Engineering Manager

3 days ago

Philippines Manila Recruitment Full time

As the Engineering Manager, you will take on a player-coach role, responsible for building and leading a team of 5–6 engineers. You will oversee development, ensure product stability, and foster a strong engineering culture in Manila. This role involves close collaboration with the UK-based VP of Engineering, Agile Delivery Manager, Product, and Design teams.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Team Leadership & Development

  • Recruit, hire, and onboard 5-6 engineers (2 QA, 3-4 Full-Stack) within your first 3 months
  • Conduct face-to-face interviews in Manila, partnering with our VPE and Head of Talent remotely
  • Hold regular 1-1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations
  • Foster technical excellence and continuous learning within your team

Hands-On Technical Contribution

  • Spend 30-40% of your time coding alongside your team once the team is established
  • Conduct thorough code reviews ensuring adherence to the company's standards
  • Provide PHP/Laravel expertise for mentoring and problem-solving
  • Make technical decisions for bug fixes and customer enhancements
  • Use monitoring tools (Sentry, Datadog) to proactively identify and resolve issues

Delivery & Collaboration

  • Own the RUN workstream (80% bug fixes, 20% customer enhancements)
  • Partner with our Agile Delivery Manager to define your team's delivery process
  • Ensure P0/P1/P2 bugs are resolved within SLAs
  • Participate in daily standups with VPE and ADM
  • Maintain 9am-12pm UK time-availability for critical collaboration

Knowledge Transfer & Quality

  • Lead knowledge absorption from UK team during ramp-up period
  • Ensure your team documents learnings and creates runbooks
  • Use our monitoring and alerting using Sentry and Datadog
  • Partner with our Senior Customer Support Engineer on bug investigations
Requirements

Must-have Skills / Qualification:

  • Proven track record as a player-coach in similar sized teams
  • Strong hands-on PHP/Laravel expertise that's current and deep
  • Experience building and scaling offshore/remote teams
  • Background in maintaining systems whilst ensuring stability

Technical Excellence

  • Expert-level PHP/Laravel knowledge for code reviews and mentoring
  • Strong understanding of MySQL, Redis, and caching strategies
  • Experience with AWS services (RDS, EKS preferred)
  • Proficiency with monitoring tools (Sentry, Datadog)
  • Understanding of CI/CD practices and deployment pipelines

Leadership & Communication

  • Demonstrated ability to recruit and build teams from scratch
  • Experience managing mid to senior-level engineers
  • Excellent English communication (written and verbal)
  • Strong async communication skills for distributed team collaboration
  • Cultural sensitivity and ability to bridge working styles
  • Ability to balance hands-on coding with management responsibilities

Advantageous Experience/Skills:

  • Experience in B2B SaaS or cybersecurity domains
  • Familiarity with enterprise integrations (SCIM, SAML, OAuth)
  • Understanding of GDPR and data protection requirements
  • Knowledge of agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
  • Understanding of frontend technologies and frameworks.

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