This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Engineering Manager based in South Africa.
This is an opportunity to lead a talented engineering team within a fully remote, globally distributed environment.
You’ll combine strong technical judgment with people leadership to help engineers deliver products that create meaningful value for users.
The role spans roadmap execution, technical decision-making, team development, hiring, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.
You’ll work closely with Product, Design, and customer-facing teams to balance new features, technical investments, and product quality.
Success will depend on your ability to remove obstacles, decompose complex problems, and create an environment where teams can move quickly and learn continuously.
You’ll remain close to the technology, engaging with code, technical designs, and implementation details rather than operating solely at a managerial level.
The role offers substantial autonomy and the opportunity to shape both product outcomes and the careers of engineers in a low-structure environment.
Accountabilities
- Directly manage and support a team of engineers, creating the conditions for them to deliver high-quality features and meaningful improvements for users.
- Partner closely with Product, Design, and Success stakeholders to plan and execute the product roadmap while balancing feature development, technical improvements, maintenance, and bug fixes.
- Coach engineers, support their career development, provide constructive feedback, and help them grow in an environment with limited formal structure and career ladders.
- Remove execution obstacles and continuously improve team processes, collaboration patterns, and development practices to increase iteration speed.
- Diagnose project execution challenges by assessing people, processes, scope, dependencies, and delivery risks, then make practical adjustments.
- Maintain strong technical involvement by understanding the problems the team is solving and contributing to decisions grounded in implementation realities.
- Review technical designs, code, and product proposals to identify risks, clarify requirements, and improve engineering outcomes.
- Break complex initiatives into manageable components that reduce risk, increase opportunities for feedback, and allow plans to evolve as new information emerges.
- Hire, onboard, and develop high-caliber individual contributors while building a strong and collaborative engineering culture.
- Use technical understanding and product judgment to make effective decisions around project execution, prioritization, and delivery.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of engineering management experience, or equivalent experience demonstrating the ability to build, improve, and lead engineering teams while supporting individual career development.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and a technical background in either the Clojure ecosystem or Frontend technologies such as React and TypeScript.
- Ability to fluently read and understand code and technical design documentation and participate meaningfully in technical discussions.
- Strong product sensibilities, with the ability to critically assess product proposals and design work, translate requirements into engineering solutions, and identify technical and delivery risks.
- Demonstrated ability to debug project execution and determine whether changes are needed across people, processes, scope, or implementation.
- Strong problem-decomposition skills, with an ability to break complex work into smaller, lower-risk increments and continuously adapt plans based on feedback and reality.
- Proven ability to make decisions that remove blockers and help teams consistently ship high-quality software.
- Strong coaching and mentoring skills, particularly in environments without rigid organizational structures, formal titles, or predefined career ladders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with particular strength in written communication for asynchronous collaboration.
- Ability to work effectively with globally distributed teams and manage priorities with a high degree of autonomy.
- Outcome-oriented mindset, technical curiosity, sound judgment, and a strong focus on delivering long-term user value.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation based on role, level, location, qualifications, skills, experience, and scope of responsibility.
- US salary benchmark for the role of $200,000–$250,000 annually, plus meaningful equity and benefits; compensation may vary by geographic location.
- Fully remote, globally distributed work environment with team members across numerous countries.
- Flexible working arrangements, including the ability to define your own schedule and work from wherever you are based.
- Asynchronous-first culture designed to provide uninterrupted time for focused work and effective global collaboration.
- Meaningful equity participation.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible U.S. employees, with dependent coverage support.
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching for eligible U.S. employees.
- Flexible and unlimited paid time off, including sick time.
- Strong emphasis on autonomy, professional growth, learning, and career development.
- Opportunity to work on technically challenging products that help organizations make better use of their data.
- User-focused culture centered on building sustainable, long-term product value rather than short-term solutions.
How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
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