Engineering Manager leading product engineering teams at Kaizen, developing software for government agencies. Driving technical roadmap and managing engineering talent while delivering high - quality features.
About the role
- Engineering Manager leading engineering teams at a dynamic SaaS company overcoming complex challenges. Driving product delivery and fostering professional development in Madrid, Spain.
Responsibilities
- Inspire and develop your team: Mentor engineers through regular 1:1s, career development conversations, and performance feedback. Foster a supportive, inclusive, and high-performing environment.
- Own delivery and execution: Ensure your team delivers high-quality software on time, aligned with company goals. Remove blockers and optimize workflows for efficiency.
- Champion process and engineering excellence: Continuously improve development processes, team workflows, and coding standards. Advocate for best practices and agile methodologies.
- Provide technical guidance: Support architectural decisions, guide complex technical challenges, and ensure scalability and robustness across systems.
- Collaborate across functions: Partner with Product Managers, Designers, and other teams to ensure alignment, clear communication, and seamless integration of features.
- Grow the team: Actively participate in recruiting, conducting interviews, assessing technical and cultural fit, and helping attract top talent.
- Ensure operational excellence: Oversee the health, scalability, and reliability of your team’s systems. Promote a culture of operational awareness.
- Be a cultural ambassador: Uphold Embat’s values (ambition, teamwork, and humility) in everything you do.
Requirements
- 2+ years as an Engineering Manager or Team Lead, with 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience (ideally JavaScript/NodeJS/React).
- Proven experience leading teams and delivering complex software products in agile environments.
- Strong passion for mentoring and coaching engineers at different career stages.
- Solid technical foundation, capable of guiding teams on architecture, performance, and scalability.
- Ability to drive results through others while fostering a collaborative, psychologically safe culture.
- Continuous improvement mindset focused on engineering excellence and process optimization.
- Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Fluency in English and Spanish.
- Based in Spain (ideally Madrid) or willing to relocate.
Benefits
- A competitive salary according to the project and responsibility.
- Hybrid working setup & flexible schedule
- Latest technology of your choice to do your impactful work with.
- Access to private health insurance with Sanitas
- Access to salary on demand, restaurant card, transport card, and kindergarden checks through Payflow
- English Classes
- Career progression - we are a small team with great ambitions.
- An opportunity to work hand in hand with our founders who built their careers in Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan for more than a decade.
- 360º development - through internal and external talks, sponsored conferences and many more to come.
- Twice-yearly performance reviews
- Team Buildings plans
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