Senior Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Ulula, a social enterprise improving working conditions globally, as a Senior Engineering Manager. Lead and grow the engineering team, setting strategy and overseeing operations, R&D, and QA. You will ensure successful integration with EcoVadis, optimize site infrastructure, and prioritize system enhancements. Strategic decision-making, budget management, and team development are key responsibilities. This role requires extensive experience leading technology teams and expertise in specific technologies. Ulula offers competitive salaries, personal growth support, and a range of benefits.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience owning site infrastructure and leading technology teams
• Expert knowledge of our code stack, including PHP, Laravel, MySQL, JavaScript, Linux, Wordpress, Github, MailChimp, Cloudflare, or comparable technologies
• A track record of leading improvements to site speed, product lead time, issue cycle time and accessibility
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with a wide range of teams, from account managers to clients to events to product to business development

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Ulula engineering operations, infrastructure, R&D and QA streams and set strategy and activities for the department
• Represent Ulula and liaise with the EcoVadis Engineering and IT teams to ensure a successful integration plan
• Own Ulula site security, stability and performance metrics (communicating regularly to key stakeholders); ensure site infrastructure is optimized for maximum reach and accessibility on third-party platforms
• Leverage user feedback, knowledge of industry trends and platform analytics to identify, prioritize and assign system enhancements and bug fixes
• Represent the technical team in strategic decisions and prioritization at the management level of the company
• Provide input and ideas for new strategic developments and growth opportunities
• Ensure effective timeline management and team SOP iteration, monitoring and implementation for successful development and delivery
• Evaluate technical requests from programs, configuration, product and business development teams. Communicate constraints, tradeoffs and priorities
• Own and expand on our code standards, code review and quality assurance processes to increase efficiency and minimize technical debt
• Grow a team of engineers and lead them in feature development and debugging best practices
• Partner with the product team to expand the technical capacity of our storytelling, providing development support for interactive dashboard, reports and other reporting features
• Manage technology budget and contractor resources (including fractional IT support services)
• Own relationships with software and hardware technology vendors
• Train staff in security protocols and best practices
• Participating in culture building, inclusive decision making and bringing ideas to different parts of our work to help us improve as an organization, such as by helping onboard new team members or participating in our hiring process
• Participating in team, organizational and individual relationship building, and professional development throughout the year

Benefits

• Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment
• Optional (fully covered or co-financed) health care and life insurance
• Multisport card and wellness allowance
• Multicafeteria
• Lunch card
• Annual performance bonus
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working (4 days in office per month)
• Remote work from abroad policy
• Internet and Electricity bill allowance
• CSR activities
• Modern, pet-friendly office in the city center (next to Rondo ONZ)
• Community service day when volunteering