Engineering Manager

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RELEX Solutions create cutting-edge optimization software to help retailers and consumer brands drive profitable growth. With growth comes opportunities, and we embrace both. Within our unified platform, 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 enjoys 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 (just imagine, thousands of stores, millions of products, and billions of rows of raw data!).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. From functional programming, machine learning, and interesting algorithms, to building big data pipelines, they’re behind it all. They can work in a flexible way, remote or in-office – after all, they contribute to all our achievements, so we reward them with genuine work-life balance and access to every opportunity.

We are now looking for a full-time Engineering Manager to join our REST API team.

The REST API team is building a mission-critical RELEX REST API, based on Go, as the next-generation integration point between our customers and RELEX applications. Our SLAs are strict, data amounts massive, and we must guarantee data validity and timely delivery.

Our services are hosted in public cloud on top of Kubernetes, but we are delivering data to various downstream applications in hybrid cloud infrastructure via Apache Kafka. To enable fast delivery and repeatability the team is maintaining infrastructure using Terraform principles and automating build and deployment pipelines in GitLab.

What you’ll be doing:

Team Leadership & Management: Accountable for the team’s results and success, ensuring a safe, diverse, and collaborative work environment. Provide line management, support career growth, and take care of recruitment.
Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with the Product Architect, Engineering Director and Product Manager to align on customer needs, backlog refinement, and prioritization. Represent the team within the wider organization and maintain open communication channels.
Team Enablement: Foster effective teamwork by ensuring clear internal communication, addressing dependencies, and facilitating problem-solving. Create realistic and focused plans and break down outcomes and epics into workable tasks together with the team.
Roadmap & Backlog Planning: Drive and maintain the team’s backlog with support from key stakeholders. Make sure that technical improvements are incorporate into the product roadmap.
Dependency Management: Coordinate with other teams to manage dependencies and keep external parties informed of any surprises in the team’s backlog.
Service Management: Together with Service Delivery Manager ensure the maturity of the service, including information security, service description, documentation and release processes.

We are looking for:

Experience (+3 years) in leading and managing engineering teams, and passion for becoming a better leader.
Technical background, for example, over 5 years of software development or similar experience.
Proven problem-solving abilities and a proactive, self-organized approach to work.
Strong drive to support and coach others in self-development.
Love to improve (Agile) practices and strengthen a healthy work culture.
Excellent communication skills to represent the team, capable of motivating and inspiring them, fostering collaboration with cross-functional teams and with various stakeholders.
Fluent communication skills in English.

What we consider as an advantage:

Experience in backlog management and roadmap planning.
Experience of REST API, Kafka, Kubernetes or Azure.
Experience of SAP, MS Dynamics 365 or any other ERP system
Knowledge of DevOps and Infrastructure-as-a-Code.

RELEXians can be found around the world, but here we’re based in Helsinki. We’re passionate about using our technology to improve sustainability and change the world.

Our office provides a great space for you to socialise, exercise and even take time out in our relaxing areas. We make sure our unique approach to flexibility and work-life balance comes across loud and clear; we’re conveniently located, there’s plenty of public transport and you can even bring your pet to the office!

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

Flexible and hybrid working
Extensive physical and wellbeing support
Up to 8 weeks of annual leave per year

We also offer a range of benefits to support you, your family and your life situation. We value your work-life balance and provide flexible hours with RELEX-specific parental leave agreements. As we’re a diverse team of smart, motivated and fun people, we also have an office gym, host sports and culture events, offer a mobile phone package and bike leasing.

We’re on a journey with our pioneering technology and exciting growth, which is why we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We can’t wait to see what challenges you’ll overcome and what problems you’ll solve. Join us and work with the best. Be curious. Be RELEX – apply today.

We will fill this position as soon as we find the right person, so we recommend that you act quickly. Please apply before 5^th May 2025.

If you have any questions about the role, Rebekka from our recruitment team will be happy to answer them (rebekka.gotter(at)relexsolutions.com).

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