[Hiring] Engineering Manager @Netguru

Role Description

As an Engineering Manager at Netguru, you lead a group of engineers and Tech Leads and are the technical backbone of the deals and projects in your area. You are a people leader, a hands-on engineer when it matters, and a regular voice in presales. You ensure technology never blocks delivery or sales, and that our teams use AI-augmented delivery to ship faster without losing quality.

What you will do:

• Engineering quality & crisis support:
  • Jump into projects in trouble, diagnose the issue, and propose a recovery plan.
  • Conduct architecture and code reviews when needed; set review, CI/CD, security, and testing standards.
  • Track engineering health: velocity, rework, lead time, bug rate, test coverage, and morale.
• Capability building:
  • Build the competency roadmap for your domain (e.g., backend, frontend, mobile, DevOps, data/AI).
  • Run communities of practice and experiments with new tools and agentic workflows.
  • Participate in the recruitment of engineers and Tech Leads.
• Presales & estimations:
  • Support opportunities and RFPs: discovery calls, solution options, estimates, risk assessments.
  • Review estimates from your Tech Leads and challenge assumptions, including how AI-assisted delivery changes effort.
  • Decide with sales which opportunities are worth pursuing and say no when the risk is too high.
• People & line management:
  • Be the line manager for 20–30+ engineers and Tech Leads: 1:1s, feedback, growth plans, promotions, salary reviews, and offboarding.
  • Coach Tech Leads and grow the next generation of leaders in your domain.
  • Keep Delivery Managers in the loop on every change that affects their teams (raises, departures, rotations).
• Staffing & bench:
  • Own allocation of your people across projects together with Delivery and Talent teams.
  • Keep the bench low: a clear plan for every person between projects, and active matching to new opportunities.
  • Plan certifications and upskilling (e.g., cloud, AI tooling) ahead of demand.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering, including 2–3+ years leading people and Tech Leads.
• A hands-on background as a full-stack developer: experience in major tech stacks (e.g., TypeScript/Node.js, Python, Java/Kotlin, .NET, React, mobile).
• Line management experience: hiring, performance conversations, growth plans, hard conversations.
• Depth in at least one of: complex enterprise systems or data/AI-heavy systems.
• Experience in presales: estimates, proposals, technical answers to RFPs.
• Ability to audit code, architecture, CI/CD, and quality gates across frontend, backend, mobile, DevOps, and cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Daily use of AI-augmented engineering (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or similar) and a view on how it changes team setup and estimation.
• Clear communication with clients, sales, and delivery in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Fluent Polish and English (B2+).

Requirements

• Background in software house, consulting, or digital delivery (nice to have).
• Experience in regulated domains (finance, healthcare, energy, retail at scale) (nice to have).
• Experience in building communities of practice or leading an engineering transformation (nice to have).

Benefits

• UoP (CoE): Access to the WorkSmile platform offering benefits adapted to your preferences:
• Multisport card,
• Private health insurance package,
• Life insurance,
• And hundreds of other options to choose from 15 categories (shopping, leisure, travel, food, etc.).
• UoP (CoE): PLN 175 monthly lump sum (ryczałt) for remote employees.
• B2B: Discounts on Apple products.
• Various internal initiatives: Team workshops and integration events, webinars, and knowledge sharing sessions.

Company Description

Netguru is a trusted partner in digital commerce, helping leading brands modernize B2B solutions, marketplaces, and retail ecosystems. Since 2008, it has empowered businesses with cutting-edge technology, AI-powered personalization, and world-class engineering and design teams. A certified B Corporation®, Netguru is trusted by major brands including IKEA, VW, OLX, Delivery Hero, Żabka, Wolt, Careem, and Vinted.