Engineering Manager - multiple locations

RELEX Solutions; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 60 000 - 100 000; Full time

Job description

Engineering Manager – multiple locations

Location: Helsinki, Finland, Lisbon, Portugal or Stockholm, Sweden

Employment Type: Full-Time

Are you an experienced leader passionate about empowering teams to build innovative solutions? Join us at RELEX as an Engineering Manager, where you’ll guide high-performing teams in developing mission-critical systems and cutting-edge tools.

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll take ownership of team success, deliver impactful technology solutions, and foster a collaborative and inclusive work culture. You’ll collaborate with product and engineering leadership to ensure alignment, scalability, and quality in our solutions.

What you’ll be doing

• Strong delegation and leadership skills, with the ability to foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
• Provide line management, ensuring team engagement, career growth, and performance.
• Work with Product Managers, Architects, and Engineering Directors to align priorities and refine backlogs.
• Ability to quickly grasp business domains and understand customers.
• Drive backlog management and roadmap planning, balancing technical improvements with business priorities.
• Translate epics into actionable tasks and create realistic delivery plans.
• Ensure maintainability, security, and operational excellence in your team’s solutions.
• Promote Agile practices and encourage continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with other teams to manage dependencies and resolve blockers, even remote teams.
• Keep stakeholders informed of any shifts in priorities or deliverables.

What you’ll bring to the table

• Leadership Skills: Proven experience managing engineering teams, fostering collaboration, and achieving results.
• Problem-Solving: Proactive and organized, with a passion for coaching teams to overcome challenges.
• Collaboration: Strong communication skills to inspire and represent your team effectively.
• Adaptability: Ability to quickly grasp business domains and customer needs.
• Documentation: Ensure that both customer-facing and technical documentation are up-to-date.
• Technical Excellence: Work with Technical Architects and tech principals to adopt best practices and explore new tools. Ensure the maintainability, operability, security, and profitability of the team’s solutions.

What we consider an advantage

• Solid technical background and understanding in software development or related fields.
• Experience with modern software practices and tools.
• Exposure to cloud platforms and related technologies is a plus.
• Knowledge of supply chain planning or specific expertise in retail or manufacturing sectors.

About RELEX

RELEX Solutions create cutting-edge optimisation software to help retailers and consumer brands drive profitable growth. With growth comes opportunities, and we embrace both. Our teams are driving change, working with international colleagues and the latest tech stack to develop solutions that transform into a pioneering end product; it’s tangible and impactful – for our customers and the world.

Our technology team

Our Technology team enjoy a challenge. They’re hungry to learn, and don’t hesitate to ask what, why, and how. They get to work with our unique, in-house database engine to create high-quality scalable code. Their expertise positively impacts the environment and business processes around the world; alongside international colleagues, they drive change and develop solutions that become our pioneering end product.

RELEX Sweden

Across RELEX, our people are supported and rewarded. In Sweden, we go even further. As well as:

• Competitive compensation aligned with Nordic countries’ salary levels.
• Benefits including pension, wellness allowance, health insurance, and more.
• Flexible remote work setup.
• Modern office in central Stockholm.

Are you the one we’re looking for? Apply today and become a part of our RELEX family!

You can apply by sending your cover letter and resume through the application form as soon as possible. Please note that we will fill this position as soon as we’ve found the right person, so we recommend that you act quickly. Kindly note that we cannot process any applications through email.