Job Specifications
JobTeaser – Our young grads got talent.
At JobTeaser, we believe the new generation is the future of business, and that young talent has so much to offer to the professional world and society as a whole.
But finding your path as a student? That’s not easy.
And for companies, understanding and recruiting this generation isn’t any simpler.
That’s where we come in.
JobTeaser is the career space of 800+ European schools and universities, seamlessly integrated into their Student Hubs.
For students: a platform and tools to help them find their path, showcase their skills, and land an internship, a work-study program, or their very first job that truly fits them.
For companies: privileged access to the best young talent, even before they officially enter the job market.
For schools & universities: a complete career and recruitment platform to boost students’ employability.
Today, we support over 2 million students and young graduates across Europe.
And you — are you ready to make an impact on the new generation?
As an Engineering Manager, you’ll report to our Head of Engineering. In collaboration with the product manager, you will be responsible for the run and delivery of your squad as well as managing your team.
Your mission will be triple :
Proximity management - You will be accountable for your team members:
You are the N+1 manager of all squad developers (back and front) and manage their career plan.
You regularly monitor the engineers of your team so that they are in perfect condition to carry out their tasks.
You support the skills development of your team and check their progression.
You participate in recruitment with HR.
You see the role of the manager as a facilitator, a coach, who helps team members learn more and progress better.
You will recruit future team members.
Technical Ownership - You will be a direct contributor to your squad work:
You can evolve in an environment including: Ruby, Go, React, Kafka, gRPC, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, AWS, Helm, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc…
You manage to identify problems occurring in production at all levels of the stack (application, SQL, etc.).
You will be involved in improving our development processes, tools and standards.
Delivery - You will be accountable for the delivery and the success of your team :
You are the referent of the squad. You delegate work to your team members to imply them and be more efficient but at the end, you are the one responsible.
You organize/animate technical design meetings with the squad.
You synchronize and collaborate with other teams on cross-functional topics.
You follow up on actions and their progress.
You work together with the product manager of your team to define the vision and validate it technically.
You actively participate in the life of the team and other organization units (technical learning, mentoring, etc.).
You organize the team (process, tools, methodology, project management).
When the group is not aligned on a clear direction on a technical or process topic, you take the initiative and make the call.
What about our Tech Department?
Our stack
A micro services architecture in Go et Ruby
A Ruby on Rails monolith
Postgres, MySQL and Redis
ElasticSearch and Algolia
gRPC
Kafka
React, Next.js, React testing library, TypeScript and Storybook
AWS hosting, Kubernetes, monitored with Grafana/Loki
Continuous deployment with Github & CircleCI
Our organization (the famous “Spotify model” adapted so differently by each company)
60 people (engineers, product people and data teams)
2 product tribes with multiple impact teams in each
1 platform tribe including QA team, 1 developer experience team, 1 devops & SRE team
Each squad with a hands-on Engineering Manager
Staff Engineers report directly to Head of Engineering and working closely with squads
Software craftsmanship: clean code, testing, peer programming, code review, etc.
Qualifications
Qualifications
This job is meant for you if :
You have significant experience (more than 4 years) in backend development and at least 2 as team leader
You have a first significant experience in people management or coaching people
You show for yourself and for your team high level expectations
You are motivated to carry out the project of your squad from start to finish until the arrival in production (“you build it, you run it.”).
You are a good communicator and you are comfortable communicating with non-technical teams and understanding their issues and those of our users.
You are fluent in English.
Your application is welcome even if all the boxes are not checked !
At JobTeaser, get ready to…
Join a mission-driven company with a concrete impact on the new generation.
Share our three core virtues with our people all over Europe: #Committed, #OneTeam, #DrivEn.
Take part in a dynamic internal life, where everyone can contribute (all-hands, local parties, team drinks, team-buildings, etc.).
Grow and develop your care