Engineering Manager

JustMarkets; Philippines; Remote; PHP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 paid vacation days

10 paid sick leave days

Medical insurance

Wellness budget

Job summary

A dynamic financial technology firm located in the Philippines is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager. In this role, you will lead cross-functional teams to build a high-performance trading platform, with responsibilities for delivery excellence and technical direction. Ideal candidates possess over 7 years of software engineering experience and at least 3 years in engineering management, alongside strong expertise in backend systems and CI/CD processes. The position offers a competitive benefits package including paid vacation and wellness budgets.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 3+ years in an Engineering Manager role.
• Strong understanding of backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional engineering teams.
• Own delivery, quality, and technical outcomes.
• Guide architectural decisions for hybrid infrastructure.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Leadership and management

CI/CD and infrastructure automation

Observability tools knowledge

Tools

Ruby

Infrastructure-as-code tools

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and scale our engineering teams building a high-performance trading platform. You will be responsible for people leadership, delivery excellence, and technical direction across a hybrid infrastructure.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, infrastructure, and business, with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and scalability in a latency-sensitive environment.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage one or multiple cross-functional engineering teams (backend, frontend, infrastructure, mobile)

Own delivery, quality, and technical outcomes for your teams

Partner closely with Product, Trading, and Senior Engineering leadership to translate business requirements into technical execution

Drive and evolve engineering processes: planning, estimation, CI/CD, code reviews, testing, and release management

Guide architectural decisions for systems running on hybrid infrastructure

Ensure high availability, performance, and observability of production systems

Identify and reduce technical debt, while maintaining delivery velocity

Hire, onboard, mentor, and grow engineers; conduct 1:1s and performance reviews

Foster a culture of ownership, customer first, and result-oriented

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 3+ years in an Engineering Manager role
• Background in financial systems, trading platforms, or other high-reliability domains
• Strong understanding of backend systems
• Experience operating systems on different cloud systems (EC2, networking, security, monitoring)
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment strategies
• Familiarity with observability tools (metrics, logging, alerting) and performance monitoring

Will be a plus

• Experience working with on-premise infrastructure and hybrid environments
• Hands-on experience in Ruby
• Experience with low-latency or high-throughput systems
• Exposure to trading, fintech, or market-data platforms
• Experience scaling teams and systems
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools

We offer

• 20 paid vacation days per year
• 10 paid sick leave days per year
• Public holidays as per the company's approved Public holiday list
• Medical insurance
• Opportunity to work remotely
• Professional education budget
• Language learning budget
• Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear and related expenses)

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