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Engineering Manager (remote within EMEA)
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About this role
Role overview
Lead an engineering team while partnering with Product, Design, and other engineering leaders to shape product outcomes and technical direction. The role covers the full delivery cycle, from discovery and planning through operations and post-launch learning, with attention to sustainable engineering and predictable execution.
Responsibilities - Set clear expectations and develop engineers through ongoing feedback. - Shape opportunities and priorities with Product and Design, and share ownership of product outcomes. - Evaluate options and balance customer and business value, delivery speed, and technical sustainability. - Lead planning, delivery, operations, and learning after launch. - Manage priorities, dependencies, and delivery risks transparently. - Guide technical direction, uphold engineering standards, and contribute to broader improvements.
Requirements - Experience leading engineering teams in a product company. - A record of delivering complex products or systems in a fast-moving environment. - Product judgment and experience contributing to discovery and product decisions. - Technical judgment to participate in architecture and engineering choices. - Ability to work through ambiguity, make trade-offs, and own outcomes. - Strong people leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Nice to have
The environment includes PHP with Symfony, Node.js and TypeScript, Angular, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, automated testing, CI/CD, and A/B testing. Practical use of LLMs and coding assistants in development workflows is also part of the engineering toolkit.
Benefits and work setup
The role is described as remote within EMEA, with an option to work from an office in Riga. Listed benefits include flexible hours, private health insurance, three additional paid personal days, learning opportunities, mentorship, meetups and hackathons, office lunch in Riga, team events, and an employee merchandise discount.