Engineering Manager, Mindera

• 10+ years in software engineering and delivery, with at least 5 years in leadership, principal, or managerial roles
• Strong expertise in PIM/MDM platforms, with hands-on experience in STIBO STEP essential
• Proven track record migrating enterprise applications to SaaS, ideally within large-scale, complex environments
• Deep technical proficiency in:
• Languages: Java 17+ (Java 21 preferred)
• Frameworks: Micronaut (preferred), Spring Boot
• Testing: JUnit, Mockito
• Build Tools: Gradle
• Data & Messaging: Kafka, MongoDB
• APIs: GraphQL Federation, REST
• Infrastructure & Observability: Terraform, OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace
• Exceptional communication skills — able to distill and present engineering decisions to executives and business teams
• Experienced in managing relationships with third-party vendors and platform providers
• Demonstrated ability to lead distributed engineering teams, drive product delivery, and provide strong technical mentorship
• Passionate about engineering excellence and cultivating a culture of innovation

Desirable

• We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to oversee the technical migration of a Product Information Management (PIM) system — namely STIBO STEP — from an on-premise setup to a SaaS solution
• This role requires close collaboration with internal product and engineering teams, as well as with external partners
• Lead the end-to-end design and execution of migrating STIBO STEP from on-premise to SaaS, ensuring data integrity, robust governance, and minimal business disruption
• Develop integration patterns tailored to STIBO’s SaaS architecture, working closely with their third-party implementation and support teams
• Shape the technical landscape with a modern microservices and event-driven architecture approach
• Drive the adoption of best practices, shared platforms, and sustainable methodologies to deliver high-quality software
• Translate complex technical details into clear, business-friendly insights for non-technical stakeholders, senior leaders, and product owners
• Serve as the key liaison between internal product and engineering teams and STIBO’s vendor ecosystem — aligning on interfaces, customisation, and roadmap integration
• Communicate risks, trade-offs, and delivery timelines transparently and proactively
• Manage engineering teams through the full product lifecycle, from discovery and design to implementation, testing, and rollout — ensuring operational stability of delivered solutions
• Provide hands-on technical guidance, support team planning, and facilitate delivery ceremonies
• Champion engineering best practices across development, testing, observability, and operational support. Raise the team’s maturity and drive progress towards or maintain Elite DORA standards
• Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing software engineering team. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, while overseeing budgets, resources, and workload distribution
• Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera
• We partner with our clients, to understand their product and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact on their users and businesses across the world
• You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together