Job Openings Engineering Manager - Platform

About the job Engineering Manager - Platform

Company Description

Our client is a leading US-headquartered technology company specializing in on-demand services. They are passionate about revolutionizing the way people experience mobility and on-demand services. Their company culture fosters creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning, providing an environment where you can thrive and make a significant impact.

About The Role

The Engineering Manager - Platform will support and impact the developer platform/enablement areas. These areas deliver key improvements around our client's cloud environments/infrastructure as well as self-enabling the building, testing, deploying, and operating software applications across all engineering teams. This position plays an important function by providing mentorship, career development, and technical leadership in collaboration with the Director of Platform Engineering. With a combined focus on people, technology, and operational excellence - this person will lead/empower our Bangladesh enablement and platform teams to deliver quality outcomes. This position operates in a dynamic, fast-paced, hyper-growth environment where innovative ideas are encouraged and collaboration is a must. This position reports to the Director of Platform Engineering.

Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee the execution and delivery across multiple teams and initiatives focused on reducing toil, enablement, and improving quality and operational excellence across engineering teams both in Bangladesh and the US.
  • Create and manage high-level roadmaps and strategies focused on quarterly objectives and key results to improve the overall developer experience across Engineering teams.
  • Monitor the team's progress and proactively identify and resolve blockers.
  • Work closely with stakeholders to identify and define new opportunities to deliver impactful solutions.
  • Encourage and support individual technical and soft skill growth.
  • Perform and actively manage team and individual engineer's performance. Proactively identify blockers and help with the solution.
  • Collaborate with other engineering leaders and teams to ensure the correct prioritizations and outcomes are aligned and realized.
  • Seek opportunities to increase productivity by ensuring team members are focused on the right activities.
  • Actively coach/mentor your direct reports. Identify new hiring/training needs, growth opportunities/performance plans for your team members.
  • Bring fresh ideas on how technology can be used to solve big problems.

Skills & Qualifications

  • A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience is required, including previous experience in a managerial role.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering, computer science, or related technical field.
  • 3+ years working as part of a team focused on DevOps/Cloud Infrastructure.
  • 2+ years working as part of a software engineering team.
  • 2+ years directly coaching/mentoring software engineers and/or DevOps/Cloud engineers.
  • Experience hiring and developing high-performing engineers.
  • Ability to deliver/manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
  • Excel at identifying new opportunities and delivering solutions to fulfill those opportunities.
  • Must be an excellent communicator and work collaboratively with internal teams and external stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to understand business needs and execute a business strategy.
  • Thorough understanding of cloud architecture, operational, and DevOps principles, theories, and concepts.
  • Experience working with distributed teams is a plus.
  • This position has direct supervisory responsibility.
  • This position may infrequently require international travel.

Employment Structure

  • Hybrid (3 days remote & 2 days onsite) in Uttara, Dhaka | Full-time
  • Salary: BDT 270,000 - 330,000+ (higher for deserving candidates)
  • Benefits: Gratuity + Medical Insurance + Performance Reward + Festival Bonus + Gym Membership + Career Development Budget + LinkedIn Learning + Lunch: Fully Subsidized + Employee Transportation: Drop off available
  • Work Week:  Monday - Friday, 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM BST

Hiring Process

  1. Conversation with Talvette
  2. Recruiter Screen
  3. Hiring Manager Interview
  4. Technology Leadership Interview 
  5. Group Leads Interview 
  6. Team Interview 
  7. HR Interview
  8. Receive an offer
  9. Join their team full-time

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