Engineering Manager

What you'll do

• Lead and mentor a team of full-stack engineers, owning end-to-end development from design to production
• Drive platform infrastructure and architectural decisions
• Establish best practices in system design, code quality, and AI-assisted development
• Guide the team in designing and implementing scalable backend services in Java (Spring Boot) and NestJS (Node.js/TypeScript)
• Build RESTful and event-driven APIs
• Deliver reliable systems supporting publishers management, bidding logic, reporting, and customer-facing dashboards
• Oversee development of modern frontend applications using Angular (15+), ensuring seamless backend integration and consistent UX
• Lead research of core technologies, integrations with external APIs and third-party services
• Provide effective solutions to production and scalability challenges
• Set the bar for high-quality, testable code (unit, integration, E2E)
• Drive improvements in observability (logs, metrics, tracing)
• Lead design reviews and technical discussions
• Conduct code reviews to grow the team's technical capabilities
• Partner with Product, DevOps, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical roadmaps
• Plan sprints and ensure timely delivery of high-impact features
• Own team-level processes including 1:1s, feedback, hiring, and onboarding of new engineers

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience developing enterprise web applications and distributed systems in production
• 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams (team lead, tech lead, or equivalent), including mentoring engineers and driving technical execution
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable web system architectures
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, async processing, and clean architecture principles
• Experience monitoring, debugging and supporting production systems
• Strong experience with Java (Spring Boot)
• Experience with Node.js (TypeScript, NestJS) – advantage
• Experience with modern UI frameworks (Angular, Vue, React) – big advantage
• Experience with relational databases - must, non-relational - advantage (MySQL, Vertica, Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence across teams and stakeholders
• Strong ownership mindset, able to balance hands-on work with leadership responsibilities
• Passionate about learning new technologies and growing others
• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent

Tech stack