Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Masabi, a global leader in fare payment technology, as an Engineering Manager in our expanding Romania hub. Lead and mentor a team of 10+ engineers, collaborating with colleagues across various locations. This technical leadership role focuses on team growth, efficient delivery, and fostering engineering excellence. The position offers a fully remote work model for candidates based in Romania. You will be responsible for leading delivery, supporting and developing your team, and representing your team's progress and needs. Masabi offers a supportive and inclusive work environment.

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

• Up to 26 days of holiday per year plus the Christmas Shutdown (another 3-4 days)
• Private healthcare
• Monthly team bonding allowance
• Up to €1000 training budget per year
• ���200 to spend on your home office
• Choice of workstation
• Menopause support
• Ability to work for up to 3 months per year from any country in the world. Certain limitations may apply