Software Engineering Manager

Bloomreach SK s.r.o.

Place of work
Remote work
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
3 500 - 5 000 EUR/month

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

We are Exponea, part of a Bloomreach company, an internationally renowned e-commerce cloud – a customer‑centric platform, combining advanced data analytics and omni‑channel campaign execution. We help our clients maximize profits and optimize marketing spend by targeting the right customers with the right content at the right time.

We are currently expanding our 60 people team and are looking for a new colleague to join as an Engineering Manager managing part of the team with specific focus on one of the core components of Exponea. Could you be who we’re looking for?

What you might like about this role:
- You will be working with the best in class engineers delivering industry leader product
- Besides your team(s), you will be working together with other software engineering managers, VP of Engineering and CPO
- There is no other company in CEE region working with real-time data on such a scale in SaaS vertical
- We are considered by Google as one of the most advanced users of their technologies and platform and you’ll be building on it
- Moving to the latest technology is in our DNA pushing us to constant improvement, it will be your decision what is the next best upgrade
- You are part of product prioritization with ability to influence future product roadmap

Tasks and responsibilities
- Ensure the team works well – is motivated, coherent and sees purpose in what they do
- Ensure the team delivers on company objectives and reach expectations of internal and external customers of Exponea. This can be achieved by, but not only:
a. Right allocation and management of time of your people
b. Involving right people in decision making process
c. Balancing technical vs. business requirements and needs
d. Managing on-duty services
e. Communicate both into the team and into the organisation
- Execute Performance management and People development in the team.
a. Balancing needs of individual, team (tech, team setup) and company (business)
b. Staffing, hiring, compensation proposals

You will be challenged when you join with projects like:
- Sharing the knowledge of most senior engineers across the team in easily replicable way
- Joining prioritization committee and ensuring the best balance of technical projects aligned with business goals and requirements
- Staffing the team to align capacities with growing needs of the company

Our tech stack & scale:
We deliver experiences at scale:
- More than 2 billion customer profiles updates per day
- More than 15 billion of behavioral events processed monthly
- More than 50 billion data points analysed regularly every day and used to trigger personalized experiences for billions of visitors worldwide

These experiences are build on top of:
- Our own in-memory database IMF built in C++
- Combination of Google stack like Kubernetes, Bigtable, BigQuery, DataFlow etc.
- Databases like MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch
- Development languages Python and GO

Employee perks, benefits

More things you might like about Exponea (Bloomreach):
Culture:
- A great deal of freedom and trust. At Bloomreach we don’t clock in and out, and we have neither corporate rules nor long approval processes. This freedom goes hand in hand with responsibility. We are interested in results from day one.
- At Bloomreach, we believe in flexible working hours to accommodate your working style.
- We organize company events (summits) twice a year to experience the global spirit of the company and get excited about what's ahead.
- We have a friendly atmosphere and motivated colleagues who like what they do.
- The Bloomreach Glassdoor page elaborates on our 4.7/5 rating.
Personal Development:
- We have a People Development Program - using competency maps, participating in weekly personal development workshops on various topics run by experts from inside the company.
- Our managers participate in the leader development program to develop in the areas we consider essential for any leader.
- Bloomreachers utilize the personal education budget on an annual basis to purchase education products (books, courses, etc.)
- There's access to Udemy courses for all employees.
- Our resident communication coach Ivo Večeřa is available for work-related communications challenges.
Well-being:
- The employee assistance program - with counselors - is available for non-work-related challenges.
- Bloomreachers enjoy DisConnect days to unwind and focus on activities away from the screen with our loved ones.
- We facilitate sports, yoga, and meditation opportunities for each other.
- There's extended parental leave available (with regional specifics).
Compensation:
- Bloomreachers get rewarded based on their commitment and capabilities.
- Everyone gets to participate in the company's success through the company performance bonus.
- Bloomreachers get stock options granted depending on their role, seniority, and location.
- We offer an employee referral bonus of up to 3000 USD paid out immediately after the new hire starts.
- Bloomreach provides a monthly lunch entitlement (with regional specifics).
- There's a pension scheme (with regional specifics).
- Employees get a healthcare plan (with regional specifics).
- We celebrate work anniversaries - Bloomversaries!

Information about the selection process

What we expect of the candidate

Must have
- Experience of leading technology teams and projects (ideally B2B).
- Technology background (ideally as a developer)
- Motivation and willingness to get your hands dirty with projects with high level of uncertainty
- Hands on experience with technologies mentioned above, either via managing a team working with them or using them directly.
- Independence, self-organization, ability to navigate ambiguous situations.
- Fluency in English to be able to lead English speaking team.

Nice to have
- Work experience in B2B SaaS in online retail/e-commerce analytics, marketing.
- Work experience in engineering team in retail/commerce companies

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

Secondary with school-leaving examination
University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)

Language skills

English - Advanced (C1)

Number of years of experience

1

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Brief description of the company

Bloomreach is the world’s #1 Commerce Experience Cloud, empowering brands to deliver customer journeys so personalized, they feel like magic. It offers a suite of products that drive true personalization and digital commerce growth, including:

- Discovery, offering AI-driven search and merchandising
- Content, offering a headless CMS
- Engagement, offering a leading CDP and marketing automation solutions

Together, these solutions combine the power of unified customer and product data with the speed and scale of AI-optimization, enabling revenue-driving digital commerce experiences that convert on any channel and every journey. Bloomreach serves over 850 global brands including Albertsons, Bosch, Puma, FC Bayern München, and Marks & Spencer. Bloomreach recently raised $175 million in a Series F funding round, bringing its total valuation to $2.2 billion. The investment was led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management with participation from Bain Capital Ventures and Sixth Street Growth. For more information, visit Bloomreach.com.

Number of employees

500-999 employees
ID: 4043576  Dátum zverejnenia: 9.3.2021  Základná zložka mzdy (brutto): 3 500 EUR/month