Engineering Manager

• Manage a team of software engineers (typically 5–10 people)
• Handle hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and day-to-day support
• Own delivery of features and improvements from planning to release
• Track progress, manage risks, and step in when things drift
• Review and guide design decisions (mainly within an existing monolithic system)

Software Engineering Manager

HUF 19,300,000 - HUF 30,750,000 per year

• Hands-on Technical Leadership
• Remain actively involved in architecture, system design, and selected critical implementations
• Guide engineers through complex problem-solving, technical trade-offs, and system evolution
• Drive adoption of modern technologies to improve engineering productivity and quality
• Ensure systems are designed for scalability, multi-tenancy, and long-term maintainability
• Lead code and design reviews, maintaining a consistently high engineering standard
• AI-enabled Engineering
• Define and implement a structured approach to AI adoption across engineering workflows.
• Ensure AI usage is embedded in daily workflows rather than ad-hoc: AI-assisted coding, reviews, and refactoring
• Automated test generation and QA acceleration
• Intelligent debugging and root cause analysis
• Measurable (productivity, defect reduction, cycle time)
• Secure and compliant adaption
• Drive consistency in tooling and practices across teams to avoid fragmentation
• Delivery & Execution
• Own delivery predictability across multiple parallel initiatives
• Balance delivery speed, quality, and technical debt
• Ensure prioritization is clear and aligned with business objectives
• Actively manage cross-team dependencies and integration points
• Transition teams from reactive execution to structured, planned delivery
• Engineering Process & Standardization
• Establish scalable and consistent engineering processes: Sprint planning, backlog management, and delivery tracking
• Release management with rollback capabilities
• Incident, problem, and change management discipline
• Introduce practical standards that improve speed and reduce ambiguity without over-engineering
• Reduce reliance on individuals through improved documentation, automation, and knowledge sharing
• Team Development & Scaling
• Build and scale a high-performing engineering team
• Coach engineers and develop emerging technical leaders (senior engineers, tech leads)
• Increase delegation and distributed ownership to remove bottlenecks
• Strengthen accountability and outcome-oriented delivery culture
• Quality, Reliability & Performance
• Improve system reliability through better engineering practices and architectural discipline
• Ensure a scalable testing strategy across units, integration, regression, and automation layers
• Partner with DevOps/SRE to strengthen observability and operational excellence
• Drive continuous improvement through incident learnings and performance insights

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Software Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager