B2B

Java

remote

Aplikuj

OTAKOYI is seeking a talented and enthusiastic Engineering Manager to join our client team. If you’re passionate about problem-solving, enjoy challenges, and value personal growth, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Role Overview

The role involves collaborating with stakeholders, creating product presentations, gathering feedback, and working with other teams within the company. This position requires strategic planning, R&D, effective communication, and adaptable project management to consistently exceed customer expectations.

About the Project

This large enterprise project is intended for internal use by company employees and partners. The project consists of several interrelated sub-projects on which separate teams work. Currently, two teams are working in parallel on developing new services that are closely integrated with AI and the existing backend. The development involves many integrations with the company's internal and partner services.

Project Tech Stack: NextJS, FastAPI, Kotlin, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, NoSQL, Pub/Sub

Required skills

At least 5 years of proven experience in a Senior leadership role, overseeing software development and technology operations.
Experience in managing cross-functional teams.
Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.
Hands-on experience with cloud and virtual infrastructures.
Experience with monitoring and infrastructure tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK + Opensearch, AWS, Jenkins, Kubernetes, and GitLab.
Knowledge of SQL databases, preferably PostgreSQL.
Understanding of serverless architecture.
Strong understanding of software development methodologies, DevOps practices, and agile frameworks.
Experience in software development from idea to production.
Experience in Agile, SCRUM methodologies.
Well-spoken English (C1 or higher).

Preferred Skills

Knowledge and experience with NoSQL databases.
Experience in AI, ML, DS, embeddings, vector stores, and NLP. Knowledge of LLamaindex or Langchain will be a plus.
Experience in Azure Cloud.

Responsibilities

Build a high-performing team by recruiting the right talent.
Help engineers grow through feedback, mentorship, and career development.
Set expectations, conduct performance reviews, and support underperforming team members.
Foster a healthy, inclusive, and collaborative team culture.
Ensure the team is making sound technical decisions and maintaining high standards.
Align technical execution with the company’s product and business goals.
Help resolve architecture debates, escalate issues, and ensure smooth progress.
Work with Product Managers to scope, estimate, and prioritize work.
Establish and improve software development processes.
Ensure projects are delivered on schedule and meet quality expectations.
Coordinate responses to incidents and help manage technical risks.
Work with Product, Design, QA, and other stakeholders to align on goals and execution.
Keep leadership informed about progress, risks, and needs.
Represent the team’s interests and needs to the wider organization.
Help shape the product and technology vision alongside other leaders.
Plan for team growth, infrastructure needs, and long-term scalability.
Balance team workload, plan allocate resources effectively.

Recruitment process

Pre-screening Interview with Recruiter (up to 45 minutes)
Tech Interview (1 hour)
Managerial Competency Interview ( up to 1 hour)

What do we offer?

We offer the opportunity to be part of the ambitious team and an experience driven company and to achieve rapid and comprehensive career growth. Do you think that’s all that we can offer? Just have a look at out benefit and bonuses below:

💰Paid vacations and sick leaves;

💸Fair remuneration based on your self-development results;

📢Referral program for candidate recommendation;

🤱Loyal maternity leave policy;

📝Accountant support and tax coverage;

📑Courses of English with the professional teacher;

📚Educational training within the company and outside;

💺Ability to combine remote work and office;

🎉Regular party and team buildings and different funny activities.

About OTAKOYI

OTAKOYI is not just one more outsourcing company, but a trusted technical partner who you can rely on.For over the decade OTAKOYI designs and builds software products for Startups, Scaleups, and Industry Giants worldwide. Our main goal is to help businesses succeed by delivering digital products of world-class standard, made up of the best engineering teams from Eastern Europe.Our team consists of perfectionists and open-minded people. We admire inventiveness, flexibility, and critical thinking combined with open-mindedness and the ability to work in a team.Are you an ambitious developer, an observant tester, a creative designer, or just a motivated guy who wants to become a part of IT community? That being so, check for our open positions and demonstrate all your skills in web, mobile development, UI/UX design, or IT-related matters. Our team is constantly growing. We need you here!