Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Your Experience The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, and a demonstrated track record of building and managing successful engineering teams.

Required Experience and Qualifications:

Minimum of 9+ years of experience in professional software development, with a strong background in delivering highly scalable enterprise applications and services.

3+ years of experience in a direct people management role (Engineering Manager or higher), including performance management, career development, and leading senior engineers.

Proven ability to successfully lead and deliver complex, cross-functional engineering projects with a significant impact on product roadmaps.

Deep understanding of modern software architectures (e.g., microservices, event-driven systems) and cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Expert-level application of Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and a demonstrated history of driving process improvements that increased team predictability and quality.

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical and strategic concepts to executive leadership and technical teams.

Significant experience with mission-critical systems, such as workload automation, job scheduling, or enterprise resource planning (ERP).

Desirable Technical Familiarity:

Experience managing teams that work with the tech stack: Java (17/25+), React, TypeScript, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Strong familiarity with data modelling and database technologies (SQL/NoSQL).

Experience integrating DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines into team workflows.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership & Management: Own the career growth, performance reviews, 1:1s, and overall well-being of a team of 4-5 full-stack software engineers. This includes mentoring senior and staff-level engineers.

Delivery Excellence: Oversee the full software development lifecycle from strategic planning through deployment, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and reliable features are delivered on schedule for our Finance Automation platform.

Process & Execution: Implement and refine effective Agile practices (Scrum/Kanban) to maximize team efficiency, predictability, and velocity. Drive continuous improvement in delivery metrics.

Technical & Architectural Governance: Collaborate with Principal Engineers and the Architecture team to ensure the team's designs and implementations adhere to Redwood's long-term technical standards, best practices, and non-functional requirements (scalability, security, performance).

Recruiting & Organisational Scaling: Partner with recruiting to actively source, interview, and hire top engineering talent, setting a high bar for technical excellence. Contribute to organisational structure and team scaling decisions.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the primary technical point of contact for your team, leading alignment across Product, Design, Customer Success, and other engineering teams to ensure project success.

Risk Management: Proactively identify technical, delivery, and personnel risks, developing and executing complex mitigation strategies that protect the roadmap.