The Commodity Terminal Crews at Kpler develops software that provides real-time visibility, analytics and insights for the global freight
supply chain. The team’s solutions help maritime professionals optimise operations and make data-driven decisions.
Key Responsibilities:
-Manage and lead 2-3 teams of around 4+ engineers, ensuring that they are motivated and empowered to achieve their goals, and
fostering a culture of continuous feedback.
-With your Product Management partner and Tech Leads set the direction for your teams by collaborating on the product strategy and
setting ambitious, user-focused goals.
-Ensure your team is focused on delivering impact through data-driven decisions
-Lead a culture of continuous improvement within the engineering department, encouraging innovation, staying ahead of industry trends
and technologies, and implementing best practices and process improvements.
-Mentor and develop engineers, fostering a strong engineering culture within the organisation and a high bar for engineering excellence.
-Lead on communication with stakeholders, including executive leadership, creating clear guidance for your team and focus space for
engineers to do their best work.
-Collaborate with the wider engineering organisation to contribute to company-wide best managerial and technical practices and
standards
Ideal requirements:
-At least 5 years of experience as an Engineering Manager
-Strong knowledge of the software technologies and processes commonly used in software development, both in a cloud and serverless environment
-Experience working on scaled, consumer-facing products
-Experience working in a fast paced experimentation led environment
-A product-focused approach, ensuring that your team optimises for maximum impact for both our users and the business
-Experience in implementing and leading a data-driven approach to decision-making, leveraging on observability tools and processes to
drive engineering and business outcome
-Demonstrated success in leading, scaling and developing high-performing engineering teams
-Comfortable operating with ambiguous problem areas with a high degree of autonomy
-Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal), with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships
with senior executives and stakeholders
-A humble and growth-oriented mindset, with a desire to continuously learn
Tech Stack:
-Scala, Node/TypeScript, Python
-Vue/TypeScript
-Postgres, ElasticSearch, Kafka
-API design, Data Pipelines, Distributed Systems Architecture and Hexagonal Architecture
