Engineering Manager - EU

Ashby; Portugal; On-site; EUR 76,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Unlimited PTO

Generous equipment budget

$100/month education budget

Job summary

Ashby is seeking an Engineering Manager in Portugal to lead and empower a high-performing engineering team. The role demands strong technical skills alongside a passion for management, with responsibilities including coaching engineers and providing feedback on project specifications. You will join a collaborative environment where you can drive engineers to deliver independently. Benefits include a competitive salary range of €76K to €185K, unlimited PTO, and a generous education budget.

Qualifications

• Passionate about management and technical aspects with strong communication skills.
• Ability to coach engineers and provide constructive feedback.
• Enjoy navigating team dynamics and building systems for team empowerment.

Responsibilities

• Provide feedback on product specifications and help engineers in decision-making.
• Assist in building an empowered and high-performing engineering team.
• Maintain technical skills to handle codebase issues as needed.

Skills

Technical management

Coaching

Communication

Recruitment

Empathy

Job description

Engineering Manager – Europe

Ashby is looking for an engineering manager who will help build a different type of engineering team and culture. The role focuses on building, coaching, and empowering a team of independent, high‑performing engineers while maintaining ownership of technical projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide feedback on product and technical specifications to help engineers identify where to cut scope or improve quality. You influence and coach ICs to reach the right decisions.
• Grow engineers so they can take large, loosely defined projects and deliver them with little intervention, driving the work themselves.
• Jump into the codebase to debug a customer issue, ship a small bug fix, or improve developer experience. Engineering leaders at Ashby maintain strong technical skills while staying off the critical path.
• Improve data generation and simulation in demo accounts—a project off the critical path that keeps you up‐to‐date on the codebase while impacting business across Engineering, QA, and Sales.
• Assist in building the growing team in Europe, building skills, and creating an environment that empowers engineers to do their best work consistently.

Qualifications & Desired Traits

• You are passionate about both management and being technical, able to hold in‑depth conversations across infra, backend, and frontend.
• You enjoy management problems, driving people to be their best, giving difficult feedback, and building systems that make this easier.
• You hold your team to a high standard and do not shy away from details and feedback, even to the best folks on your team.
• You are an excellent and empathetic communicator capable of navigating beliefs and opinions while persuading teams to adopt new ways of working.
• You know what exceptional engineers look like, can recruit and grow them, and have a nuanced view of what makes engineers thrive.
• You’s are interested in building a team that can make the best decisions without you calling the shots.
• You thrive in high‑trust, high‑autonomy environments and are comfortable wearing multiple hats.
• You do not enjoy coding or cannot find time to stay up‑to‑date on technology.
• You have entered management solely for the growth path.
• You want to make all product decisions instead of empowering your team.
• You are happy with a team of engineers that may be early‑career, mid‑career, or lack autonomy.
• You think that at some size, retailers must impose standard processes like sprint planning or in‑depth specs and are opposed to such constraints.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• 10‑year exercise window for stock options.
• Unlimited PTO with four weeks recommended per year.
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
• $100/month education budget, with conferences covered by manager approval.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ashby provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.

Compensation

€76K – €185K