Engineering Manager

What you will be doing

Be part of the Jumia Engineering Management team and play a key role in Jumia’s technology plan
Be a role model for the Jumia Values
Lead the delivery of key projects with great quality and within timelines
Coach engineers in your team and set their career path
Drive your team on a continuous lookout for improvement
Build reliable systems that scale to Jumia’s ambitions
Interact and communicate effectively with engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders
Partner with the product lead to manage project scope and ensure the technical deliverables are met
Identify headcount needs for the team, plan and recruit to fill these needs
Find a group of humble and smart people ready to make you grow and to grow with you
Change the Internet landscape in Africa and the World through your team

What we are looking for

Experience as an individual contributor or Engineering Manager working with agile methodologies
A track record of leading effective teams (officially or unofficially – this may be your first experience as an Engineering manager)
Experience with estimation of efforts, and leading project delivery within timelines and with good quality, removing blockers when needed
Experience in working with Principal Engineers to define solutions
Comfortable with Agile Metrics and continuously improving the performance of the teams
An eye for recruiting great people
A great sense to manage technical debt and you know investing in quality will make you go faster
The ability to be autonomous and to own your decisions
The ambition to grow the company and within the company
A great technical sense to challenge engineers and product to make the right decisions
Full professional English proficiency

We Offer:

A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African e-commerce sector
The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer term objective is to train the next generation of leaders

Apply via :

boards.eu.greenhouse.io