Senior Engineering Manager - Property Management Platform

About this role

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Acting as a<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><strong>manager of managers</strong>, this role leads multiple Engineering Managers, shapes the organizational structure, drives hiring and talent development, and establishes clear ownership and accountability across engineering teams.</p> <p><span class="ui-provider bxw bxx bje bxy bxz bya byb byc byd bye byf byg byh byi byj byk byl bym byn byo byp byq byr bys byt byu byv byw byx byy byz bza bzb bzc bzd" style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);"><strong>} } ;&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <h4><strong>{ your_responsibilities: [</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Lead and grow a manager‑of‑managers layer: hire, coach, and develop founding Engineering Managers and create clear career pathways across the Valencia site. &nbsp;</li> <li>Own the engineering operating system: establish and enforce standards for code review, testing, CI/CD, architecture review, observability, and incident handling. &nbsp;</li> <li>Drive multi‑team delivery from discovery through MVP and production hardening, resolving cross‑team dependencies and maintaining release discipline. &nbsp;</li> <li>Build a modular, reusable business‑banking platform that accelerates future use cases and reduces duplicated implementation effort. &nbsp;</li> <li>Ensure service reliability, performance, security, auditability, and operational readiness for customer‑facing mobile and backend systems. &nbsp;</li> <li>Partner with Product, Design, Security, Architecture, and Compliance to align priorities and deliver customer value. &nbsp;</li> <li>Represent Valencia engineering in site‑building, talent planning, and leadership alignment with the Head of Valencia.</li> </ul> <p><strong><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW188870906">]</span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW188870906">&nbsp;} ;</span></strong></p> <p><strong>{ following_qualifications_would_be_in_line_with_our_desired_profile_for_this_position: [</strong></p> <ul> <li class="whitespace-pre-wrap font-sans text-neutral-700 leading-relaxed text-sm">Proven experience as a manager of managers, directly leading and developing multiple Engineering Managers across teams.</li> <li class="whitespace-pre-wrap font-sans text-neutral-700 leading-relaxed text-sm">Demonstrable track record of multi‑team product engineering leadership (not only project/delivery management).</li> <li class="whitespace-pre-wrap font-sans text-neutral-700 leading-relaxed text-sm">Concrete examples of hiring, performance management, and building quality systems (scorecards, calibration, promotion decisions).</li> <li class="whitespace-pre-wrap font-sans text-neutral-700 leading-relaxed text-sm">Credible engineering depth: experience making technical trade‑offs, influencing architecture, and explaining technical decisions to engineers and non‑technical stakeholders.</li> <li class="whitespace-pre-wrap font-sans text-neutral-700 leading-relaxed text-sm">Hands‑on experience with engineering standards and platforms: CI/CD rollout, automated testing, observability, and incident response processes.</li> <li class="whitespace-pre-wrap font-sans text-neutral-700 leading-relaxed text-sm">Experience operating within regulated environments (security, compliance, audit readiness) or equivalent domain experience.</li> <li class="whitespace-pre-wrap font-sans text-neutral-700 leading-relaxed text-sm">Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to create psychological safety and coach managers.</li> <li class="whitespace-pre-wrap font-sans text-neutral-700 leading-relaxed text-sm">Fluent in English; Spanish language skills are a plus.</li> <li class="whitespace-pre-wrap font-sans text-neutral-700 leading-relaxed text-sm">Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP), Kubernetes, and containerised deployments (nice-to-have).</li> <li class="whitespace-pre-wrap font-sans text-neutral-700 leading-relaxed text-sm">Familiarity with CI tooling (GitLab/GitHub Actions, Jenkins), observability stacks (Prometheus/Grafana, tracing), and mobile stacks (Kotlin/Swift or React Native) (nice-to-have).</li> <li class="whitespace-pre-wrap font-sans text-neutral-700 leading-relaxed text-sm"><em>You're passionate about your work, but also know how to enjoy your free time!</em></li> </ul> <h4><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW188870906" lang="DE-DE" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW188870906">]</span><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW188870906">&nbsp;} ;</span></span></h4> <div> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Got the feeling not to match every single requirement? 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