Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Bitso as a Engineering Leader to oversee a global team of talented engineers, fostering knowledge exchange and collaboration across multiple teams. You will leverage your software engineering expertise to guide teams in building secure and robust software, while ensuring timely delivery. Your analytical and data-driven approach, coupled with experience in software architecture and remote team management, will be crucial. The role requires strong leadership, communication, and project management skills, along with proficiency in distributed systems and relevant tools. Bitso offers a remote-first work environment, unlimited paid time off, employee stock options, and various other benefits.

Requirements

• Possesses a high degree of responsibility, organization, and discipline
• Exhibits exceptional attention to detail
• Demonstrates 2+ years of leadership experience, including managing and mentoring technical and product-oriented teams
• Displays exceptional oral and written communication skills, and can convey complex security concepts to diverse audiences, including technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Possesses excellent time and project management skills, with a proven ability to lead complex security initiatives and deliver results within set deadlines
• Eager and comfortable with building and scaling teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Exhibits a strong ability to negotiate deliverables and trade-offs with minimal supervision
• Demonstrates proficiency in distributed systems, and can leverage this expertise to guide team decisions towards simplicity and long-term robustness
• Possesses extensive experience and knowledge of remote work and can effectively maintain asynchronous discussions and checkpoints with teams and stakeholders
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Datadog)
• Experience working with Git and automated CI/CD tools
• Available to work full-time
• Proficient in English

Responsibilities

• Guide the team's advancement by refining the organizational structure, which includes establishing on-call schedules, career development pathways, and other essential operational procedures
• Elevate the overall security and quality of our systems by spearheading initiatives that implement best practices, align with established software engineering standards, and ensure effective communication with middle management and executive leadership
• Mentor team members to deliver features within appropriate context and a well-balanced approach to speed and scope definition
• Guide your team toward success by maintaining honesty and directness with team members, providing them with reliable leadership
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to align project scope and delivery plans
• Pitch your team's roadmap and deliverables to middle management and executives

Preferred Qualifications

• You've got experience working with Java 8+
• You know your way around Kubernetes, GRPC, and REST
• You've led multiple teams before
• You've got knowledge or experience in the finance industry
• You've got knowledge or experience with data architecture systems, like data lakes, data ingestion, cleansing, and data governance
• You've led engineering communities, like guilds

Benefits

• Me Time program, including unlimited paid time off
• Remote-first work environment
• Employee Stock Option program
• Zero trading fees through our Bitso Alpha app
• Extended Family Leave Policy: all birthing parents, non-birthing parents and adopting parents are eligible for a 4-months leave
• Premium health, dental and life insurances in Mexico, Gibraltar, Colombia, USA, Brazil and Argentina
• Monthly stipend for gym memberships, relaxation activities, sports equipment, cooking classes, books, entertainment and more