Senior Engineering Manager

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Uphold TestGorilla''s behaviors and foster an inclusive, supportive culture
• - Collaborate effectively with global colleagues across teams and time zones
• - Own delivery of key initiatives, ensuring timely, high-quality outcomes with measurable impact
• - Partner with Product, Design, and other departments to drive alignment, planning, and prioritization
• - Build and continuously improve engineering processes that drive quality, velocity, and team productivity
• - Foster a data-driven culture by leveraging analytics in both your team and cross-functional collaborations
• - Define, track, and report on team health using industry-standard metrics (DORA metrics, cycle time, defect rates)
• - Champion a healthy codebase through maintainable, well-tested code that aligns with our established standards
• - Drive the technical vision, architecture decisions, and execution strategy in collaboration with the Head of Technology and VP of Engineering
• - Foster a culture of trust, safety, high performance, ownership, and accountability
• - Actively participate in hiring world-class engineers; grow and retain top talent
• - Coach and mentor engineers, enabling them to grow in scope and impact

Required Skills

• - Passionate about TestGorilla''s mission to help one billion people find their dream jobs
• - Exceptional leadership and collaboration abilities, underpinned by strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• - Thrives in a fast-paced, remote-first environment
• - Proven ability to lead senior engineers, cultivate technical leadership, and build high-performing engineering teams aligned with organizational goals
• - Deep technical background in software engineering, with expertise in designing and scaling complex, distributed systems
• - Experience operating in high-growth SaaS environments, ideally with B2B or platform-focused products
• - Hands-on experience in Backend (Python) or Frontend (Angular/TypeScript) are strongly preferred
• - Strong working knowledge of cloud-native architecture; AWS experience is a big plus
• - A track record of solving ambiguous problems, driving change, and leading at scale

Benefits

• - Join a fully remote, mission-driven team from around the world
• - Competitive compensation: €76,000 - €95,650 + Share Appreciation Rights (SARs)
• - Remote & flexible work: Work from almost anywhere
• - Remote work budget: €1,000 per year to help you set up your home office
• - Growth & development: Invest in yourself and your career with a 3.5% L&D budget and clear growth opportunities
• - Stimulating work environment: Tackle new challenges and work with innovative technology in a dynamic setting
• - Connect with your team: Join optional fun virtual socials, AMAs with team members and leadership, and regular fun chats
• - Parent/Caregiver support: Paid 8-16 week parental leave and tailored return-to-work approaches
• - Work-life balance: Unlimited and flexible time off policy