Engineering Manager (offline)

Mission:
Lead and align engineering team with Preply vision. The manager’s main function is not about executing everything by themselves, but rather setting up a favorable environment that will improve the execution process and make it more efficient over time. Engineers from 1-3 product squads (12 people) will report to this position.

As an Engineer Manager, you will:
• Interview new candidates and schedule 1:1 with existing employees, perform quarter reviews, and salary reviews. We plan to grow from 90 to 180 developers within 2022;
• Together with HR & Product teams, co-lead engineers onboarding to product & growth mindsets;
• Develop, inspire, mentor, and evaluate the engineering team. Ensure dev. culture to be customer-centric;
• Drive business impact. Define, measure, and improve developers goals, ensure OKR completion at least on 80%;
Improve engineering quality and efficiency (e.g. improve workflow, code review, etc.);
• Create a positive team culture (e.g. curious, mutually challenging, collaborative);
• Co-lead development a strong Employer Brand for engineers globally via engineering blog and meetups;
• Collaborate with cross-functional peers and leaders to deliver value for the end-customer.

What we are looking for:
• Exceptional communication skills;
• Business sense, entrepreneurial spirit;
• Experience in building, leading, and scaling development teams;
• Developer’s background;
• Ability to speak two languages: language of business and tech. language;
• Technical proficiency, a strong awareness of current mobile & web technologies, trends, products, tools, and design standards;
• Experience in Product Development in an online marketplace business or fast-growing internet startups with a strong focus on customers and growth is an advantage;
• Knowledge and experience in digital marketing with a focus on SEO, PPC, Social is an advantage.

What we offer:
• An opportunity for personal and professional growth, supported by high functioning teams, stellar investors and the exciting challenges that come with joining a company at the start of its growth trajectory.
• Easy-to-reach location, brand new office in Kooperative.
• An environment free of bureaucracy and corporate constraints; a culture where your opinion is highly valued and appreciated.
• An open, collaborative, dynamic and international culture.
• A monthly allowance for self-development on Preply.com.
• A competitive financial package, with generous leave allowance and health insurance.

About Preply

Preply is a global language learning marketplace, connecting 50,000+ tutors with millions of learners from all over the world. Since the company launched in 2012, students have signed up to more than 15 million lessons.
Backed by some of the world’s leading investors, Preply is on a mission to shape the future of effective learning. Fueled by a belief that live engagement with a teacher is still the most effective way to learn a new skill, Preply is building a personalized learning space that will enable individual learners to reach their goals in the fastest way possible.
Powered by a tenfold increase in revenues over the last three years, Preply is now leading the online language tutoring segment globally and has 400+ employees of over 50 nationalities based across Barcelona, Kyiv and the US. Preply is driven by a culture of experimentation and data-driven learnings, focused on building best-in-class consumer and enterprise solutions.

Company website:
https://preply.com/

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/preply/