Senior Engineering Manager

About the Position

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager who can combine deep technical expertise with strong people leadership. This is a high-impact role with significant ownership over architecture, team growth, and delivery of core platform capabilities. You will step into a visible, high-impact position with immediate influence on system architecture and engineering direction.

Project – a large-scale, cloud-based SaaS platform used globally within the hospitality industry. The product powers mission-critical operations for thousands of customers and operates as a high-availability, distributed system.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers (hiring, performance management, career development)
• Own end-to-end architecture and design of new and existing services
• Design and build reliable, scalable, fault-tolerant systems
• Contribute hands-on to coding, code reviews, and technical decisions
• Collaborate closely with Product, QA, and cross-functional engineering teams
• Drive engineering best practices (CI/CD, observability, infrastructure as code)
• Balance delivery speed with long-term maintainability and technical excellence
• Contribute to platform strategy and long-term technology roadmap

Requirements

Must have:

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with increasing scope and responsibility
• Proven experience as a technical leader or Engineering Manager
• Strong mastery of data structures, algorithms, system design, and distributed architecture
• Demonstrated ability to design complex, production-grade systems
• Deep experience building reliable, scalable backend services
• Strong production experience with modern backend technologies (technology stack flexibility is acceptable if depth is proven)
• Experience with distributed systems and messaging solutions (e.g., Kafka or similar)
• Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong understanding of performance, reliability, and fault tolerance principles
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and operate in evolving environments
• Excellent communication skills and experience working in remote or distributed teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Upper-Intermediate English and better

We Offer

• Competitive salary with the regular review
• Medical Insurance after 3 months probation period (can be used in Ukraine)
• Vacation (up to 20 working days)
• Sick leaves (10 working days)
• National Holidays as a time off (11 days)
• Online English courses
• Accountant assistance and legal support
• Flexible working schedule, remote, office-based or hybrid format
• Fully-equipped perfect office space located in the city center (ready for work in blackouts)
• Direct cooperation with the customer
• Dynamic environment with low level of bureaucracy and great team spirit
• Challenging projects in diverse business domains and a variety of tech stacks
• Communication with Top/Senior level specialists to strengthen your hard skills
• Online/offline teambuildings
• Volunteering culture development and support

About the Company

We are a leading company in the hospitality industry, providing a large-scale, cloud-based SaaS platform that powers mission-critical operations for thousands of customers globally. Our platform operates as a high-availability, distributed system, and we are committed to delivering excellence through innovative solutions and a dynamic work environment.