Stora - Engineering Manager
Requirements
• We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager, rather than somebody taking their first step into management. • You’ll ideally have: • Previous experience directly managing software engineers across more than one team or product area. • A strong track record of developing engineers at different stages of their careers. • Hands-on experience managing performance, including difficult or underperformance situations. • Experience making promotion and progression decisions. • Experience running or improving engineering career frameworks, review cycles or progression processes. • Previous experience hiring software engineers and building effective interview processes. • An engineering background that allows you to understand code and contribute meaningfully to technical conversations. • The judgement to know when to get involved and when to leave technical decisions with the Tech Leads. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly in a remote environment. • A practical understanding of how AI tools are changing software engineering and experience using them in your own work. • Experience with Ruby or Rails would be useful, but it isn’t essential. • We’re much more interested in whether you can lead engineers well. • lead engineers well • What This Role Isn’t • It’s worth being clear that this isn’t: • a Tech Lead role with some people management added on; • a delivery or project management position; • a Product Manager role; • a hands-on engineering role where you’ll spend most of your week writing production code; • a first Engineering Manager opportunity. • Technical leadership already exists within the product teams. • We’re hiring you because engineering management itself deserves dedicated ownership. • engineering management itself deserves dedicated ownership. • Our Technology • You won’t be expected to spend most of your time writing production code, but you should be comfortable working around our stack. • Backend: Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, TimescaleDB • Backend: • Frontend: Turbo, React, ViewComponents, Sass • Frontend: • Testing: Minitest, Playwright • Testing: • Deployment: GitHub Actions, Heroku • Deployment:
Responsibilities
• If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
Benefits
• Salary: Highly competitive and depending on experience • Location: Fully remote within the UK or Ireland • Location: • Belfast office: Available for anyone who wants to use it • Belfast office: • Private health insurance for you and your family • Company pension • 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of applicable public/statutory holidays, depending on location • Learning and development support • Work-from-home budget • Our Hiring Process • Our Hiring Process • We’re reviewing applications as they arrive rather than waiting for a closing date. • If your experience looks like a strong match, we’ll explain the process clearly from the outset and move quickly. • Equal Opportunities at Stora • Stora is an equal opportunities employer.c • We want to build a workplace where people are treated fairly, with dignity and respect, and where different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are valued. • We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religious belief or political opinion, or sexual orientation. • Recruitment and employment decisions are based on merit, competence and business need, and we promote equality of opportunity and fair participation in line with our responsibilities under Northern Ireland equality legislation. • If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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