- Proven experience with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and managing agile teams.
- Strong knowledge of front-end architecture, security best practices, and performance optimization.
- Familiarity with testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).
- Experience collaborating with back-end, DevOps, and data engineering teams on end-to-end system design.
Personal Qualities:
- Inspiring leader who fosters collaboration and inclusivity.
- Organized and able to prioritize effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Proactive in continuous learning and team development.
- Values simplicity, authenticity, and collaboration.
Communication Skills:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience in mentoring and developing engineering talent.
- Ability to communicate effectively in all forms (written, spoken, presentations) and across all organizational levels.
Bonus Points:
- Experience working in a SaaS environment, particularly in building scalable cloud-based applications.
If you’re excited about this role and looking to make an impact in secure communications, we encourage you to apply. We value your combination of foundational knowledge and a desire to grow, and we're here to support your professional development.
About Us
At Zivver, we are leading the way in secure communication, enabling organizations to exchange sensitive information seamlessly and securely. Our platform empowers over 10,000 organizations to protect their data, prevent errors, and ensure control of digital communications. Our ambitious goal is to be the go-to verb for secure and trusted information sharing across at least 5 of the world's top 50 economies.
Zivver is listed by Gartner as one of five global representative vendors on email data protection and is mentioned as a leader in fulfilling the privacy needs of organizations when sending highly confidential information via outbound email in Omdia’s 2020 Market Radar. Zivver has raised more than $40 million from known venture capital funds DN Capital, henQ Capital, Dawn Capital, and SmartFin.
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