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Engineering Manager

Aiven

Germany, Europe

We are hiring an Engineering Manager for our office in Berlin or Helsinki to lead a growing engineering team. In this role, you will be working with your direct reports, product managers, designers and company leadership to build the future of Aiven. You will be leading a fantastic agile team with full stack and frontend developers located in both Germany and Finland who focuses on building the interfaces to our platform (UIs and APIs). The team has developed and established solid practices and needs a great leader for their continuous journey to Greatness. To succeed in that role, you ideally: have worked on developing modern user interfaces with deep understanding of UX , know how to support a team of experts to continuously learn and improve , excel with people and building great team is core in your leadership style , can lead technically your team , have experiences with working in a growing organisation. Requirements: People Management Skills: You have at least 5 years of hands-on technical leadership with at least 2 years of people management experience , You have experience in recruiting strong engineering talents , You have a passion for managing and motivating teams to reach their potential, including performance management , You are a great teammate who is happy to collaborate across Aivens functional areas and locations at all levels of the organisation , You understand what it takes to build performing teams and develop talents. Project Management Skills: You communicate cross-functionally and drive engineering efforts , You feel comfortable leading initiatives and presenting to groups , You are able to adapt quickly to changes in business requirements, capable in estimating timelines and deliver on schedule , You have experiences and expertise in Agile methodologies, at least 5+ years , You are familiar with establishing way of working and run continuous improvements , You have experience in change management. Technical Skills: Bachelor or Master Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience , At least 5+ years experience as a software developer (e.g. in Javascript/Typescript, Python, Java, Go, C/C++) , Strong standing in technical discussions, a subject matter expert, and getting-things-done mentality , Be responsible for the planning and scheduling of people, resources and tools to deliver against the roadmap , Have a proven background in successfully-delivered software solutions, working on best testing practices and deployment techniques , You have genuine interest in open source technologies and technical challenges , Experience working in a fast-growing tech start-up / scale-up.