Engineering Manager

About the Role

As an Engineering Manager you’ll be responsible for leading developing and empowering the engineers in your team. Your focus will be to foster a high-performance engineering culture while ensuring fast-paced high-quality delivery.

Our stack includes Go Node.js React and Next.js running on AWS with Kubernetes . We leverage Kafka for messaging and Datadog for observability.

Things you will do:

• Lead & Mentor: Build manage and support one or more engineering teams (5-8 engineers per team) fostering growth and technical excellence.

• Drive Delivery: Collaborate with Product Managers and stakeholders to define roadmaps break down complex projects and ensure timely predictable execution.

• Engineering Excellence: Establish and refine software development best practices balancing technical innovation with legacy system management .

• Scale & Optimize: Identify opportunities for cross-team collaboration architectural improvements and process optimizations.

• Hands-On Leadership: While this is not a coding-heavy role you should be comfortable reviewing technical designs and providing guidance.

• Stakeholder Communication: Represent engineering needs to non-technical stakeholders and align teams with broader company objectives.

• Culture & Collaboration: Cultivate an inclusive high-trust engineering culture where teams thrive.

What you already bring to the table:

• You have a strong track record of managing engineering teams (5-8 engineers each) in a SaaS or PLG environment .

• You bring experience working with cloud-based long-lived products including managing and modernizing legacy code.

• You can balance bottom-up technical innovation with business needs ensuring engineering efforts align with company goals.

• You excel at breaking down large complex projects into clear iterative milestones for multiple teams.

• You have a deep understanding of engineering best practices delivery methodologies and process optimization .

• You are comfortable working with distributed teams across multiple geographies .

• You’re a strong communicator able to align stakeholders engage leadership and represent Typeform externally .

Bonus round (not compulsory but you’ll hit the high score):

• Experience with Go React Node.js Python relational & NoSQL databases .

• Familiarity with AWS Kubernetes Kafka and modern observability tools .

• Experience leading engineering teams in startups or high-growth companies .

• A Master's or PhD in Computer Science or a related field.