Engineering Manager (m / f / d) - Enterprise WordPress

Overview

Syde

We are Syde a 100 % remote world-leading WordPress agency.

Are you a seasoned Engineering Manager (m / f / d) who combines a deep passion for technology with a natural talent for servant leadership? Great! Lets discover new horizons together!

As an Engineering Manager (m / f / d) at Syde a substantial part of your job will be ensuring engineers receive support feedback and guidance in their professional development and career progression.

In addition to your pronounced leadership abilities we admire your capacity to promote our core values. Teamwork open communication and team well-being are your guiding principles. You create an environment where everyone feels encouraged and supported to reach their full potential.

Responsibilities

Line Management

• Conduct regular check-ins 1 : 1 meetings and feedback / performance reviews with your direct reports.
• Gather and provide professional feedback to your direct reports from their respective project teams including project managers and delivery leads.
• Offer mentorship first-hand or help find support elsewhere inside or outside the company.
• Be the primary point of contact for your direct reports regarding handling planned and unplanned time off personal updates but also any needs or difficulties they may be facing.
• Develop a thorough knowledge of Sydes engineering career ladder and assist your direct reports in setting and achieving progression goals helping them identify growth and skill development opportunities.
• Regularly review allocations for your direct reports discussing fit for upcoming projects skills and other allocation considerations.

Technical Leadership

• Represent your direct reports as well as their project teams in meta-level discussions about team structure well-being and professional development.
• Stay informed about industry trends emerging technologies and best practices to ensure the engineering discipline remains innovative and competitive.
• Provide continuous technical expertise and guidance to your direct reports and other engineers.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation encouraging the adoption of best practices across the Engineering discipline.
• Contribute to the setting of engineering standards and the maintenance of documentation tools and templates.
• Facilitate clear and effective horizontal and vertical communication within the engineering discipline and between engineering and other relevant departments within the company.
• Participate in project retrospectives and other relevant ceremonies of your direct reports.
• Help ensure a cohesive approach to solution design and development contributing to the development of the overall engineering strategy and aligning engineering activities with overall business goals.
• Participate in the hiring process for Engineering Managers and other engineering roles.

Must-haves

• At least two years of experience managing engineers in an international multicultural context.
• Technical background with past experience of at least five years in software / web engineering also in technical leadership roles.
• Experience in mentoring and coaching other engineers.
• Experience with gathering and delivering constructive feedback.
• Ability to create professional development plans aligning individual and company goals.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Growth-oriented problem-solving and conflict-navigating skills.
• Availability to work in European timezones (UTC-1 to UTC3) and occasionally participate in meetings in the LATAM timezone (UTC-7 to UTC-3).

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working in a 100% remote working environment.
• Hands-on experience with a technology stack close to ours (WordPress PHP JS React CMS).
• Technical leadership experience in an international multicultural agency context.
• Experience with engineering hiring interviews and assessments.
• Experience with Slack Jira Confluence Personio Leapsome or Runn.

What we offer

• Work from home (we are 100% remote)
• A supportive Syde culture that appreciates YOU
• Multicultural globally distributed team
• Flexible working hours
• Annual hardware budget
• Unlimited access to an online learning platform for books courses live events certificate preparations etc.
• Exciting global enterprise clients like SAP or PayPal
• Working at the heart of WordPress as a partner of WordPress VIP and WooCommerce
• Attend our local team events
• Visit WordCamps with the chance to hold sessions
• Lifelong learning and growth with career advancements
• A dynamic work environment with the encouragement of entrepreneurial thinking and acting

Become a Syder

Have you become curious and are interested in this opportunity Then apply at Syde as an Engineering Manager (m / f / d)!

At Syde a respectful and inclusive way of working together isnt just a principle its a core part of our culture. This also shapes how we hire : we focus on experience qualifications and the best possible fit for the role. Factors such as gender age disability religion ethnicity origin sexual orientation or any other personal characteristics do not influence our decisions. What truly matters to us is creating an environment where diversity is valued and everyone has the chance to bring in their full potential.

Send Us Your Applications

Please send us your resume in English salary expectations and the earliest possible starting date.

About us

As Europas biggest pure WordPress agency and one of the leading WordPress agencies worldwide we are proud to be the only agency globally that is both an official WordPress VIP Gold Agency Partner and a certified WooExpert.

Whether company website or online shop plugin development or integrations with existing APIs like ERP systems – we deliver code to the highest this way we guarantee secure high-performance and future-proof results.

Our roots originate from the German WordPress community where some of our founders contributed and helped translate WordPress into 2006 they founded Syde as a pure remote working agency for WordPress enterprise and SMB solutions.

Today the Syde team consists of over 120 experts worldwide working remotely in a modern digital environment. A human-centered approach to work an agile mindset and continuous improvement are our basis for successful projects. Therefore we encourage active participation and creative collaboration.

Insights into our culture team and work

• Syde Team Meeting Madeira 2023
• Syde Team Meeting Barcelona 2022
• Our Team
• Our Values
• WordPress Development at Syde
• What does a WordPress Engineer do

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Hospitality Experience,Go,Management Experience,React,Redux,Node.js,AWS,Mechanical Engineering,Team Management,Leadership Experience,Mentoring,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1