Engineering Manager - ComparaJá New Lisbon, Portugal Lisboa

Engineering Manager - ComparaJá New Lisbon, Portugal
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Job Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Engineering Manager to guide our development team in delivering
- quality software. You will own the delivery process
-
- end, ensuring that our products are built to modern development standards while fostering a culture of excellence and velocity. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development, experience in coaching and mentoring teams, and a passion for optimising processes to drive efficiency.

This is an office role based in Alvalade, Lisbon.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of
  - quality software: Lead the technical direction of projects, ensuring that software is delivered on time, meets business requirements, and adheres to the highest standards of performance, security, and scalability.
• Optimise development processes: Continuously review and improve the development lifecycle to increase efficiency, reduce bottlenecks, and enhance productivity.
• Coach and mentor developers: Provide
  - on technical guidance, mentorship, and support to the development team. Foster professional growth and engineering excellence through regular feedback, training, and knowledge sharing.
• Ensure modern development standards: Promote and implement best practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code reviews, and clean coding principles.
• Collaborate with
  - functional teams: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to align technical decisions with business goals and ensure a shared vision across the product lifecycle.
• Technical leadership: Make critical decisions around architecture, tools, and frameworks, ensuring
  - term scalability and maintainability of the codebase.
• Stay updated with industry trends: Continuously explore new technologies, frameworks, and methodologies to ensure the team is
  -
  - date with the latest advancements in software development. Especially concerning the ability to rapidly prototype ideas using AI.

About You

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, Senior Software Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with teams across the organisation.
• You have an analytical mindset to develop the
  - fit technical solution.
• You have excellent leadership and
  - making skills, and knowledge of project management principles.
• You have an understanding of IT infrastructure, architecture, as well as a good understanding of
  - technical parts of the business.
• You are comfortable working in an international environment.

Skills Required

• Experienced working through the design, development, release cycle, and delivering software products to market, with a track record of successful delivery of software applications as an individual and tech leader
• Experience with managing the development of Saa
  S and
  - based applications
• Our stack is: C#, Python, Nuxt/Vue
  JS, Postgre
  SQL, all on AWS. The more experience in each the better, but all definitely not necessary.
• Fluency in Portuguese and English required.

Why Join Us

• Own the technology team. This is a great opportunity to truly own a delivery team and be responsible for a development organisation. You will be taking part in an international organisation and be able to learn from your peers in other countries and the Group CTO
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Work-life balance. We offer a hybrid remote/office job that prioritises being able to manage your life outside work while still maintaining a culture of excellence.

Start date: as soon as possible

About Us

Compara
Já. pt is a leading platform for aggregating and comparing financial products and services in Portugal. Founded in 2015 as part Samlino Group (samlinogroup.com) we are operating across four European markets, our group empowered over 10 million users last year alone.

At Compara
Já. pt, our mission is to help Portuguese consumers make informed, confident decisions across all areas of personal finance—whether banking, insurance, or utilities—by providing easy access to unbiased, accurate information and free comparisons. Our vision is to become the
- to personal finance platform for consumers, partners, media, and other stakeholders, helping people identify and choose the best solutions for their needs—saving time and money in a simple and transparent way.

What We Offer

• Hybrid work model (Lisbon office + remote)
• Opportunity to work on meaningful projects that power internal operations
• A supportive,
  - moving, and collaborative team environment

Create a Job Alert

Interested in building your career at Compara
Já? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email.

Apply for this job

• First Name *
• Last Name *
• Email *
• Phone *
• Resume/CV
• Linked
  In Profile *
• Do you have an EU work permit? *
• Are you a native speaker of Portuguese? *