Engineering Manager

Role Overview

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of 5–6 engineers across different levels.
• Set clear performance expectations, run structured 1:1s, and own career development for your reports.
• Build and maintain a high-trust, psychologically safe team culture.
• Provide technical mentorship and coaching to help engineers grow in Java, cloud, and distributed systems.
• Own the planning, prioritization, and on-time delivery of engineering commitments for your team.
• Drive agile processes (sprint planning, retrospectives, estimation) without letting process become overhead.
• Remove blockers, manage cross-team dependencies, and escalate risks early.
• Hold the team accountable to quality, velocity, and reliability targets.
• Translate business requirements into appropriate technical solutions, keeping simplicity at the core.
• Conduct meaningful code reviews for Java-based backend services, ensuring quality, maintainability, and adherence to engineering standards.
• Design and architect highly scalable, cloud-native enterprise software applications.
• Work hands-on with Java, J2EE, Spring, REST APIs, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) to contribute to architecture and critical design decisions.
• Guide the team in debugging complex distributed system issues across Kafka, MongoDB, and microservices.
• Research, evaluate, and recommend technologies required for solution delivery.
• Work closely with engineers to design solutions to security problems and monitor vulnerabilities in third-party components.
• Maximise performance, uptime, and supportability of the product.
• Provide technical oversight across backend architecture, API design, and distributed systems.
• Guide architectural decisions, code quality standards, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with Principal and Lead engineers to define the long-term technical vision.
• Ensure observability, security, performance, and reliability are treated as first-class concerns.
• Champion DevOps and cloud infrastructure best practices across the team.
• Work closely with Product Management to define requirements and shape the roadmap.
• Translate business goals into clear engineering scope and realistic timelines.
• Collaborate and communicate with stakeholders, providing project progress updates and highlighting risks with mitigation plans.
• Interface with customer-facing functions to gather requirements and perform technical due diligence.

Requirements

• 12+ years in Java server-side application development, with 3+ years in an engineering management role.
• Strong hands-on Java and J2EE programming skills — this is a coding manager role.
• Deep experience building and operating highly scalable SaaS products using Java, Spring, REST APIs, and relational/NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (e.g., Kafka).
• Experience with NoSQL databases, particularly MongoDB.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and the operational challenges of managing large-scale systems.
• Proven ability to lead and grow engineering teams while remaining technically engaged.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with agile software development, preferably Scrum.
• Experience in financial services, compliance, or regulated industries is a plus.
• Experience with JavaScript-based UI technologies is a plus.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Distributed Systems
• Google Cloud Platform
• J2EE
• Java
• JavaScript
• Kafka
• Microservices
• MongoDB
• NoSQL
• Spring

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Paid time off
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development