Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Masabi's growing Colombia engineering team as an Engineering Manager, leading and mentoring a team of 10+ engineers. You will play a key role in shaping the future of the engineering team, driving performance, culture, and collaboration. This technical leadership position focuses on growing people, driving delivery, and enabling engineering excellence. You will own key delivery rituals, collaborate with product managers, and work cross-functionally with other engineering managers and leads. The role also involves coaching and empowering engineers, managing team budgets, and leading local hiring efforts. You will represent your team in engineering-wide reviews and advocate for their needs.

Requirements

• Strong English communication skills, you’ll work with teams across multiple time zones
• A background as a senior or lead software engineer, with backend experience, ideally in Java and/or Kotlin
• Experience working on SaaS products, especially in fast-moving product companies
• Proven leadership of engineering teams (10+ people) in an Agile environment
• Comfort with end-to-end delivery responsibility, from planning to execution to operations

Responsibilities

• Leading delivery and driving outcomes
• Own the key rituals of your team’s delivery lifecycle, from sprint planning and stand-ups to retrospectives and releases. You’ll shape these ceremonies to fit your team and grow others to lead them over time
• Collaborate with Product Managers to shape backlogs, estimate work, and align on delivery timelines and expectations
• Work cross-functionally with other Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Program Managers to align delivery efforts and technical decisions across teams
• Champion operational excellence, ensuring reliability, uptime, and responsiveness of your team’s systems
• Supporting and developing your team
• Coach and empower your engineers, helping them grow through 1:1s, feedback, and development planning
• Foster an inclusive, supportive team culture where people feel safe, trusted, and motivated to do their best work
• Manage holidays, expenses, and team budgets, but more importantly, be present and available for your people
• Lead local hiring efforts and contribute to building a world-class team culture from the ground up
• Representing your team
• Share progress in engineering-wide reviews and collaborate in multi-team planning sessions
• Provide visibility into delivery status and operational metrics
• Participate in cross-functional rituals and advocate for your team’s needs and contributions

Preferred Qualifications

Exposure to or interest in scaleups/startups, you thrive in dynamic environments

Benefits

• Competitive salary package
• 15 days paid vacation for each year of service plus 18 public holidays
• Private Healthcare
• Monthly team bonding allowance
• Menopause support
• Choice of a workstation
• Ability to work for up to 3 months per year from any country in the world
• Fun and collaborative environment with a focus on making a difference in the world
• In addition to the above, as an employee, you will also have access to a training allowance of up to $750 USD and $250 USD to spend on your home office every year