Engineering Manager (Remote) Portalegre

Engineering Manager (Remote)
Portalegre
Portalegre, Portalegre District, Portugal

Venga: bridging innovative blockchain technologies to traditional finance

Venga is an app with a mission to take innovative blockchain technologies and bridge them to traditional finance inside a powerful centralized app, empowering people to effortlessly discover, invest, and navigate the world of Web3.

Who We're Looking For

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Engineering Manager to join the Venga team and help grow and scale our products to the next level. This challenging role requires you to possess a strong technical background, exceptional leadership abilities, and a passion for driving engineering excellence. As an Engineering Manager at Venga, you will oversee the development and execution of projects, lead a
- functional squad, manage the career and provide growth opportunities to your engineers, and collaborate closely with other teams and functions to ensure the successful delivery of
- quality products.

What You'll Be Doing

• Manage and lead a
  - functional engineering squad (mobile + backend), providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to help them grow and succeed in their roles.
• Collaborate with product management and security to develop and prioritize product roadmaps that align with Venga's overall strategy.
• Foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous learning within your team, encouraging engineers to explore new technologies, share knowledge, and improve processes.
• Drive technical
  - making, ensuring that your team's solutions are scalable, maintainable, and meet the highest standards of quality and reliability.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the technical landscape, staying
  -
  - date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitor activity.
• Work closely with other engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and collaboration across the Venga ecosystem.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success and impact of your team's work, using data to inform product decisions and drive growth.
• Communicate technical plans, progress, and results to stakeholders, including product leaders, designers, and other engineering teams.

Who You Are & What You'll Need

• Minimum of 5 years experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in an engineering manager or similar role.
• Servant leadership mindset and an ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Experience growing, coaching, mentoring, and providing feedback to team members, including having had difficult conversations.
• Familiarity with agile and scrum best practices.
• Experience breaking down large initiatives into smaller,
  - centric milestones.
• Experience working with technical and
  - technical stakeholders, successfully aligning and setting expectations on scope and delivery.
• Experience navigating ambiguous and changing product requirements and successfully delivering a winning product.
• A very high level of English.

Nice to have

• Blockchain and Web3 experience.
• Fin
  Tech experience.
• Familiarity with compliance, AML and regulation.
• ISO/IEC 27001 experience.

What we offer

• Full-Time Employment Contract.
• Own your time company culture - manage start and finish work times within each day.
• A brand new Mac
  Book or similar option of your choice.
• 25 vacation days.
• Exciting work in a dynamic, international, and
  - growth startup.
• You will be
  - remote, but you must be within a maximum time zone difference of 3 hours from Barcelona.
• If you live in Spain, please apply to the Spanish Job Post instead of this one.