Senior Engineering Manager - SaaS Applications (Warsaw, PL) [JOL-ENM-PL-111126]

Jolly Technologies Inc; Województwo mazowieckie; Remote; PLN 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Jolly Technologies Inc, a Silicon Valley-based software company, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager for its cloud-based SaaS and mobile apps. You will lead a distributed team of developers and QA across North America, Europe, and Asia, owning the release cycle and driving high-quality deliveries.

The role is fully remote with flexible hours and requires strong hands-on engineering leadership, as well as direct people management including hiring and performance reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a closely related technical field.
• Must have started career as a software engineer/developer.
• Hands-on experience leading Agile/Scrum teams and managing release cycles.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage software developers and QA testers across multiple countries, including hiring and performance management.
• Build and lead distributed engineering teams ensuring collaboration and accountability.
• Plan and run sprints, including planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Own the release cycle end to end: scheduling, QA sign-off, deployment and post-release follow-up.
• Improve testing practices and QA processes in partnership with the QA team.
• Work with DevOps on deployments and production issues.
• Define and improve engineering processes and team productivity.

Skills

C# .NET

MAUI

MS SQL Server

Azure

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Tools

Jira

Job description

Title

Senior Engineering Manager - SaaS Applications

Job ID

#JOL-ENM-PL-111126

Location

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, PL

Summary

Jolly is a Silicon Valley-based software company with more than 40,000 customers and millions of users, including many Fortune 500 companies and world-renowned organizations.

We are looking for a highly technical Senior Engineering Manager to lead our team of software developers and QA testers and deliver high-quality releases of our cloud-based SaaS and mobile applications. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role, not a traditional project management position.

The ideal candidate began as a software engineer and progressed into hands‑on engineering leadership. You must have direct people‑management responsibility - including hiring, performance management, and making staffing decisions. You will work closely with our Senior Product Manager, who defines what should be built and why; you will own how it is built, tested, and delivered. We do not have a separate project manager, so you will also run sprints, scrum boards, and the release cycle yourself.

Working Hours

Fully remote, work‑from‑home contract position. Our engineering teams are distributed across North America, Europe, and Asia. Working hours are flexible, with a few core overlap hours for collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage software developers (C# .NET, MAUI, MS SQL Server, Azure) and QA testers, including hiring, performance management, coaching, and staffing decisions
• Build and lead distributed engineering teams across multiple countries, ensuring effective collaboration and accountability
• Work with the Senior Product Manager to turn product priorities and requirements into technical designs, estimates, and development plans
• Plan and run sprints, including sprint planning, stand‑ups, reviews, and retrospectives
• Configure and manage Jira workflows, scrum boards, projects, dashboards, and reporting directly
• Own the release cycle end to end - scheduling, code freeze, QA sign‑off, deployment, and post‑release follow‑up
• Ensure releases are delivered on time and at high quality
• Define and improve testing practices, test coverage, and QA processes in partnership with the QA team
• Understand software architecture, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and development workflows
• Personally investigate, reproduce, and test product issues when necessary; do not rely solely on QA reports
• Identify technical, resource, and delivery risks and drive them to resolution
• Work directly with DevOps and support teams on deployments, production issues, and escalations
• Improve engineering processes, code quality, development practices, and team productivity

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a closely related technical field
• Must have started career as a software engineer/developer
• 10+ years of software industry experience, including 3+ years directly managing developers and/or QA engineers
• Proven record of excellent software development and technical problem‑solving
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture, development, testing, and deployment
• Hands‑on experience running Agile/Scrum teams and managing release cycles without a dedicated project manager
• Able to personally test, troubleshoot, reproduce, and validate software—not simply rely on QA
• Able to configure and manage Jira independently without relying on IT or other administrators
• Proven ability to lead, organize, and develop software engineering and QA teams
• Excellent communication and execution skills in a distributed, international environment
• Solid hands‑on experience with C# .NET, MAUI, MS SQL Server, and Azure is strongly preferred

Compensation

PLN 360,000 - PLN 480,000 per year (approx. PLN 30,000 - 40,000 per month on a B2B contract; commensurate with experience)