Remote Engineering Manager (Hands-On) – Lead Product Teams

Network Finance; Randburg; Remote; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Finance is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead two product-focused engineering teams in a fully remote setup. You will balance people, processes and delivery while partnering with Product and Design to achieve meaningful business outcomes.

You will guide technical direction, improve delivery practices, mentor future technical leaders, and ensure teams deliver high-quality solutions through ownership and asynchronous collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing engineering or software teams.
• Strong Agile delivery, sprint planning, and backlog ownership.
• Track record delivering complex technical projects.
• Experience with product, design, and engineering stakeholders.
• Excellent written communication in remote, asynchronous environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead two product engineering teams and align with business objectives.
• Develop future technical leaders within the teams.
• Own delivery processes, sprints, and backlog health.
• Coordinate roadmap planning with Product and Design.
• Drive multi-timezone releases and coordination.
• Champion quality practices and end-to-end automation.

Skills

Team leadership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder collaboration

Technical judgement

Mentoring engineers

Remote communication

Software delivery

Quality practices

Hands-on coding

Job description

Network Finance is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead two product-focused engineering teams in a fully remote setup. You will balance people, processes and delivery while partnering with Product and Design to achieve meaningful business outcomes.

You will guide technical direction, improve delivery practices, mentor future technical leaders, and ensure teams deliver high-quality solutions through ownership and asynchronous collaboration.