Looking for a challenge? We have just passed 100-Million users world-wide and our challenge now is to improve at the edge and deliver on our SLO’s.
I am looking for an Engineering Manager who can engage with my engineering team of platform and data engineers.
Platform and Data Engineering is responsible to scale our platform of services to remain stable and responsive for our Client applications. As the Engineering Manager and together with your team of engineers, you will be responsible for managing the backlog, creating the strategy and deliverables to guarantee on-time delivery, high quality and availability of our platforms, and the evolution for future needs.
You will support your team with OKRs setting, growth plans & best practices.
As a member of the Engineering Management team you will work closely together with your peers in Madrid and London.
What Makes An Amazing Platform Engineering Manager At Busuu
- Experience in leading engineers, developing talent and hiring
- Experience in cloud computing
- Experience Python, Bash, Perl or any other programming language
- Experience working with data pipelines/ streams
- Experience with event streams like Kafka, kineses
- Experience in Agile methodologies like Kanban and history of creating high performing teams
- Good stakeholder management and communication skills in English, both written and verbal
- Ability to work outside your comfort zone, take a problem and solve it with as much or as little support as you need.
Not ticking all the boxes is not a reason to not apply, you will get as well the opportunity to grow within the needed areas.
Being a part of Busuu - How do things work:
We are acutely aware that we are in unprecedented times and like all companies we need to adapt to this in order to safeguard our Busuu community. In order to do this we are constantly reviewing the government guidelines and adapting accordingly to accommodate the physical and mental wellbeing of our employees. In the current global climate, some of our team events are virtual and some of our benefits have been amended.
At Busuu we want to ensure that you have access to some great benefits:
- We have an amazing office which is available for you to work from if you would like to do so, this is completely optional at the moment in the current environment. If you would like to be in the office we have put in place lots of important social distancing practices to ensure you are safe to meet with your colleagues in person
- The office is well-equipped with free breakfast, plenty of snacks, fresh fruit and free dinner of your choice if you need to stay late
- Social interaction is really important to us so we have lots of remote activities for you to join into such as team events, socials, online weekly quiz, etc
- Their is a personal training budget just for you, so you can learn more in your field, attend virtual conferences and events that you find interesting
- To keep you active and help your mindfulness we offer weekly virtual yoga sessions
- Busuu offers a great private health insurance scheme.
- We like to support our teams with their work life balance so we offer flexible working hours
- We offer enhanced maternity and paternity leave
What happens next
We aim to have a simple and speedy hiring process and we want to make sure that we are right for you as much as the other way around. The hiring process has the following steps:
- CV application review - We will review your CV as quickly as possible and update you on the next steps.
- Let's chat - Quick chat with our recruiter about your experience and the role.
- Video call interviews - Video calls with the tech team and the hiring manager.
Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. We pride ourselves on embracing our differences, whether they're cultural, racial, religious or otherwise. This means each one of us comes to work knowing that we have a voice – and a safe, judgement-free zone to speak freely.
If you like the sound of that, join us. We'd love to hear what you have to say.
