Engineering Manager

Description

Job Summary: We are looking for an Engineering Manager focused on people management and delivery flow, ensuring efficiency, sustainable pace, and quality of deliveries from the development and QA teams. Key Highlights: 1. People-focused leadership and software delivery 2. Continuous improvement of team efficiency and processes 3. Strategic coordination between technical and product areas We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our development team, with a primary focus on people management and delivery flow. This role is responsible for ensuring the team operates efficiently, maintains a sustainable pace, and delivers consistently. You will work closely with Tech Leads and the Product team to align priorities, remove bottlenecks, and maintain delivery predictability. You will also be responsible for managing and developing developers and QA engineers, including 1:1s, performance reviews, and hiring. This is not a code-development-focused position. The focus lies on team effectiveness, delivery quality, and work organization—enabling engineers to perform at their best. **What will be your main responsibilities?** **People Management (Development and Performance)** Conduct periodic 1:1s with developers and the QA team Define and track individual development plans Conduct performance evaluations Support promotion, retention, and separation decisions Identify and address underperformance cases Drive team structure building and evolution **Delivery Flow Management** Define and sustain a predictable delivery rhythm (e.g., biweekly releases) Ensure the team is prepared for each release cycle Validate, together with responsible parties, whether deliveries are ready for publication Avoid last-minute surprises (delays, instability, undefined scope) Coordinate the release process (including validation and communication) Ensure clear and consistent release notes production **Development Process Health** Define and adjust the working model (Kanban, sprints, or hybrid) pragmatically Identify and remove workflow bottlenecks Continuously improve team efficiency Avoid bureaucracy and unnecessary ceremonies Ensure the process serves the team—not the other way around **Cross-Functional Coordination** Act as a bridge between technical teams, product, and stakeholders Align delivery expectations with team capacity Shield the team from interruptions and constant priority shifts Ensure clarity on what is being developed and why **QA and Delivery Quality Management** Structure and oversee the QA team’s work Ensure testing processes are integrated into the development flow Define readiness criteria for delivery (i.e., when something is “done”) Organize bug triage and prioritization flow Ensure confidence in releases **Team Recruitment and Growth** Lead hiring processes (screening, interviews, evaluation) Support definition of new roles Structure the onboarding process for new members Ensure team growth occurs in an organized manner **What are the prerequisites?** Prior experience in software development or engineering environments Ability to understand and discuss technical topics with developers and Tech Leads Familiarity with modern development practices (APIs, distributed systems, CI/CD, testing) Experience with production systems and understanding of their operational challenges Ability to evaluate trade-offs among delivery speed, quality, and technical complexity **Desirable:** Prior experience as a software developer Experience with complex or data-intensive systems Familiarity with infrastructure and deployment concepts