Engineering Manager

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At Gomibo, our engineering teams build and improve the systems and products behind our platforms. As an Engineering Manager, you lead one or more engineering teams and take responsibility for their performance and results. You create an environment where engineers to do their best work, with clear goals, room for ownership and a strong focus on personal development.

You’ll play a vital role in improving how your teams work, helping set their direction and making an impact on both the people and the technology behind Gomibo.

Nederlands | English

You translate business goals into concrete roadmaps and team objectives, set priorities together with your colleagues and monitor progress. You'll work closely with our Product Managers and other colleagues to make this happen. Is a team or colleague stuck? Then you help remove obstacles. This could mean making decisions, helping colleagues and teams get aligned, or getting involved in the technical work when the situation calls for it.

People management is an important part of your role. You regularly have 1-on-1s, set personal development goals together and make expectations at each level clear. You lead performance reviews and promotion processes, give feedback and aren't afraid to have difficult conversations. You combine a supportive and people-focused approach with clarity and decisiveness.

Your responsibilities include:

• Translating business goals into concrete roadmaps, priorities and team objectives;

• Actively managing progress, quality and results across your team(s);

• Contributing your technical expertise to discussions about technical challenges, code quality and engineering decisions;

• Supporting engineers in their development and progression to the next level;

• Conducting performance reviews, recognising strong performance and addressing underperformance;

• Building an open culture where feedback and ownership are part of everyday work;

• Improving processes and ways of working together with your team.

For technical strategy and architecture, you work closely with our Staff Engineers and Architects. You bring enough technical experience to contribute to technical discussions and decisions, and to support your team when needed.

Are you joining our team? Then we’ll not only make sure you have a great job, but also attractive employment benefits. Take a look at our full employment conditions here.

In addition to a good salary, a favorable pension scheme, and 25 vacation days per year (option to buy 5 more), you can also count on:

You have extensive experience as a senior software engineer, preferably in a complex technical environment. This allows you to contribute to technical discussions, evaluate engineering decisions and act as a credible technical sparring partner for your team.

You also have experience in leading or providing technical leadership to a software engineering team. You have a genuine interest in people's development and enjoy supporting colleagues and helping them grow.

We are looking for someone who:

• Takes ownership, shows initiative and proactively helps solve problems;

• Can distinguish what matters most, set clear priorities and make decisions when needed;

• Is strong at stakeholder management and can bring together different interests and perspectives;

• Understands technical challenges well enough to be a strong sparring partner for engineers and Product Managers;

• Communicates effectively, sets clear expectations and agreements, and can persuade and inspire others;

• Gives open and constructive feedback and is comfortable having difficult conversations;

• Is fluent in Dutch and English, both spoken and written;

• Experience with performance management, development conversations or other HR processes is a plus.

If you have any questions about this vacancy, you can always contact our Talent & Recruitment Specialists. They can be reached between 9:00 and 17:30 on working days at telephone number . You can also send an email to via de button "Solliciteer nu" op deze pagina..

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