Senior Engineering Manager
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Senior
Remote in Ukraine
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About the job
Requirements
- The role requires a mature understanding of a manager’s role and a strong product- and results-oriented mindset, with ownership and focus on delivering outcomes.
- The role requires 7+ years of hands-on software development experience, primarily with the Java stack.
- The role requires 3+ years of experience managing one or more engineering teams of 25+ individuals in a modern software development environment.
- The role requires a strong understanding of modern software development processes, frameworks, and practical trade-offs.
- The role requires knowledge of contemporary software engineering technologies and their applications to real-world problems.
- The role requires understanding of AI tools, prompting, and workflow automation in software engineering.
- The role requires the ability to assess AI outputs and apply them to improve efficiency and quality.
- The role requires familiarity with DevOps culture and practices.
- The role requires interpersonal skills combining empathy and business acumen, and the ability to set expectations and provide feedback.
- The role requires open-mindedness, willingness to learn, and courage to make progress-driving decisions.
- The role requires excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Responsibilities
- Manage and grow multiple engineering teams and their leaders within a business unit or product area.
- Cultivate technical excellence and a culture of continuous learning across teams.
- Participate in and supervise discussions on key technical decisions, delivery expectations, and people allocation.
- Represent the development direction at the strategic VP level, including plans, results, metrics, and capabilities.
- Drive AI tool adoption to improve team efficiency and delivery speed.
- Encourage learning through AI-assisted development and automation.
- Coach teams on best practices for software delivery, estimation, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure clear goals, priorities, and resource allocation while maintaining technical excellence and innovation.
- Foster a culture of trust, transparency, collaboration, and constructive feedback.
- Maintain high morale and motivation, especially during challenging circumstances.
- Balance business, team, and individual needs through effective communication and decision-making.
- Recognize team achievements and help teams learn from challenges or failures.
- Manage staffing, including hiring new team members aligned with company values and culture.
- Monitor and assess team performance, conduct performance reviews, and ensure fair compensation processes.
- Support the adoption of DevOps practices and modern engineering methodologies.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience leading the development of complex, distributed software systems requiring deep domain or technical expertise.
- Experience with Agile or other value-stream-based framework transformations.
- Proven success in building high-performing software development teams from the ground up.
- Experience managing teams using metrics related to motivation, performance, and time.
About the company
SPD Technology provides software product development services to startups, SMBs, and high-growth firms with a focus on fintech, digital payments, data/AI-native engineering, ML/Computer Vision, and cloud tech. It partners to scale engineering teams or deliver turnkey solutions, speeding automation, scalability, and insights while lowering costs and time to market. With 650+ professionals and delivery centers across Europe, it has completed over 460 custom projects, including AI-driven capital markets insights and high-volume data analytics. It distinguishes itself as an official AWS and Adyen implementation partner, leveraging fintech and cloud expertise to help clients grow competitively.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Kyiv, Ukraine
Founded
2006
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- May 2026 Adyen partnership opens implementation work inside fast-growing payment infrastructure deals.
- January 2026 Fintech CoE creates reusable assets for banking, lending, and compliance projects.
- Twenty-year history, 460+ delivered projects, and AWS status support enterprise trust.
What critics are saying
- Thin public evidence of proprietary products leaves SPD Technology exposed to commoditized outsourcing pricing.
- Heavy reliance on fintech clients ties revenue to Adyen, payments budgets, and compliance cycles.
- Ukraine-linked delivery operations face war disruption, recruitment shocks, and continuity risk through 2026.
What makes SPD Technology unique
- 650+ staff across 32 countries gives SPD Technology broad delivery coverage.
- 2026 Adyen partnership and Fintech CoE sharpen its payments and compliance specialization.
- AWS Select Tier status strengthens cloud credibility for enterprise modernization work.
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Benefits
- Remote Work Options
- Flexible Work Hours
- Professional Development Budget
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Company Social Events