Engineering Manager

Summary

Join SwissBorg's Payments Team as an Engineering Manager and play a key role in shaping the future of finance. This exciting growth opportunity focuses on delivery, efficient processes, and squad coordination. You will cultivate a collaborative engineering culture, coach engineers, drive roadmap implementation, and manage stakeholder expectations. The role involves managing a team of software engineers, attracting and retaining talent, and ensuring high operational continuity within the fast-paced crypto ecosystem. SwissBorg offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 3+ years of management experience
• Prior experience coordinating a team and delivering on a roadmap
• A “people first” approach - you care about facilitating learning and growth on the team - you put our engineers first
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• A deep understanding of communication, group dynamics and coaching, and can help teams develop trust and safety
• Comfortable providing feedback and having sometimes difficult conversations
• Strong attention to detail
• Although this is not a hands-on position - we are looking for an understanding of the latest frameworks and technologies so that when something isn’t working or delivery is slow, you know how to fix it
• The ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced environment
• Solid organisational skills
• Must have an interest in crypto or blockchain eco-system

Responsibilities

• Grow a healthy, collaborative, continuously improving engineering culture
• Apply Tribal Leadership principles and maintain the team at level 4+
• Organise the team rituals and ceremonies
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement
• Follow the Agile principles and be their first advocate
• Make the mission of the team clear internally and externally
• Coach engineers of all levels and individuals facing any work related challenges
• Be responsible for attracting, mentoring, supporting and retaining a team of top-notch engineers who design, build and support SwissBorg infrastructure
• Onboard new members
• Attract and retain new talent
• Ensure that our hiring processes are best aligned with the requirements
• Work closely with all Engineering Managers to create hiring plans
• Drive the implementation of the roadmap and balance new features with technical debt
• Manage expectations and work closely with high level stakeholders
• Ensure productivity by removing obstacles and creating a results driven and high performing engineering environment
• Plan and prioritise the team’s roadmap, and champion team projects internally
• Monitor metrics to ensure that teams are hitting and are on target
• Work closely with the Product Manager to ensure that outputs and goals are aligned
• Own and create new processes
• Share opinions and input, with the ability to influence the direction of the engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Comfortable working in a hyper growth environment and understanding the challenges that come with a scaleup environment
• Previously managed remote distributed teams
• Knowledge of Crypto or Blockchain eco-systems

Benefits

• Freedom to build the company of your dreams
• Learn with (super cool) experts in finance, engineering, AI, psychology and business
• BORG bonus based on our meritocratic system
• Flexible working hours
• 25 working days of vacation + local holidays
• We'll provide you with a MacBook and a cutting edge tech stack to help you do your best work
• Annual company and team retreats - We'd love to see you at the next one!
• Continuous learning and development opportunities