Engineering Manager

Develocity is a first-of-its-kind toolchain observability and acceleration platform that helps software teams adopt and improve DORA capabilities (including continuous delivery) in order to achieve software delivery excellence. It combines build and test acceleration with deep observability for builds and tests with Gradle Build Tool, Apache Maven, sbt, npm, and Python, and applies to both CI and local builds and tests. Ultimately, Develocity provides an operational layer across an organization's toolchains to speed up, troubleshoot, and optimize local developer and remote CI feedback loops.

Our software is used by some of the world's leading software organizations, such as Netflix, Airbnb, SAP, several top ten banks, and many other major customers across all verticals. We regularly collaborate with these and other users to make our products continuously better.

We have partnered with the Apache Software Foundation, the Commonhaus Foundation, the Scala Center, the Micronaut Foundation, and other OSS projects like Spring, Quarkus, Kotlin, JUnit, AndroidX, and many more to bring the values of Develocity also to the OSS Community.

Seek to Understand: Everything starts with listening and understanding, and we strive to understand different viewpoints, problems, and motivations. Before we take action, we ensure we truly grasp the challenges, perspectives, and goals. 

Know the Why: We approach our work with a clear sense of purpose, ensuring every step is deliberate and focused. We take meaningful action with urgency, but never at the expense of thoughtful consideration. 

Innovate & Iterate: We embrace challenges and are not afraid to try new things, even if they might fail. With deep understanding and a clear purpose, we can develop creative and bold solutions to tackle challenges.

Own the Outcome: We are empowered to take initiative and we maintain transparency in our work and its outcomes. When we execute, we take responsibility for our decisions, measure the success of our innovations, and learn from the results.

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager with a demonstrated ability to lead and grow distributed teams composed of strong, experienced engineers who work remotely and are located worldwide. 

Our ideal candidates are passionate about developer productivity and thrive on the satisfaction of helping engineering teams worldwide improve theirs. They are determined to help Gradle stay on the leading edge of Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE).

• Lead and empower multiple teams to achieve business outcomes that significantly impact product user value, including planning and executing long-term strategies
• Identify any risks impacting releases, team performance, and the business and develop strategies to mitigate them
• Contribute technically through deep technical discussions, investigations, reviews, and guidance
• Communicate effectively and timely with other teams, departments, and stakeholders to meet release deadlines and business objectives
• Cultivate a supportive team environment that encourages transparency and collaboration; engage regularly with your teams to facilitate personal and professional development

• 5+ years in a technical leadership role (3+ years in an Engineering Manager role)
• Managing three or more engineering teams in their current role
• Technically proficient
• Experience with a JVM-based product
• Proven track record of successfully leading complex product and team initiatives
• Strong product and business mindset, coupled with a get-things-done attitude
• Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organizational skills
• Experience in leading and growing software teams and engineers
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills

• Expertise in developer tooling, developer experience, or developer productivity
• Experience in managing distributed teams of remotely working engineers
• Experience in working in a high-growth startup

• Work on a widely used product with a clear vision for the future
• Contribute to leading solutions in the new industry of Developer Productivity Engineering
• Close interactions with customers from leading tech organizations
• Close collaboration with experienced and dedicated peers and engineers
• Opportunities for growth in leadership responsibilities
• In-person meetings, such as our annual company offsite and team meetings
• Work from home in a remote-first environment 
• Competitive salaries and equity grants

• Remote, Europe-friendly timezone, with working conditions allowing seamless collaboration with your colleagues through email, chat, and video streaming