Engineering Manager/Tech Lead (Nodejs)

Unitalent Consultancy OÜ; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 257,773 - 297,431; Full time

Job summary

A technology consultancy firm is seeking an Engineering Manager/Tech Lead based in Poland to lead a team of software engineers in an early-stage startup. The role requires extensive experience in software development, particularly in Node.js, along with team management skills. Candidates should be comfortable with SaaS applications and have a proven history of technical leadership. The position offers a competitive hourly rate and the opportunity to impact a growing company.

Qualifications

• 7 - 8 years in software development.
• 4 - 5 years at a product development company.
• 2 - 3 years of commercial backend Node.js experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4-5 software engineers.
• Contribute significantly to software development.
• Drive proper SDLC processes within the team.

Skills

Node.js development

Team management

SaaS application support

Relational databases

Tools

Google Cloud (GCP)

Job description

About the job Engineering Manager/Tech Lead (Nodejs)

Unitalent Consultancy OÜ, in partnership with Flatworld, is helping a well funded early-stage startup search for an Engineering Manager/Tech Lead. The candidate must be based in Poland .

Rate range: 52-60 USD/hour

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4-5 software engineers.
• Contribute 50-60% of your time to non-blocking software development.
• Drive the proper SDLC process within the team.
• Partner and coordinate effectively with the product team and broader engineering team based in the US.
• Support their product in production.
• Handle ambiguity well, bringing stability and consistency to the team.
• Be comfortable learning new technologies and responsibilities, helping to unblock and advance the team.
• Be excited to work in an early-stage startup, impacting the team and company with your contributions.

Requirements

• 7 - 8 years in software development
• At least 4 - 5 years at a product development company and on a particular product of a company that is customer-facing.
• Highly proficient in backend node.js development at least 2 - 3 years of commercial experience.
• 1 - 2 years of experience as a technical lead responsible for the team's technical designs, architecture, and code quality.
• Fullstack engineer but more comfortable and focused on the backend.
• 5 years of experience with relational databases
• Experience in supporting SaaS applications in production.

Management Experience

• 2 - 3 years managing a team of 4 - 7 people.
• Experience in going through at least 2 years of performance management cycles.
• Experience hiring and managing out.
• Ideally, some experience leading scrum, wont be needed on day one but eventually.
• Experience contributing to creating engineering roadmaps and product roadmaps.

Bonus points if you have

• Some start-up experience and larger company experience from US based companies in Europe.
• Experience with some infrastructure in Google Cloud (GCP)
• Worked on a sales/marketing product or an outbound sales engagement product.
• Worked on a product that used machine learning