Affinidi

EngineeringManager

Berlin, Germany
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Engineering Manager at Affinidi. Skills: Engineering Management, Team Leadership, Product Development, System Architecture, Cloud-Native Environments, TypeScript, Node.js, React. Leading continued enhancement and development of a multi-component platform. Leading the engineering team to develop features and improvements to the Affinidi Elements product”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver features and improvements to the Affinidi Elements product in a secure, well-tested, and performant way; Maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment; Achieve the next level of career and professional growth for engineers

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Analyze and interpret highly complex problems; Convert them into actionable tasks for the team; Guide the team in solving technical problems with large scope and complexity; Diagnose and prevent performance and optimization issues

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Proven track record of leading engineering teams delivering production-quality products in fast-paced, global environments, Leadership skills in setting vision, fostering autonomy, mentoring, and driving collaboration across global, fast-paced environments, Experience leading teams to deliver production-quality products according to industry standards, Excellent technical writing skills, Ability to guide the development and deployment of complex systems into production, Hands-on technical leader with coding skills and a pragmatic approach, Deep experience in diagnosing and preventing performance and optimization issues, Champion clean architecture, CI/CD, testing best practices, and coding standards, Solid background in cloud-native environments (AWS serverless preferred), Microservices, Event-driven architectures, Experience in building developer tools such as CLIs, SDKs, and developer portals, Extensive experience with JavaScript, Extensive experience with TypeScript, Extensive experience with Node.js, Hands-on with REST APIs, Test-Driven Development, Committed to privacy by design, Committed to security, Committed to high-performance systems, Committed to inclusive communication

Nice to Have

Familiarity with other languages like Rust, Dart, or Go

What You'll Do.

Leading continued enhancement and development of a multi-component platform

Leading the engineering team to develop features and improvements to the Affinidi Elements product

Analyzing and interpreting highly complex problems and converting them into actionable tasks for the team

Collaborating with Product Management and other stakeholders (e. g. UX) to maintain a high bar for quality

Collaborating in building the product and technology roadmap with peers

Advocating for improvements to product quality

Guiding the team in solving technical problems with large scope and complexity

Guiding the team in crafting code that meets internal standards for style

Maintaining and advocating for standards through best practices within the team and department

Owning delivery of significantly complex features and improvements

Leading by example and constantly coaching and mentoring engineers

Leading and creating a diverse

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with global peers on teams dedicated to areas of the product portfolio; Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders (e. g. UX); Collaborate in building the product and technology roadmap with peers, product managers, designers, and stakeholders; Collaborate with cross-functional teams and peers on larger projects; Driving collaboration across global, fast-paced environments; Building high performing team culture; Growing team members; Fostering autonomy; Creating a diverse, dynamic, collaborative, transparent culture where everyone's ideas and opinions are equally valued

Communication Scope

Inclusive communication

Process & Methodology

Owning delivery of significantly complex features and improvements, Converting problems into actionable tasks for the team

Full Job Description

About the Company Affinidi is a technology company dedicated to changing data ownership for good. We empower businesses and individuals with control and ownership of their data, with a comprehensive approach to managing their holistic identity – accounting for all aspects of their digital footprint while ensuring privacy and security. Affinidi’s technology enables users to benefit from decentralised digital identity solutions. We believe that everyone has the right to own and control their data, and we are committed to creating a trusted digital credentials ecosystem that empowers businesses and individuals to securely exchange data and services across borders and industries. About the role: We are in search of a self-motivated, solution-oriented and experienced Engineering Manager to join our Affinidi Elements team. In this role, you will work with global peers on teams dedicated to areas of the product portfolio, from the product, design, infrastructure, architecture, and back/front-end engineering teams. You will be responsible for leading continued enhancement and development of a multi-component platform, where your expert skills in designing, architecting, and building quality systems will intersect with your leadership skills of building high performing team culture and growing your team members. Our work culture at Affinidi is shaped by the following tenets: We are unapologetically customer-focused We invest in cultures and teams to enable high performance We embrace experimentation and build fast We have the courage to be misunderstood We work together to unlock data What’s in it for you: Lead the engineering team to develop features and improvements to the Affinidi Elements product in a secure, well-tested, and performant way, primarily using Typescript with NodeJs and React. Analyze and interpret highly complex problems and convert them into actionable tasks for the team. Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders (e. g. UX) to maintain a

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