• Engineering Manager
• AI-Driven SaaS Company
• Drive Technical Excellence

Are you an experienced Engineering Manager looking to lead a high-performing development team in an AI-driven SaaS environment? Our client is seeking a hands-on leader who can drive technical excellence, mentor a talented engineering team, and contribute to the strategic growth of an innovative product.

About the Role
As an Engineering Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the development process, ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This is a great opportunity to work with a modern tech stack and lead a team that is building a scalable, high-performing product. This is a hands-on role, meaning you will actively contribute to coding while managing and guiding the engineering team.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Oversee the development of scalable backend services using Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL, while ensuring high performance, security, and reliability.
• Hands-On Development: Actively contribute to the codebase, writing clean, testable code and solving complex technical challenges.
• Code Quality & Review: Champion best practices in coding standards, implement testing strategies (Cypress, Chromatic), and conduct thorough code reviews.
• Development Planning: Manage development milestones, task allocation, and sprint planning using JIRA to ensure timely delivery.
• Team Mentorship & Growth: Coach and mentor developers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance engineering culture.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to refine workflows and align technical deliverables with business goals.
• Frontend Development Support: Collaborate on building intuitive, user-friendly interfaces with React, JavaScript, and TypeScript, seamlessly integrating backend logic.
• Data & System Optimisation: Design and maintain data pipelines and storage systems for efficiency, integrity, and seamless integration with front-end components.

Experience requirements:

• Proven experience in software engineering leadership, managing teams in an agile environment.
• Strong proficiency in backend development with Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL.
• Hands-on experience with RESTful API design and integration.
• Solid understanding of frontend technologies, including React, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Experience with testing frameworks such as Cypress and Chromatic.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments (GCP preferred).
• Strong communication skills and the ability to lead and inspire a team.

If you have the right experience and are ready for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you. You must be in New Zealand and have the right to work.

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