Remote Engineering Manager — Lead Global Teams

JobCubby; Finland; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Job summary

JobCubby is seeking an Engineering Manager based in Finland to lead a talented engineering team in a fully remote, globally distributed environment. You will blend technical judgment with people leadership to drive roadmaps, architecture, and delivery while partnering with Product, Design, and customer-facing teams.

You will remove obstacles, decompose complex problems, and enable teams to ship high-quality software with autonomy in a low-structure setting, shaping both product outcomes and

Qualifications

• 2+ years of engineering management experience.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and a technical background in either the Clojure ecosystem or Frontend technologies such as React and TypeScript.
• Ability to fluently read and understand code and technical design documentation and participate meaningfully in technical discussions.
• Strong product sensibilities, with the ability to critically assess product proposals and design work, translate requirements into engineering solutions, and identify technical and delivery risks.
• Demonstrated ability to debug project execution and determine whether changes are needed across people, processes, scope, or implementation.
• Strong problem-decomposition skills, with an ability to break complex work into smaller, lower-risk increments and continuously adapt plans based on feedback and reality.
• Proven ability to make decisions that remove blockers and help teams consistently ship high-quality software.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills, particularly in environments without rigid organizational structures, formal titles, or predefined career ladders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with particular strength in written communication for asynchronous collaboration.
• Ability to work effectively with globally distributed teams and manage priorities with a high degree of autonomy.
• Outcome-oriented mindset, technical curiosity, sound judgment, and a strong focus on delivering long-term user value.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage and support a team of engineers, creating the conditions for them to deliver high-quality features and meaningful improvements for users.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, and Success stakeholders to plan and execute the product roadmap while balancing feature development, technical improvements, maintenance, and bug fixes.
• Coach engineers, support their career development, provide constructive feedback, and help them grow in an environment with limited formal structure and career ladders.
• Remove execution obstacles and continuously improve team processes, collaboration patterns, and development practices to increase iteration speed.
• Diagnose project execution challenges by assessing people, processes, scope, dependencies, and delivery risks, then make practical adjustments.
• Maintain strong technical involvement by understanding the problems the team is solving and contributing to decisions grounded in implementation realities.
• Review technical designs, code, and product proposals to identify risks, clarify requirements, and improve engineering outcomes.
• Break complex initiatives into manageable components that reduce risk, increase opportunities for feedback, and allow plans to evolve as new information emerges.
• Hire, onboard, and develop high-caliber individual contributors while building a strong and collaborative engineering culture.
• Use technical understanding and product judgment to make effective decisions around project execution, prioritization, and delivery.

Skills

Engineering management

Clojure

React/TypeScript

Communication

Hiring & mentoring

Problem decomposition

Distributed teams

Job description

JobCubby is seeking an Engineering Manager based in Finland to lead a talented engineering team in a fully remote, globally distributed environment. You will blend technical judgment with people leadership to drive roadmaps, architecture, and delivery while partnering with Product, Design, and customer-facing teams.

You will remove obstacles, decompose complex problems, and enable teams to ship high-quality software with autonomy in a low-structure setting, shaping both product outcomes and