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JustMarkets

Engineering Manager

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

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of professional software engineering experience with a strong backend background, ideally including hands-on Ruby.
  • At least 3 years of experience as an Engineering Manager, including managing Team Leads or Engineering Managers.
  • Proven experience leading an engineering organisation of at least 20 engineers across several teams.
  • Proven experience in headcount planning, team structure design, and budget management.
  • Background in financial systems, trading platforms, or other high-reliability domains.
  • Solid understanding of AWS, on-premise and hybrid infrastructure, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), deployment strategies, and observability tools.
  • Upper Intermediate English proficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and scale multiple cross-functional engineering teams (backend, frontend, infrastructure, mobile) through Team Leads and Engineering Managers, growing the area to up to 40 engineers.
  • Own delivery, quality, and technical outcomes across the area, including cross-team initiatives and dependencies.
  • Partner with Product, Trading, and Senior Engineering leadership to shape the area roadmap and translate business requirements into technical execution.
  • Drive engineering processes across teams, including planning, estimation, CI/CD, code reviews, testing, and release management.
  • Ensure technical alignment, high availability, and observability of systems running on hybrid infrastructure, while balancing technical debt with delivery velocity.
  • Hire, mentor, and grow Team Leads and Engineering Managers, run performance calibration, and own promotion decisions.
  • Plan headcount 1 to 2 years ahead, design team structure, and manage the area budget.
  • Foster a culture of ownership, customer focus, and result orientation.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience building new teams from scratch and scaling an engineering organisation from one team to several.
  • Experience with low-latency or high-throughput systems.
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools.

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