Engineering Manager

Are you a passionate technology leader who believes that the most meaningful way to succeed is by helping others? Do you have ruby development experience? Then this is the job for you.

Joining a well-respected and high growth Irish tech start-up you will be responsible for managing and developing a team of 6-7 backend engineers who will work across 2 product teams.

How you contribute:

• Provide technical leadership to the team being hands-on from time to time, leading by example fostering a culture where great engineering practices and processes are used.
• Sync in with your geographically dispersed team for weekly 1-1’s, giving feedback and direction to ensure their continual learning and personal and professional growth.
• Build a diverse team and nurture an open culture that will include 360 style feedback.
• Create and promote an environment that is inclusive for all and where your engineers can thrive.
• Feedback into the Director of Engineering on things that are going well, things that are not and areas for improvement.
• You will be responsible for hiring and developing future members of the engineering team.

You’re experience:

• 2+ years as a people manager, with a passion for leading people and nurturing engineering talent.
• 4 - 5+ years’ experience as a software engineer, with recent in-depth experience of Ruby on Rails.
• Proven track record working in engineering teams that deliver high scale and complex services
• Experience with Git and modern development tools and workflows like RSpec, CI/CD, docker and GitHub/GitLab.
• Solid understanding of software architectures, data structures, problem-solving and complexity analysis.
• Experienced working in AWS or other cloud-based environments.

Package & Benefits:

• Competitive market rate salary
• Employee Share Option Scheme
• 25 days annual leave + company days
• Pension and healthcare.
• Training and study support