Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Malt, Europe's leading freelancing platform, as an empathetic and supportive Engineering Manager. You will nurture and empower a team of 8-12 software engineers, focusing on removing obstacles and fostering collaboration. This role requires significant experience as a senior individual contributor (ideally in Java/Kotlin) and a first experience in people management. You will collaborate with product managers, stakeholders, and other engineering leads to achieve business goals. Malt offers a strong culture, career development opportunities, and various benefits, including equity, lunch vouchers, transportation reimbursement, RTT, a sabbatical program, free books, remote work options, and team-building events.

Requirements

• A significant experience as a senior individual contributor (ideally in java/Kotlin)
• A first experience in people management (Tech lead, Engineering manager ...)
• Good architectural skills and familiarity with modern software development practices
• Experience with Agile methodologies and project management tools
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Fluent in written and spoken English and French

Responsibilities

• Lead a tribe of 8-12 software engineers, providing guidance and mentorship
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to define and prioritize goals
• Manage timelines, resources, and deliverables to ensure maximal business impact
• Conduct regular performance evaluations and support career development of team members
• Participate in hiring and onboarding of new engineering talent
• Ensure adherence to best practices in code quality and team organization
• Manage and report on team KPIs and project progress
• Organizing team meetings and events
• Actively participate in our Engineering Manager Guild to implement new tools or processes for the entire Engineering team

Benefits

• Onboarding: Before easing into your new role, you’ll spend your first week learning about our culture, products, and services with other onboardees at our office in Paris
• Equity: Every Malter is entitled to stock options
• Lunch vouchers : €9/day on your Swile card
• Transportation: 50% reimbursement (any type of transport)
• RTT: From 8 to 12 days off
• Malt sabbatical: After three years, every Malter is entitled to a one month paid sabbatical leave
• Free books: If you’re interested in learning more about any topic relevant to Malt’s business, just tell us the books you’d like to read, and we’ll order them for you—without any questions asked or approval processes to follow
• Remote work: full remote, with a possibility to work from any of our offices
• Annual team building events