Zilch
FinTech
EngineeringManagerII
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“Engineering Manager II at Zilch. Skills: Software engineering management, Agile methodologies, Technical leadership. Lead agile teams. Implement features”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver features with impact; Achieve best outcomes; Improve delivery cadence; Improve delivery quality
Industry & Context.
Remove bottlenecks
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years managing software engineering teams, 3+ years coaching teams on agile practices, 2+ years communicating to key stakeholders, Bachelor's degree
Nice to Have
Experience in solutions architecture, Experience in managing projects, Experience in cloud environments, Experience managing DevOps teams, Experience managing Platform teams, Experience managing SRE teams
What You'll Do.
Design technical aspects
Prioritize technical debt
Support Head of Engineering
Interact with stakeholders
Take ownership for delivery
Take ownership for quality
Drive adoption of practices
Organise knowledge transfer
Organise documentation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Agile teams; Key senior business stakeholders
Communication Scope
Key stakeholder communication
Process & Methodology
Agile, Scrum, Kanban
Full Job Description
Who we are: Zilch is a payment tech company on a mission to create the most empowering way to pay for anything, anywhere. Combining the best of debit, credit and savings, we give our customers the option to earn instant cashback or spread the cost of pricier purchases, completely interest free and with no late fees. Pretty great, right? We started in 2018 with a small team and a big dream - to make credit accessible to all. Since then, we've achieved double unicorn status and taken on more than 5 million customers. There are some exciting projects coming up and we’ve got big growth plans. Want to join us? About the role: As our Engineering Manager you'll play a pivotal role as a servant leader, directing, encouraging, and driving the team to excel. Your expertise will guide technical direction, mentor the team, and contribute hands-on. Day to day, you'll lead teams, design technical aspects, prioritise tasks, and support leadership while fostering best engineering practices. In essence, you'll be the catalyst for innovation and success within our engineering department. Day-to-day responsibilities will include: • Leading two agile teams to implement features that deliver significant impact for our customers. • Designing technical aspects and architecture of user stories and plans for delivery to production. • Prioritising technical debt alongside product deliverables to achieve the best outcomes for Zilch. • Supporting the Head of Engineering and CTO and interacting with key senior business stakeholders. • Take ownership for overall delivery cadence and quality for your teams. • Identifying and removing obstacles and bottlenecks from the team. • Drive adoption of best engineering practices to improve delivery. • Mentor and coach team of engineers in agile and lean practice. • Organising effective knowledge transfer, training, and documentation What we’re looking for: • Someone with bags of energy, is happy, passionate and loves helping development teams deliver. • A
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