[Hiring] Engineering Manager @Nexaminds

Role Description

Nexaminds is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact team responsible for internal developer platform initiatives and developer productivity across the organization. The ideal candidate combines strong engineering leadership with hands-on technical expertise in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, and AI-assisted development. This is a player-coach role, requiring active contribution to architecture, coding, technical decision-making, and platform delivery while driving team performance, roadmap execution, and developer experience improvements at scale.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, including time working on platform, infrastructure, or technically complex backend systems
• 2+ years of engineering management experience with direct reports and performance management responsibility
• Experience managing distributed or nearshore/offshore engineering teams
• Demonstrated ability to manage teams using agile methodologies, coaching teams and adapting practices rather than just following process
• Genuine technical depth in at least one area relevant to platform or infrastructure engineering, sufficient to engage credibly in architecture and design discussions
• Strong skills in agile delivery, people management, stakeholder communication, and data-driven team health assessment
• Experience with Azure cloud services, CI/CD pipelines, and Azure DevOps or similar project management tooling
• Demonstrated use or active adoption of AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar)

Requirements

• Player-coach profile, comfortable engaging directly with code or architecture alongside the team when needed
• Experience with identity systems, authentication protocols (OAuth, SAML, OIDC), or security-adjacent platform work
• Experience managing QA engineers or teams with embedded QA alongside development
• Background in HCM, HR tech, or enterprise B2B SaaS
• Capacity planning and roadmap shaping experience with product management

Job Duties

• Team Management:
  • Track sprint status, blockers, and performance, and flag risks early.
  • Lead ceremonies actively and address underperformance directly.
  • Report team health and delivery risks with data and business impact.
• Work Management:
  • Partner with the PM on planning and priorities based on real capacity.
  • Remove blockers and manage dependencies with DevOps, QA, and other teams.
  • Own sprint readouts with clear status, root causes, and mitigation plans.
• Individual Management:
  • Run regular 1:1s focused on growth and skill gaps.
  • Manage underperformance with data and a structured process.
  • Hire, onboard, and deliver timely performance reviews.
• Technical & Business Leadership:
  • Engage in architecture and design reviews with real technical depth.
  • Understand your teams' systems well enough to spot technical risk.
  • Drive meaningful adoption of AI-assisted and agentic coding tools.

Benefits

• Stock options 📈
• Remote work options 🏠
• Flexible working hours 🕜
• Benefits above the law
• Access to mentorship and tons of opportunities to learn and level up.