Engineering Manager

Job description

ABOUT US

FUGA provides forward-thinking music distribution, technology, and marketing services to forward-thinking music companies. Working at the heart of the music industry with more than 800 clients, including Hospital Records, Epitaph, and Beggars Group, FUGA is the world’s leading full-service B2B music distributor. FUGA works at the forefront of music distribution technology, connecting its clients with digital service providers like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music while helping them get the most from their music, whether that’s with award-nominated label services, industry-leading revenue accounting, or using FUGA’s suite of best-in-class products.

We are scaling the product & technology organization and are looking for an experienced engineering manager to coach digital supply chain and distribution teams in Amsterdam. You will report directly to the Head of Digital Supply Chain Engineering. As an engineering manager at FUGA, you support the individuals in the team, including technical leads and engineers, and ensure everyone is connected to the goals and efforts of the company.

• Lead and mentor engineers, including technical leads, through regular 1:1s, advice on career growth, and feedback on technical aspects of performance
• Partner with other Heads of Engineering and Chief Architect to strive for technical excellence, and move our tech stack forward
• Facilitate technical discussions on software architecture, code reviews, CI/CD, debt, refactoring, testing, etc.
• Play a key role in hiring, onboarding, and retaining great engineers
• Advocate and advance effective software development practices and help develop and evangelize great engineering processes and organizational practices
• Partner with Product Managers and Head of Delivery to plan and sequence realistic roadmaps for the teams that marry new features, technical improvements, and day-to-day support needs of our products and their underlying components

Requirements

In order for you to thrive in this role, we believe that you:

• Put people and team first, are action-oriented and enjoy continuously working on improvement with your team
• Have at least 3 years of experience managing multiple software engineering teams as a people manager combined with 6 years of experience as a software engineer
• Have a history of building software engineering teams from one to multiple teams
• Promote transparency, facilitate information flow, and align your team with the organization’s goals
• Are passionate about building great products that people love, and you always make technology choices with this end goal in mind
• Solid understanding of modern architecture (modular, event-driven systems) as well familiarity with legacy systems
• Hands-on experience ideally with Java, and/or Ruby and/or Node.js
• Have solid knowledge of cloud infrastructure and technologies

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

• Solving problems in an exciting and creative industry
• An inclusive, collaborative, and friendly environment, that encourages independent thinking and new ideas
• Stable company with an excellent reputation and growth track record
• You will be working in an international environment with the chance for personal and professional development
• Holidays: 25 days per calendar year
• One-Fit (light) subscription (Sport)
• Pension plan at Zwitserleven
• Macbook
• Daily office lunch and Friday beers
• Learning and development budget