Senior Engineering Manager
Fuel50, New Zealand
Job Description
Our Engineering team has grown a lot in the last 12 months and we are looking to add an additional Senior Engineering Manager to our leadership team to take ownership over some of our Squads. In this role you will be assisting in developing the Fuel50 SaaS application by getting things done through others, by leading, growing and developing people, refining and creating processes, and using technology to solve business problems. You will execute and partake in evolving a recruitment strategy that will attract the best talent and develop onboarding, training and development programs for engineering staff to ensure that key talent is retained.
This is leadership role which involves managing other leaders in the Engineering team, such as Tech Team Leads, Principal Engineers, and I.C Leads, though the makeup of the team will evolve over time and may also involve having mentees which are not direct line reports.
The role is focussed on Process Refinement, Recruiting, Team Building, Agile practices amp; planning, Scoping amp; Requirements definition, as well as mentoring and leading other team leaders and technical staff. You will be working closely with Product Managers to facilitate feature delivery and understand the product goals, and to find ways that these can be measured. Working closely with a Platforms Lead (if any) or Platforms Engineers you will ensure application is scalable, reliable and that the right information is being logged and recorded to enable resolution of production issues within SLA’s.
This role will involve creating a world class product with involvement in all aspects of the product lifecycle, from gathering requirements, brainstorming ideas, market analysis, MVP definition, to building an MVP and working with your team to deliver the MVP into production, and then supporting the product suite once in production.
The Senior Engineering Manager will be reporting to the Chief Technology Officer. This will involve working closely with the business users and working in an Agile environment.
Requirements
- 13+ years of experience in tech, including 6+ years of Engineering Management experience (or equivalent engineering leadership experience), leading lead tech team leads and multiple squads.
- You have solid knowledge of software architecture principles and design patterns, and how to apply standards across a team, holding your teams accountable to quality amp; velocity KPI's
- You enjoy collaborating amp; motivating people, doing 1:1's, coaching, mentoring. You know how to get the best out of people and what makes them 'tick'. You'll be metrics focussed and experienced in measuring and managing performance.
- You'll have boat loads of initiative and enjoy being proactive, you are able to quickly identify pragmatic solutions
- Communication will be a key strength, you'll be able work effectively with people from cross-functional areas amp; be skilled at establishing cohesive business-centric solutions
- You've worked in a SaaS environment where being laser-focussed on prioritization of work streams is essential
- You're well versed in Agile - comfortable leading Sprint planning meetings.
Benefits
The chance to work in a fast growing organisation that supports global businesses to mobilize their talent and create high employee engagement and outstanding workplaces.
Opportunity to use Fuel50 platform to understand and shape future career pathway.
Be based at our unique and cool HQ in Takapuna, with coffee, snacks, pool, pingpong and pizza!
Chance to work on some innovative People amp; Culture solutions as part of the People Strategy.
As well as our day-to-day responsibilities, all Fuellies play an integral part in growing our culture with us and ensuring that Fuel50 remains an inspirational and amazing place to work. Some additional benefits are:
- Day off on your birthday, your Fuel50 anniversary and an annual companywide celebration day.
- Refuel days - a chance to take a day off once a quarter to rest, relax and refuel yourself.
- Work from Anywhere -
- Lifestyle Leave
- Employee Stock Options Plan (ESOP).
- Flexible working times and remote working - we're very supportive of school commitments, traveling in off-peak hours, looking after the kids, and all that jazz.
- Investing in you with career and development planning, using our very own Fuel50 software and online Fuellie University.
- A very progressive parental leave policy - get extra flexibility and time off on top of what your local government already mandates.
- Fully subsidised medical insurance with Southern Cross.
What is it like to be a Fuellie?
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