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Engineering Manager, EMEA (Platform)

Testlio
Location
Remote in EMEA
Posted
13 days ago
Department
620- Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 5+ years managing a team of 4+ engineers in an agile, remote environment
  • Recent experience writing production code and designing or evolving production systems
  • Proven experience designing, versioning, documenting, and deprecating APIs consumed by external users
  • Experience building or running integrations against external APIs at scale
  • Strong affinity with TypeScript and Node.js on AWS, including serverless (Lambda), DynamoDB, and event-driven patterns
Nice to have
  • Practical knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and enterprise SSO
  • Familiarity with Kafka, GraphQL, Python, and React
  • Experience with observability and APM tools (e.g., New Relic, Datadog, Sentry)
  • Knowledge of application security best practices
  • Experience modernizing legacy systems or paying down significant technical debt
What the job really is

As an Engineering Manager at Testlio, you will lead a team responsible for the platform's integrations, public API, and identity/access surfaces. Your role involves hands-on engineering, strategic roadmap development, and ensuring the reliability of third-party integrations. You will collaborate with product management and client engineering teams to enhance the API and streamline support processes.

Benefits
  • Flexible paid time off including national holidays, personal days, and sick days
  • Stock options
  • $300 annual learning stipend for personal and professional development
Things to weigh
  • No salary listed
  • Remote role with specific location restrictions (UK, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Estonia)
  • Hands-on coding expected (20-30% of time)
  • Focus on third-party dependency management and production support may indicate high operational responsibility
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