We’re looking for an Engineering Manager with a strong collaborative nature to join our team of around 25 engineers from various skill sets (Client, Backend, Ops, Data & QA) and two other EMs. Once you join, you will have direct responsibility for a group of five engineers from our Backend and Data Engineering Chapter. The number of people and skill sets you interact with, might be subject to change as we gear up the organisation for future challenges. We value friendliness, helpfulness and that you care for what we’re building. Please note that for this position we will only consider applications that come with a Cover Letter that explains why you’re interested in working at Clue.
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ROLE
- High level technical leadership for our backend architecture written mostly in Kotlin and TypeScript.
- You will be responsible for coaching, mentoring and developing the team.
- You will work to empower the engineers by fostering micro feedback, mutual accountability, shared ownership, and a bottom up culture in close collaboration with the other Engineering Managers.
- You will enable engineers to push for best practices inside their discipline aiming at greater productivity, cleaner code and product quality.
- Collaborate with fellow Engineering Managers to keep our engineering group healthy, effective, and focused.
- Be the contact person between stakeholders and engineers.
- Work with the People Department to implement and iterate on Clue’s Career Growth Framework.
- Help to continuously discover and evaluate new technologies to maximize our development team efficiency in collaboration with the Chapter Lead.
- This is a hands-off role, so any experience with our backend tech stack is a plus: Kubernetes, Node.js, Spring Boot, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL.
REQUIREMENTS
- You enjoy managing people and you have done it successfully before.
- You enjoy coaching, mentoring and developing a team and an individual’s skills.
- You’re able to understand the position of others and accept that your own view isn’t perfect to reach a better outcome.
- Demonstrated active conflict resolution even when you are not part of the conflict.
- Several years of professional experience in developing and maintaining complex backend architectures.
- You have experience working in collaborative teams, and understand the benefits of sharing knowledge via pair programming and code reviews.
- You know how to facilitate discussions and communicate with different stakeholders.
- You care about engineering quality and know how it can be achieved.
- You have significant API design and architecture experience.
- Bonus: test-driven development experience, knowledge of CI systems (Jenkins), dependency management knowledge & experience in regulated software development.
BENEFITS
We believe personal growth is essential for professional growth which is why we offer all the standard benefits, plus some that are uniquely Clue.
- Care for your body and mind with free weekly yoga and a free on-site coaching.
- Work your way in our child-friendly and dog-friendly office. We’ll help with relocation if you’re not already in Berlin.
- Five weeks of paid vacation each year, a competitive salary and the option to join the company pension plan.