Engineering Manager

Ready to find your perfect job fit?
Welcome to HomeBuddy, where making a home awesome is like seeing a vision come to life! We are on a mission to create a friendly and trusted platform to connect homeowners with the right contractors across North America. 

What started as a small idea has become a fast-growing home improvement platform focusing on lead quality and long-term partnerships based on trust and mutual success. We are a product-first company with a long-term outlook - our platform consistently and positively evolves based on data insights and the most up-to-date tools.

This job is for you if

• You would like to work in a positive atmosphere where teamwork and trust in your colleagues are primary values. 
• You succeed in an environment that values initiative and sharing feedback and where your suggestions and efforts are recognized and appreciated.
• You are used to taking responsibility for solving difficult tasks and are directly involved in how your efforts impact the final result.
• You have a relentless drive for continuous improvement.

This role is full-time and offers home working flexibility.

Areas of responsibility

• Acting as a supporting leader for individual contributors (Software engineers) in one or more small teams.
• Responsible for supporting the education and vision of the individuals in a team to align their direction and drive performance and outcomes.
• Foster and advocate for Lean-Agile ways of working.
• Lean-Agile change agent.
• People and skills management.
• Ensuring the product’s technical excellence.
• Software and solution architecture.
• Recruitment and retention.
• Onboarding and training.
• Ensuring effective collaboration and communication with related functions.

Your future role will include

• Hiring, mentoring, and managing performance within the team.
• Continuously improve delivery flow by advocating and implementing Lean-Agile practices.
• Monitoring and analyzing team performance metrics to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Providing regular reporting and metrics to the Director of Development to enable effective decision-making.
• Collaborating with the Director of Development, your peers and the Principal Engineer to align technical and product strategies. 
• Overseeing the technical and architectural design processes.
• Overseeing the technical strategy implementation.
• Tracking the system performance according to Non-Functional requirements and ensuring adherence.
• Leading internal functional and cross-functional projects to optimize the development process.

You’re going to need this to be successful in this role

• Highly self-motivated and results-oriented team player.
• 7+ years of experience in backend software development, with at least 3 years in a leadership position (Team Lead or Engineering Manager).
• Experience in people management and leading remote, cross-functional teams.
• Good Understanding of software development processes, including frontend and backend development, software testing, and CI/CD.
• Designing and implementing software solutions.
• Good understanding of the principles of building a reliable architecture.
• Experience with software development tools such as Git, Jira, and Confluence.
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced level of English.

It’s nice if you also have 

• Experience with a span of development processes (Kanban, Scrum, etc.).
• DevOps mindset.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Development experience in different programming languages.

Why choose HomeBuddy

• Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere without being tied to one place - while ensuring you are available to our team during the agreed working hours.
• Achieve a harmonious work-life balance with a flexible schedule tailored to your local needs, along with paid vacation, sick leave, and local holidays.
• Empower yourself with work equipment of your choice partially paid for by HomeBuddy and up-to-date apps and tools to maximize your productivity.
• Feel valued and appreciated with an industry-leading compensation package.
• Get recognized and rewarded for both outstanding individual efforts leading to extraordinary results and our team success. 
• Enhance your well-being with our allowance program covering fitness activities and mental health programs.
• Learn and expand your knowledge by both working on complex tasks and using paid training opportunities, including courses, events, and conferences.

If this sounds like you, we should talk!

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