Engineering Manager

❗️ Important – On-Site Role in Lisbon❗️
This is an on-site position based in Lisbon. Remote or hybrid arrangements are not available. Candidates must already be in Lisbon or be willing to relocate. Full relocation support will be provided if needed. Here you can check our location: BrainRocket Portugal

⚡ We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to join our teams in Lisbon and lead the backend technologies of our platform and products. This role is focused on technical leadership, people management, and engineering excellence, ensuring scalable, high-quality, and reliable systems.

🎯 Your Mission:
Lead and develop backend engineering teams while owning the technical direction of the platform. You will ensure consistent delivery, foster a strong engineering culture, and continuously improve architecture, processes, and team performance.

✅ Responsibilities:

• Direct and own the backend technologies of the platform and products.
• Lead recruitment and onboarding processes, hiring and managing talent while supporting individual and team growth.
• Manage backend team leads and senior engineers through regular one-to-one sessions, feedback cycles, performance evaluations, and individual development plans.
• Lead or co-lead agile processes and Scrum or Kanban ceremonies, ensuring adherence to agile principles and best practices.
• Lead platform and product development without frequent involvement in writing or reviewing code.
• Improve platform and product quality by identifying technical debt, recurring issues, and architectural or process gaps.
• Manage team resources, balancing workloads, rotating people when necessary, and ensuring sustainable delivery.
• Drive the adoption of modern technologies and innovations to continuously evolve the company’s engineering capabilities.
• Define, improve, and enforce engineering standards and guidelines, ensuring domain knowledge is properly documented.
• Contribute to and lead engineering initiatives beyond the scope of the direct team, positively impacting the wider engineering organization.

✅ Requirements:

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or higher degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• 8+ years of professional backend development experience.
• 2+ years of experience managing engineers, team leads, or senior technical profiles.
• Experience with Kubernetes and containers, cloud-based development, infrastructure and system design, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Solid understanding of data structures, coding patterns, and algorithms.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, message brokers, third-party integrations, code and peer reviews, CI/CD, secure development practices, information security, and test-driven development.
• Experience working with agile methodologies, ideally Scrum.
• Experience with Node.js (nice to have).
• Strong analytical, leadership, communication, and feedback skills.
• Fluency in English.