Engineering Manager
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Engineering Manager leading software teams at Vestd, a sharetech platform for equity management. Combining people leadership, delivery oversight, and hands-on PHP/Laravel engineering.
Responsibilities:
- Line manage software engineers and support their development and progression
- Set clear expectations, provide regular feedback, and handle performance concerns fairly and consistently
- Work with engineering and product leaders to monitor capacity and surface risks early
- Help teams remove blockers and improve delivery predictability without unnecessary bureaucracy
- Develop and improve engineering management practices, including onboarding, succession planning, retention, and ways of working
- Contribute directly to software development for approximately 20% to 40% of the time
- Build production software, internal tools, prototypes, and technical improvements
- Coach engineers and contribute to technical decisions
- Maintain technical standards by staying close to the work
- Support the continued growth and development of Vestd’s engineering organisation
Requirements:
- At least 10 years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Strong track record designing, building, shipping, and maintaining production software
- Recent practical development experience and ability to contribute to a modern codebase
- Proven experience managing software engineers in a growing technology organisation
- Strong technical judgement and credibility to coach engineers and constructively challenge technical decisions
- Experience handling difficult conversations, performance concerns, and career development
- Pragmatic approach to process and bureaucracy
- Familiarity with PHP and Laravel, or a comparable backend framework and willingness to work comfortably in that environment
- Impeccable attention to detail and high degree of accuracy
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable working in a remote-first environment
- Primarily India-based and eligible to work in India
- Suitable, quiet working space with an appropriate desk/table and chair
- Reliable internet connection
Benefits:
- Equity
- Autonomy during the working day
- Flexibility where possible
- Attendance at twice-yearly in-person get-togethers
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), after the qualifying period
- Monthly recognition scheme
- Support with home working equipment
- Personal training and development budget
- Private medical insurance, after the qualifying period
- Team retreats twice a year, potentially including an overnight stay
- Regular team and company socials
- 25 days annual leave plus one extra day per year of service, up to five days
- Hardware and software required to support the role
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