Engineering Manager

About the Role 

As a Principal Engineering Manager at ABBYY, you will lead two backend feature teams while remaining deeply hands-on in technical decision-making and architectural leadership. This role uniquely blends people leadership, delivery ownership, and principal-level engineering influence, ensuring the development of high-quality, scalable backend systems that power ABBYY’s intelligent automation platform. 

You will play a critical role in shaping engineering culture, driving technical excellence, and enabling teams to deliver impactful, reliable solutions at scale. 

Key Responsibilities 

People & Team Leadership 

• Lead, mentor, and grow two backend feature teams (~8 engineers total) 

• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations 

• Partner with Recruiting and HR to hire top talent and build scalable onboarding and progression frameworks 

• Foster a culture of psychological safety, continuous learning, and engineering excellence 

Technical Strategy & Architecture 

• Act as a principal-level technical authority across backend systems 

• Drive architectural decisions across technologies including .NET (C#), Node.js, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, and Cloudflare Workers 

• Define and enforce coding standards, testing strategies, and deployment best practices 

• Serve as the escalation point for complex technical and architectural challenges 

Delivery & Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Partner closely with Product Management to refine roadmaps, define scope, and deliver predictable outcomes 

• Monitor team velocity, remove blockers, and ensure consistent delivery execution 

• Collaborate with Platform Engineering and SRE teams on SLAs, observability, reliability, and cost optimization 

• Champion responsible, effective use of AI-assisted development workflows across teams 

Qualifications 

Required 

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years leading engineering teams 

• Deep expertise in .NET (C#) and Node.js in production environments 

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure) 

• Proven experience with Cloudflare Workers and edge computing architectures 

• Strong background in distributed systems, API design, and event-driven architectures 

• Demonstrated success hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers across multiple levels 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English 

• Active practitioner and advocate of AI-assisted development practices 

Preferred 

• Experience with multi-cloud architectures and/or FinOps practices 

• Familiarity with additional Cloudflare products (e.g., Pages, AI Gateway, Zero Trust) 

• Experience working in distributed or remote-first engineering organizations 

• Experience hiring and scaling teams in Central or Eastern European markets 

Salary Range:

The anticipated base salary range for this position is between 23,800,000 HUF and 32,200,000 HUF. Base salary ranges may vary by geographic location and relevant experience, education, certifications, and seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. There is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.

Here are some of our local benefits: 

• Medical benefits after 90 days 

• SZÉP Card allowance for recreational activities 

• Volunteering Time Off (VTO) 

• Company paid sick time up to 10 days per year