Software Engineering Manager

Overview

We are seeking a people-first Engineering Manager who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You will play a crucial role in shaping the Engineering Team by fostering a culture of ownership, growth, and technical excellence. Your primary focus will be on leading and developing a high-performing team, ensuring the successful delivery of scalable and high-quality software solutions.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership Development

• Actively participate in hiring efforts to attract, onboard and retain top engineering talent.
• Foster a high-performance culture through coaching, mentorship, and career development.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance evaluations, and provide actionable feedback.
• Promote knowledge sharing, best practices, and technical excellence across teams.
• Ensure a strong engineering culture by setting high expectations for ownership, accountability, and autonomy of both teams and individuals.
• Champion a positive and inclusive team environment, resolving conflicts and diffusing crises when needed.

Delivery Execution

• Ensure the team maintains an optimal delivery pace by identifying and removing roadblocks.
• Drive Agile ceremonies, ensuring efficient sprint planning, execution, and retrospectives.
• Maintain a healthy balance between feature development and technical initiatives.
• Guide the team in troubleshooting complex technical challenges and decision-making.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and other Engineering teams to align technical and business objectives.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years in software engineering, with at least 3 years in an Engineering Manager or Tech Lead role.
• Strong hands-on experience with software development, system design, and architecture in a startup environment.
• Proven ability to develop, mentor, and grow engineers while fostering a strong team culture.
• Strong focus on optimizing delivery pace, resolving blockers, and balancing product and technical work.
• Experience driving projects using Agile methodologies and improving development processes.
• Ability to influence and work across teams, aligning engineering with product and business objectives.
• Familiarity with Python, Java (Spring Framework), React, SQL, Asynchronous processing, AWS, and DevOps best practices.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in SaaS products, online payments, HR, payroll, or invoicing domains.
• Ability to define, implement, and track team and individual KPIs.
• Experience working in a remote-first, global environment.
• Prior experience integrating third-party solutions into core business processes.
• Ability to solve complex problems with simple, effective solutions.
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills with a capacity for independent work.
• High ownership mindset, always striving for improvements.
• Excellent presentation and documentation skills.
• Set high standards for others and for yourself.

If you are passionate about building and leading high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced, innovative environment, we’d love to hear from you!

This is a remote first position open to candidates based out of Europe, however we would prioritize candidates located in Lisbon, Portugal.