Engineering Manager

Responsibilites

• Lead and manage technical projects from conception to completion.
• Prepare technical specification documents with respect to the SoW.
• Estimate effort and project timelines.
• Prepare a Gantt plan and allocate bandwidth.
• Deliver at high-quality standards that meet the KPIs.
• Collaborate with support and product team during the post-release hypercare period to meet the project's KPIs.
• Effectively manage projects using Scrum, Agile, or another framework of choice.
• Manage priorities.
• Keep track of risks, blockers, and due dates.
• Analyze engineering challenges and develop solutions.
• Identify and resolve process bottlenecks.
• Automate redundant processes and tasks.
• Research and recommend new technologies suiting for the organization's current tech and trajectory.
• Support and manage technical teams.
• Ensure and advocate for staff wellbeing and work quality.
• Prevent team member burnout and timely address their concerns.
• Conduct regular individual performance assessments and surveys.
• Influence and coach engineers.
• Set personalized learning paths and objectives for the team.
• Organize frequent training sessions within the team.
• Promote participation in tech events for the team.
• Provides strategic guidance and mentorship to other engineering managers.
• Keep track of capacity, bandwidth, and the roadmap of the engineering team members.
• Collaborate to keep and stay aware of all ongoing projects and developments.
• Monitor and assess the performance of the engineering team.
• Follow DORA or another equal framework of choice.
• Track and present performance, identify and lead improvements.
• Travel for on-site offshore collaboration with clients.
• Present project deliverables and the project roadmap.
• Keep internal and external stakeholders informed with project progress.
• Represent the company in events and meetings.
  

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of people management experience in a start-up.
• Minimum of 5 years of recent experience launching and maintaining software products.
• Minimum of 5 years of recent software development experience (in the last 8 years).
• Prior experience as a founder or in growing-stage startups.
• Realistic about budgeting, trade-offs, headcount, cash burn, etc.
• Excellent communication skills - oral and written - mean that you are able to speak with clarity to customers, succinctly with investors, and with precision to engineers.
• Valid Passport and other requisites to travel offshore.