Fintech
Senior Engineering Manager
Permanent
Job Description
A leading brand is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager based in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands (Hybrid, Full-time).
In this key leadership position, you will lead a best-in-class, cross-functional team of software engineers. Your responsibilities include defining and promoting team strategies for working, hiring, and training, ensuring a balanced development team that consistently delivers high-quality software.
Responsibilities:
- Lead up to three cross-functional development teams of software engineers.
- Foster an environment for individual and team growth in both soft and technical skills.
- Ensure teams deliver high-quality features and meet customer expectations.
- Identify and resolve any anti-patterns or dysfunctions affecting team performance.
- Own the delivery commitment of the team, ensuring promises are met.
- Keep key technology stakeholders informed and involved.
- Protect and support your team to maintain high-quality standards.
- Advocate Lean Agile Development Principles and ensure software is released with minimal effort and no production issues.
- Balance key aspects of the software development lifecycle for your teams.
- Ensure adherence to non-functional requirements, quality standards, and coding practices.
- Optimize processes to enhance quality, predictability, and output.
- Maintain a strong understanding of the product domain within your value stream.
- Recognize and celebrate milestones, both small and large, to build team cohesion and morale.
- At least 5 years of experience leading multi-disciplinary Agile development teams, preferably in a product company. Banking, payments, and SaaS experience is a plus.
- A high-energy team player with a passion for software development and delivery.
- At least 5 years of hands-on software development experience, including at least 2 years at Principal or Architecture level.
- Solid understanding and experience with Agile software development practices like Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.
- Familiarity with technical practices like continuous integration, automated testing, release management, and performance monitoring, and tools such as Atlassian and Git.
- Ability to prioritize, plan effectively, and work well under pressure and ambiguity.
- Strong ability to persuade, inspire, and motivate others, with excellent English speaking, writing, and presentation skills.
- Experience setting up new development teams, including hiring and training strategies, is a plus.
- Digital savvy and street smart, with a hands-on, self-motivated approach.
- Strong Agile project management skills and ability to act decisively across departments, time zones, and cultures.
- A natural coach who guides self-evaluation of performance, diagnoses areas for improvement, and drives team progress.
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
- Engaging work culture with a focus on continuous improvement and development.
- Collaboration with a global team and impact on millions of end-customers.
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