Engineering Manager

Qred AB; Stockholms kommun; Hybride; SEK 800 000 - 1 200 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A fintech scale-up bank is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead two development teams while ensuring effective methodologies and team collaboration. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and a passion for mentoring talent. This full-time position promotes a hybrid setup with office presence required at least three days a week in Stockholm. Join a fast-growing company that values diversity and offers opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years in a Head of Engineering or five years as Engineering Manager.
• Deep understanding of modern software development principles.
• Experience in a sizable organization with a domain-structured approach.

Responsabilités

• Oversee performance and staff management of engineering teams.
• Champion Agile, Lean, Continuous Delivery, and DevOps methodologies.
• Define team structures and optimize resource allocation.
• Lead recruitment strategy for attracting top engineering talent.

Connaissances

Mentoring engineering talent

Full-stack development experience

Agile methodologies

Excellent communication skills

Formation

University engineering degree

Outils

Javascript (Node.js / React / React Native)

Claude code for automation

Description du poste

Overview

Dedicated to powering entrepreneurs, Qred is a profitable, fast-growing fintech scale-up bank. In just 10 years, we’ve grown from a startup to hitting 1 billion SEK in annual revenue supporting over 50,000 entrepreneurs and helping create 10,000+ jobs every year. We combine smart tech with real-world experience to make funding simple, fast, and fair for entrepreneurs who need it most. With strong backing, a flat organization, and bold growth plans, we’re now looking for an Engineering Manager to join us and shape the future of small business owners.

About the role

As an Engineering Manager at Qred, you'll play a crucial role in shaping our organizational design, people management, and way of working. You'll be acting as one of two Engineering Managers in our Revenue Domain, reporting to the CTO, leading and supporting two development teams with one Tech Lead per team. Your focus will be to ensure alignment with our methodologies, foster collaboration, and lead a group of talented engineers. This role calls for a visionary leader with a technical background and a passion for building high-performing teams in a fast-paced, scaling environment.

Responsibilities

• People Management: Oversee performance & staff management of our engineering teams consisting of ~10 engineers. You will support and grow a group of already very talented people.
• Efficient Way of Working: Champion methodologies like Agile, Lean, Continuous Delivery, and DevOps. Drive and align our Qred Engineering Maturity Model (QEMM) to enhance the efficiency of our processes.
• Collaboration and Cross-Functional Work: Foster strong collaboration between Engineering, Product Management, and UX Design to deliver a seamless product experience.
• Organizational Design: Define team structures, optimize resource allocation, and match personalities to ensure scalability and productivity as we expand in Europe.
• Recruitment and Retention: Lead the recruitment strategy for the domain, attracting top talent and building a world-class team.
• Enable Qred: You will have tight collaboration with the CTO, Architects, Product Managers and Chief Revenue Officer to make sure we take decisions that are in line with Qred’s growth strategy.

Requirements

• A passion for mentoring and developing engineering talent.
• A technical background with broad full-stack experience; preferred language is Javascript (Node.js / React / React Native). While we don't expect you to code, you must understand the challenges of a Serverless-first and Event-driven architecture.
• Minimum two years of experience in a Head of Engineering or five years of experience in an Engineering Manager role in a sizable organization, preferably in a domain-structured organization.
• A university engineering degree.
• Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and modern software development principles.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships across functions.
• An office-first approach: You enjoy meeting your department and getting to know the people. You’ll be based in our Stockholm HQ with an expectation of being in the office at least three days per week.
• Experience with Claude code for automating tasks and streamline agentic way of working. We expect you to have good technical understanding and a strong interest.

We highly value

• AI-SDLC: If you have previously implemented an AI-SDLC / agentic way of working it’d be really valuable to us.

Why join us?

This is the place to be if you’re looking for a place to grow. Qred is growing fast, and our Qredsters along with it. With a non-bureaucratic organization and delegated responsibilities, we make sure there’s a short path from idea to action. In addition to our great culture, you get to work with the latest cutting-edge techniques, responsibility for the whole development chain, and last but not least a bunch of great competent colleagues to learn from!

One last thing

This is a full-time, permanent position based in our headquarters in Stockholm. While we encourage a hybrid setup, we do expect you to be at least three days per week at the office. We review applications on a rolling basis and while the start date is flexible, the right candidate can join us immediately.

Qred celebrates diversity and does not discriminate based on ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.