Senior Engineering Manager - Mediawiki Interfaces

Posted 2024-11-21

💎 Seniority level: Manager, Experience leading software engineering teams and managing a backend platform

📍 Location: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, UTC+2, UTC-7

💸 Salary: 147423 - 234074 USD per year

🔍 Industry: Nonprofit, open-source software

🏢 Company: Wikimedia Foundation

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: Experience leading software engineering teams and managing a backend platform

🪄 Skills: Backend DevelopmentLeadershipProject ManagementSoftware DevelopmentPeople ManagementProduct ManagementProject CoordinationCross-functional Team LeadershipCommunication SkillsAnalytical SkillsCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoringWritten communicationCoaching

Requirements:

Experience leading software engineering teams through the software development lifecycle.
Experience managing a backend platform.
Experience building a diverse, multi-national, and remote-first team.
Proven success at all stages of the engineering process and product lifecycle.
Ability to travel internationally up to 2-3 times a year.
Working hours must overlap with UTC+2 to UTC-7 time zones.

Responsibilities:

Coach engineers of varying levels, helping them grow and set personal development goals.
Ensure timely shipping of project deliverables through effective resource management.
Produce a consistent schedule of deliverables and plan for maintenance and migration.
Communicate positively and proactively within and outside of the team.
Triage incoming bugs, incidents, and one-off requests effectively.
Collaborate with technical decision makers to identify long-term investments.
Assess scope and difficulty of tasks and evaluate problem severity and complexity.

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