Senior Engineering Manager

Ulula, is a social enterprise that aims to improve working conditions in mining, manufacturing and agribusiness by sourcing and processing accurate and timely insights directly from workers and communities around the world. Ulula software and analytics platform connects directly and anonymously with our target stakeholders to obtain honest feedback and create more transparent and responsible supply chains. We have projects across the globe including India, China, Malaysia, Peru, South Africa with clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to NGOs and government departments.

Ulula is a subsidiary of EcoVadis, the leading provider of business sustainability ratings.

Job Description

We are searching for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead Ulula’s growing team of engineers and co-create a vision for how our organization applies technology to meet our mission. In this role, you will grow and maintain the tech stack and infrastructure for our growing purpose-driven organization while leading the integration of Ulula’s product with the broader EcoVadis suite of tools. You will support our burgeoning global engineering team as a leader who can offer practical solutions and hands-on guidance, as well as strategic vision and direction at this important time of Ulula’s advancement. 

The successful candidate will report to the Managing Director - Ulula and carry out the following responsibilities:

• Oversee the Ulula engineering operations, infrastructure, R&D and QA streams and set strategy and activities for the department
• Represent Ulula and liaise with the EcoVadis Engineering and IT teams to ensure a successful integration plan
• Own Ulula site security, stability and performance metrics (communicating regularly to key stakeholders); ensure site infrastructure is optimized for maximum reach and accessibility on third-party platforms 
• Leverage user feedback, knowledge of industry trends and platform analytics to identify, prioritize and assign system enhancements and bug fixes 
• Represent the technical team in strategic decisions and prioritization at the management level of the company
• Provide input and ideas for new strategic developments and growth opportunities
• Ensure effective timeline management and team SOP iteration, monitoring and implementation for successful development and delivery
• Evaluate technical requests from programs, configuration, product and business development teams. Communicate constraints, tradeoffs and priorities
• Own and expand on our code standards, code review and quality assurance processes to increase efficiency and minimize technical debt 
• Grow a team of engineers and lead them in feature development and debugging best practices
• Partner with the product team to expand the technical capacity of our storytelling, providing development support for interactive dashboard, reports and other reporting features 
• Manage technology budget and contractor resources (including fractional IT support services)
• Own relationships with software and hardware technology vendors
• Train staff in security protocols and best practices
• Participating in culture building, inclusive decision making and bringing ideas to different parts of our work to help us improve as an organization, such as by helping onboard new team members or participating in our hiring process.
• Participating in team, organizational and individual relationship building, and professional development throughout the year.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience owning site infrastructure and leading technology teams 
• Expert knowledge of our code stack, including PHP, Laravel, MySQL, JavaScript, Linux, Wordpress, Github, MailChimp, Cloudflare, or comparable technologies 
• A track record of leading improvements to site speed, product lead time, issue cycle time and accessibility. 
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with a wide range of teams, from account managers to clients to events to product to business development

Additional Information

Everyone at EcoVadis contributes to a culture of trust, respect and empowerment. Our growing team in Poland is full of talented professionals from various sectors who all share a desire to make an impact. We offer competitive salaries and support personal growth from day one with extensive onboarding, mentoring and a brand new e-learning platform bursting with courses and modules so you can learn new skills and fine-tune old ones.

Benefits:

• Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment

• Optional (fully covered or co-financed) health care and life insurance

• Multisport card and wellness allowance

• Multicafeteria

• Lunch card

• Annual performance bonus

• Flexible working hours

• Hybrid working (4 days in office per month)

• Remote work from abroad policy

• Internet and Electricity bill allowance

• CSR activities

• Modern, pet-friendly office in the city center (next to Rondo ONZ)

• Community service day when volunteering

Our hiring team looks forward to reviewing your CV, in English, with a guaranteed response to every application. A new job with purpose awaits you!

Don’t fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate? Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring capable people, regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, including the provision of interview questions, please let the hiring team know.

Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity, inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique. In your application, we encourage you to remove personal information such as: photographs, marital status, number of children, religion, gender, residential postal code, university graduation date, past medical or parental leave(s) taken, nationality (instead, please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region/country), university name (instead, please state any degrees obtained and the study major)

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