Engineering Manager

About our client

Our client is an early-stage startup with a mission to re-invent construction software. Their SaaS solution helps construction companies find subcontractors, send out requests for proposals, and manage the pre-construction bidding process more productively. With their solution, construction professionals have greater visibility into their purchasing processes and become more efficient in their daily work.

Our client is a product-centric company as their success is a direct result of the quality and reliability of their solution. Therefore, they believe in maintaining a strong engineering culture where talented individuals have the freedom to express themselves in the product features they design and build.

Finally, they are backed by excellent investors and maintain an extensive network of partners in the construction industry, both of which help them sustain their growth.

Tasks

As an Engineering Manager, you will independently lead an autonomous team of Full Stack Developers in the company and thereby help them maintain their high quality standards in product and engineering.

You will work on the following challenges:

• Give guidance and mentor engineers on the technical implementation of new features
• Track and optimize the engineering velocity of your team and identify potential bottlenecks and roadblocks
• Establish and maintain guidelines and best practices for engineering topics such as data modeling, service architecture, component structure, tooling, and others
• Plan and implement the technical roadmap of your team, in close collaboration with the company’s CTO
• Align goals and facilitate communication between the Product, Design, and Engineering teams
• Perform organizational leadership tasks such as one-on-one meetings, performance reviews, and interviews

Our client’s technology stack is based on React and Node.js. They utilize TypeScript for the entire codebase to improve code quality and reliability. Their API uses GraphQL and is based on Apollo Server. For data storage, they use relational databases and handle search queries with Elasticsearch. To maintain a high degree of stability, they write comprehensive end-to-end tests using Cypress in addition to unit tests. Their infrastructure is based on AWS and Kubernetes. They have a well-functioning CI/CD pipeline and deploy to production multiple times a day.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Broad knowledge of programming, design patterns, and abstract engineering principles
• Substantial experience working with TypeScript, React, and Node.js
• Leadership skills, and ideally previous leadership experience
• Eagerness to learn about new technologies and tackle unfamiliar problems
• Experience in agile product teams as a contributor
• Startup mindset and pragmatic, hands-on attitude
• Fluency in English and good communication skills

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape a valuable, impactful product in a meaningful way
• Full ownership over your responsibilities and tasks
• Fully remote team spread across Europe
• Casual startup environment with no bureaucracy and no complex processes
• Competitive compensation
• Flexible working hours and working from home policy
• Hardware of your choice (e.g. Macbook Pro)