As an Engineering Manager, your role is at the forefront of shaping Microblink's identity product suite. You're not just overseeing an engineering team; you're orchestrating technical excellence, setting a clear direction for the team in alignment with organizational goals, fostering the growth and collaboration of engineering talent and driving the execution of flagship products that define our innovation.
As you mentor and steer engineers proficient in various technology stacks, you will play a pivotal role in influencing the experiences of millions of end users and empowering over 500 businesses.
A little bit about us
Microblink is an AI company with expertise in computer vision. We create unique products and tools with the desire to make the future digital identity world a secure ‘no-fake-zone’, one verification at a time. Our teams in Zagreb, Sofia and New York touch hundreds of millions of people every year, processing over 800M identity documents in more than 70 countries around the world.
Here’s what you’ll do:
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, doing code reviews and collaborating with senior engineers to shape architecture and solve complex challenges, ensuring scalable, resilient solutions aligned with product goals
- Actively contribute to the codebase when needed to unblock the team or tackle high-impact work
- Drive the adoption of best practices in software development, including CI/CD, testing, and documentation.
- Lead and guide a team of engineers
- Provide regular training and mentorship to all team members
- Conduct performance evaluations and devise effective development plans
- Participate in the hiring process and formulate hiring plans based on business requirements and team capacity
- Collaborate with product management team on defining projects and roadmap
- Collaborate and coach other engineering leaders to align leadership practices with Microblink's core values and tech trajectory
- Invest in developing processes and tools that empower the team, enhancing their efficiency and productivity
- Stay up to date on industry and technology trends, consistently upgrading the team's tools and engineering practices
You'll be successful in this role if you:
- A proven track record of managing high-performing engineering teams, preferably cross-functional teams
- Experience with software product lifecycle management
- Experience in growing and leading engineering teams, including recruiting, performance management, professional and personal development
- Experience working in a product-centric scale-up environment
- Experience working in a global environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to clearly and concisely convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences and leadership at all levels
- Previous senior or lead software engineer experience in an individual contributor role
- A willingness to work across EST and CET time zones occasionally
A plus is if you also have any of the following:
- Experience in practicing Machine Learning and leading ML teams and projects
- A deep technical understanding of any common general-purpose language, such as C#, Python, C++, Java
Here’s what you’ll gain if you join us
- Microblink owes its success to its people. That is why we offer equity participation to all of our full-time employees so that we can grow together
- Unlimited PTO to have the flexibility to take time off as needed to maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Flexible work arrangement that allows you to work from anywhere and adjust your work schedule in a way that works for you
- If you are a modern technology lover, we feel you. That’s why we offer you an additional individual budget for the tech equipment of your choice
- We take special care of our parent-team members. Financial support during your parental leave, 100% paid sick leave to care for your kids, days off for important events like your kid’s 1st bday and their 1st days at school/kindergarten, the opportunity to work part-time for a full salary in the 1st month after coming from parental leave-just some of the benefits we offer to Microblink parents
- Plenty of opportunities to learn and develop your skills through a challenging working environment
Together with us, you will build extraordinary and future-oriented digital identity products for millions of end-users on all continents with constant growth!
How can you join us?
If this role intrigues you, do not hesitate to hit the apply button and send us your resume. Get in touch with us and we promise to get back to you.
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