Engineering Manager

Role Overview

• Lead, manage, and grow the engineering team
• Manage and develop a team of software engineers responsible for design, development, testing, performance, security, and maintenance of Sphera’s Corporate Sustainability product
• Build a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement
• Act as the key point of leadership for the team, ensuring alignment with broader engineering and business goals
• Hands-on technical leadership (Player-Coach)
• Contribute directly to the codebase when needed, using modern software engineering practices
• Provide technical guidance in .NET / C# or Node.js environments
• Support architectural decisions and ensure design intent is clearly communicated using appropriate modelling and documentation approaches
• Maintain a strong understanding of system design, scalability, and software quality
• Partner closely with Product Management to translate requirements into clear, actionable engineering outcomes
• Ensure consistent, high-quality SaaS releases aligned with business priorities
• Identify and remove delivery blockers, proactively resolving issues impacting team performance
• Recruit, onboard, and develop top engineering talent
• Coach engineers to improve performance, technical capability, and ownership
• Have open, honest, and sometimes challenging conversations to address performance issues and improve outcomes
• Foster a culture of informal, direct communication and trust across the team
• Take ownership of engineering processes and evaluate their effectiveness in delivering outcomes
• Apply critical judgment to existing processes and propose improvements where needed
• Ensure the team operates efficiently without unnecessary bureaucracy, while maintaining appropriate engineering discipline
• Drive continuous improvement across people, process, and technology
• Act as the primary technical voice for the team to internal stakeholders and customers where required
• Maintain strong working relationships with Product, Engineering, and wider business functions
• Ensure transparency in delivery status, risks, and trade-offs.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience leading or managing engineering teams
• Strong hands-on development experience in .NET / C# or Node.js
• Proven experience delivering SaaS or enterprise software products
• Strong ability to translate product requirements into technical execution
• Demonstrated experience in coaching, mentoring, and developing engineers
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, low-formality, high-accountability environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working in global or cross-functional organisations is beneficial.

Tech Stack

• JavaScript
• Node.js
• .NET

Benefits

• None specified