Crystal Intelligence

Senior Engineering Manager

Crystal Intelligence

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇵🇱 Poland

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudDistributed SystemsDockerKubernetesMicroservicesTerraform

About the role

  • Senior Engineering Manager for Platform Squads (Core Platform, Core Data, Developer Experience, DevOps).
  • 80% management role and 20% hands-on, focusing on technical excellence and team culture.
  • Manage and mentor engineers and engineering leads across multiple squads; build collaborative, inclusive team culture.
  • Own and refine team processes; ensure adherence to agile methodologies and facilitate ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives).
  • Oversee task management in JIRA, prioritisation, assignment, and execution of work.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define and manage roadmaps, timelines, and deliverables.
  • Drive technical vision and roadmap for Core Platform, Data Pipelines, DevEx, and DevOps squads.
  • Ensure delivery of robust, high-performance data pipelines, including blockchain integrations, with focus on scalability and reliability.
  • Advocate for best practices in software development, DevOps, and developer productivity; occasionally contribute hands-on to solve critical challenges.
  • Partner with product managers and other stakeholders to align platform goals with business priorities.
  • Define and implement processes ensuring high-quality, on-time delivery and monitor key performance metrics (lead time, uptime, latency, velocity).
  • Ensure platform components comply with security, compliance, and scalability requirements.
  • This is a fully remote role, open to candidates across Europe.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years as a backend engineer and 3+ years in a senior leadership role managing multiple teams or squads.
  • Proven experience managing a team of approximately 15 engineers within a larger 50+ engineer organisation with cross-squad dependencies.
  • Strong technical background in system architecture, data engineering, and infrastructure management.
  • Proven ability to manage tasks using JIRA, ensuring prioritisation, tracking, and alignment with roadmaps.
  • Experience defining and managing roadmaps and aligning them with company objectives.
  • Deep understanding and application of agile methodologies (including Scrum) and a strong track record of facilitating ceremonies and ensuring process adherence.
  • Ability to monitor and improve team performance using key metrics/KPIs such as velocity, throughput, and cycle time.
  • Familiarity with scalable architecture patterns, microservices, and distributed systems.
  • Hands-on experience with data pipeline technologies, APIs, and DevOps tools (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform).
  • Solid understanding of CI/CD processes, cloud-native tools, and developer productivity enhancements.
  • Proven ability to build, manage, and mentor high-performing engineering teams.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Exceptional analytical skills and strong decision-making abilities.
  • (Nice to have) Experience with blockchain technologies and integrations; familiarity with developer tooling/DevEx; contributions to open-source, technical blogs, or conference speaking; experience scaling engineering teams in high-growth environments.