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SPD Technology

Global fintech software development and AI

Senior Engineering Manager

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in UkraineNo salary listed

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

Global fintech software development and AI

SPD Technology helps startups, SMBs, and high-growth firms by delivering software product development with a focus on fintech/digital payments, data and AI-native engineering, ML/vision, and cloud technologies. It speeds up automation, scalability, and insights by offering both scaled engineering teams and turnkey solutions, aiming to cut costs and time to market. With 650+ professionals across Europe, it has completed over 460 custom projects, including AI-driven capital markets insights and high-volume data analytics. It differentiates itself as an AWS and Adyen implementation partner, leveraging fintech and cloud expertise to drive client growth.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Kyiv, Ukraine
Founded
2006

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