Software Engineering Manager (100% Remote)

YouGov; Milano; Remoto; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A data and analytics company is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead distributed teams across North America and Europe. The successful candidate will utilize their technical expertise to guide technology decisions while managing resources and project timelines. This remote role requires strong leadership and communication skills, as well as experience in software development. Competitive compensation and a focus on innovation are part of the package.

Servizi

Benefits for physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing

Inclusive work environment

Diversity of background and perspectives

Competenze

• At least 5 years of experience as an individual contributor in software.
• Minimum 4 years of project/team management in a software organization.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

Mansioni

• Manage and lead distributed teams across North America and Europe.
• Provide technical expertise and set engineering standards.
• Define vision and write requirements in collaboration with product and sales.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Technical expertise

Strategic thinking

Software development

Communication

Mentoring

Project management

Technical proficiency with Python

Strumenti

Flask / FastAPI

MongoDB

Apache Iceberg / Parquet

Kubernetes

AWS Glue / Athena

CircleCI

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Overview

Software Engineering Manager (100% Remote)

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About the Role

We're looking for an Engineering Manager who thrives on leading high-performing teams while staying close to the technical action. The successful candidate will have been a software engineer and has grown into a technical leader, will have product sensibility and likes to organize teams to get the job done. This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic thinking, where you'll guide your team's technology decisions while representing their needs across the organization.

The Data Platform tribe includes three teams, with 4-5 people each. This tribe ensures Crunch reliably imports customer survey data via file uploads, streaming, and third-party API providers. They also build tools for data processing teams to clean and transform data in Crunch, and they develop our internal analytics engine to deliver interactive-speed analysis for customers.

What You Will Do

• Manage and lead distributed teams across North America and Europe. Work with the technical leads to assign work, track completion, and equip the team with clear specs, direction, and resources.
• Provide technical expertise, lead technical discovery and trade-off analysis, and set engineering standards and best practices.
• Partner with product, sales, and customer success to define vision and write requirements. Work with the technical leads to turn requirements into a concrete technical design.
• Prioritize projects and developer capacity to meet company goals. Break work into epics and tickets, manage dependencies and critical paths, and set realistic timelines.
• Report status and development KPIs to leaders and stakeholders. Drive performance reviews, hiring, onboarding, training, mentoring, and career development.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience as an individual contributor shipping quality software, and at least 4 years of project / team management in a software organization.
• Strong track record with 2-3 projects led to completion; ability to align technical work with product goals and deliver with a solid plan.
• Engineer / builder mindset; able to contribute code occasionally, run experiments, and create proofs of concept.
• Generalist who can participate in discussions across topics: CI / CD, container orchestration, product management, database selection, API performance, hiring processes, sprint planning.
• Ownership of teams and subsystems with empowerment and accountability.
• Strong communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Mentored others and demonstrated impact on their careers.
• Technical proficiency with Python, Flask / FastAPI, MongoDB, Apache Iceberg / Parquet, Kubernetes, AWS Glue / Athena, CircleCI.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of data models and databases; familiarity with key texts such as Designing Data-Intensive Applications.

About You / Why YouGov

Why join YouGov? Our global team helps make millions of people’s opinions heard for local, national, and international communities. We value diversity of background and perspectives. Life at YouGov focuses on fast, fearless, innovative work guided by accuracy, ethics, and proven methodologies. We strive to provide benefits for physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing and support a sense of belonging in a distributed, inclusive environment.

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EEO / Equal Opportunity

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, HIV status, political affiliation, socioeconomic background, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business need.