Manager, Engineering

Job Description

Important things for you:

• Contract of employment, tax-deductible cost
• Additionally, depending on your annual assessment and the company's results:
• Annual bonus up to 20% of the annual salary gross
• Long-term discretionary incentive plan based on Allegro.eu shares
• A hybrid work model requires 3 days a week in the Warsaw / Poznań office 

About the job

Allegro’s development teams boast more than 1700 IT experts with various areas of specialisation, who work together to develop our service. Due to the unique scale and complexity of the problems that we solve each day, we have the opportunity to develop by taking up a wide variety of projects. At Allegro, we create mobile applications, build tools that facilitate posting, presenting and searching for listings, we develop components related to the purchasing process, payments, the billing process and fees as well as dispatching and tracking of parcels. We design content and advertisement management tools and, for the purpose of analytics, we create and maintain data structures to support business teams with information.

We are looking for people who:

• Are experts in software development and architecture
• Are able and willing to take care of the team, have excellent communication skills and value the approach of 'servant leadership'
• Have ability to manage and built relationship in a team are not afraid of taking tough decisions
• Are able to listen, motivate, providing constructive feedback and choose adequate development efforts for their team
• Have experience in leading teams working in agile methodologies
• Are able to work closely with business, are able to combine technical and business issues
• Have a strong programming foundation: You're proficient in Java and/or Kotlin and you can apply your coding skills to develop custom solutions, automate tasks, and integrate with existing systems.
• Have database skills: You're comfortable working with various databases like Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis, and you can use this knowledge to monitor database performance and health.
• Have basic Ops skills: You have basic skills in Puppet and writing scripts (bash, Python, Go) and can apply it in practice to automate hosts management and monitoring.
• Value engineering best practices: You advocate for clean code, code review, TDD, and CI/CD to ensure the quality and maintainability.
• Thrive in a collaborative environment: You're a team player with strong communication skills and a positive attitude. You're eager to share your knowledge and learn from others. You are comfortable collaborating closely with other teams and exploring new technologies.

Additionally, we offer:

• Thrive in Our Workspace: Enjoy well-located offices with amenities like fully equipped kitchens, secure bike parking, ergonomic workstations (height-adjustable desks), and interactive meeting spaces designed for collaboration.
• Choose Your Benefits: Customize your compensation with a cafeteria plan offering diverse options like medical coverage, sports/wellness packages, lunch subsidies, insurance, and purchase vouchers.
• Annual bonus up to 20% of the annual salary gross (depending on your annual assessment and the company's results)
• Sharpen Your Skills: Enhance your professional development with company-sponsored English classes tailored to your role and access to a generous training budget. Grow through our internal educational platform, MindUp, offering courses on everything from work organization and communication to cutting-edge technologies.
• Work with the Best Tools: Receive a top-of-the-line MacBook Pro or Dell laptop with ample RAM and storage and all the tech essentials you need to excel.
• Collaborate with Experts: Join a team of top-tier specialists and experts in their respective fields, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and growth.
• Own Your Work: Enjoy a high degree of autonomy in organizing your team's work. We encourage experimentation, continuous learning, and taking initiative.
• Engage and Connect: Participate in company hackathons, team-building events, and "Team Tourism" trips to strengthen connections and spark innovation.
• If you want to learn more,  check it out

Why is it worth working with us?

• Drive the development of Development Environments: You’ll have the opportunity to work on a unique product with high complexity, scale and impact on Allegro development teams.
• Make a Real-World Impact: Your work will directly impact the reliability and performance of Allegro, ensuring a seamless shopping experience for millions of users. You'll be a guardian of uptime, ensuring that Allegro's systems run smoothly 24/7.
• Grow and Learn in a Supportive Environment: You'll be part of a highly skilled and collaborative team that values knowledge sharing and continuous learning. You'll have access to training resources, mentorship, and opportunities to develop your skills in a variety of areas, from programming and infrastructure to cloud technologies and DevOps practices.
• Solve Unique Challenges at Scale: Allegro's complex and dynamic infrastructure presents unique monitoring challenges. You'll have the opportunity to tackle these challenges head-on, developing creative solutions that can be applied at scale. You'll also gain valuable experience working with a wide range of technologies and systems.
• You will have the opportunity to work in a team of experienced engineers and specialists who are happy to share their knowledge (at internal events and publicly at Allegro Tech)
• We promote Open Source. We develop some of our projects on Allegro Tech · GitHub
• As a team, we take responsibility for all aspects of the development and maintenance of our systems and for their adoption within the organization
• Once a year you can take advantage of the option to go on a Team Tourism

This may also be of interest to you:

Allegro Tech Podcast → https://podcast.allegro.tech/

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