Software Engineering Manager, Kaluza

• Have experience in an Engineering Management or related role working with high performing cross functional teams including Software Engineers and Data Scientists
• Are passionate about nurturing engineering talent, encouraging personal development, and also ensuring everyone is aligned with product delivery objectives
• Use your influence and stakeholder management skills to have wide-reaching impact
• Have a passion for technical excellence, you’ll find a strong culture of automated testing, frequent deployments to production, and using agile practices
• Are comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where fast iteration and experimentation are the norm
• Are a patient and tenacious problem solver who is willing to roll up their sleeves to learn and understand a domain or technology despite limited knowledge or experience in it
• Are passionate about decarbonisation and are highly driven to achieve your professional & personal goals

Desirable

• Reporting To: Head of Engineering - Kaluza Flex
• You’ll be working on Kaluza’s Flexibility platform. Designed to be the nervous system connecting energy retailers, grid operators, and consumers, Flex will aid us in creating the distributed, consumer-centric, dynamic energy system of the future
• Bridging the gap between distributed renewable generation and smart devices, it helps consumers shift their energy consumption to times when there's more renewable energy
• You'll be joining the Kaluza Technology community. We’re a large team of both data-led and product focused Software and Production Engineers, pushing the boundaries of technology and working at an extraordinary scale
• As a collective we strive for engineering greatness and by ensuring best practices across the board of the community
• You will look after 2 teams of engineers, up to 10 direct reports. Engineering Managers contribute to both the technical and product vision of their teams, making sure that their products are successful
• You’ll nurture the engineering talent in your teams, encouraging personal development, managing performance and ensuring everyone is aligned with product delivery objectives
• You’re unlikely to be particularly hands-on with the code, but will have enough technical experience to be able to contribute to and guide technical discussions, bringing the big picture context
• You’ll work closely with the product managers of your teams to provide guidance to your teams to ensure the products they’re building are appropriately observable, reliable and scalable
• You’ll find the right channels to remove impediments and unblock your team to help them meet their product delivery objectives
• You’ll work across the whole of Kaluza Flex as part of the engineering leadership team to continuously improve the way we build products