Engineering Team Manager

HANDS-ON TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP

• Lead by Example — actively participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and design decisions.
• Backend & Cloud — hands-on development experience with Java microservices, APIs (REST, gRPC), and cloud-native patterns on GCP.
• DevOps Fluency — strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and infrastructure automation.
• QA Understanding — familiarity with test automation strategy — E2E (Playwright), API testing, contract testing, and quality gates in pipelines.
• Technical Decision-Making — ability to evaluate technical trade-offs, guide technology choices, and drive architectural standards.
• Production Ownership — experience with observability, production debugging, incident management, and post-mortem processes.

ENGINEERING PRACTICES & STANDARDS

• Establish and enforce coding standards, review processes, and engineering guidelines across development, QA, and DevOps.
• Champion shift-left quality — automated testing, static analysis, security scanning integrated into the development workflow.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to improve team productivity.
• define and track engineering metrics — deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, MTTR.
• Ensure secure coding practices and compliance with organizational security policies.

AGILE & SDLC MASTERY

• deep practical experience running Scrum or Kanban teams in a continuous delivery environment.
• strong command of the Agile work item hierarchy — Epics, Features, User Stories, Tasks, Bugs.
• Jira mastery — board configuration, sprint metrics, velocity tracking, release planning, and reporting.
• full SDLC ownership — from requirements through development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
• clear understanding of environments and promotion workflows — Dev, QA, Staging, Pre-Production, Production.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & MINDSET

• Proven track record of delivering complex technical projects on time and at quality.
• Dynamic and adaptable — comfortable switching between strategic planning and hands-on problem solving.
• Excellent communicator — translates business needs to technical teams and technical complexity to business stakeholders.
• Customer-centric — every decision is evaluated through the lens of end-user impact.
• Proactive and innovative — brings ideas to improve product, process, tools, and team capabilities.
• Resilient under pressure — maintains clarity and calm during production incidents and tight deadlines.

What you'll need to be successful:

• 10+ years of relevant industry experience required.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Certified Product Owner (CSPO).
• Experience managing distributed or remote teams.
• ReactJS frontend knowledge for full-stack architectural context.
• Python for scripting and automation.
• Cloud cost optimization and FinOps awareness.
• Background in brand protection, IP enforcement, or digital investigation domains.
• Experience in enterprise SaaS domains.