Software Engineering Manager

Software Engineering Manager

Poland

Full Time

We’re looking for an experienced and business‑mindful Engineering Manager to lead high‑performing software engineering teams and shape the future of Appfire’s product ecosystem. In this role, you will drive both technical excellence and measurable business impact across products within our Acceleration and Core streams. Your team may contribute to industry‑leading solutions such as Big Picture Enterprise – Strategic Management for Jira, 7pace Time tracker for Jira, Advanced Tables for Confluence, Jira Misc Workflow Extensions (JMWE), and other products trusted by thousands of customers worldwide.

We’re looking for a leader who:

• Has a proven ability to align engineering strategy with tangible business outcomes, including revenue growth, customer retention, operational efficiency, and cost optimisation,
• Demonstrates strong technical judgement and can confidently navigate and communicate pragmatic trade‑offs such as speed versus stability, build versus buy, or consistency versus availability,
• Is passionate about influencing across disciplines – partnering effectively with Product, Design, Marketing, Finance, and other stakeholders to deliver impactful outcomes,
• Brings a calm, thoughtful, and principled approach to risk management, production incidents, and complex decision‑making,
• Excels at building inclusive, high‑trust, and collaborative engineering cultures where teams can thrive and grow.

As an Engineering Manager at Appfire, you will play a key role in defining both the short‑ and long‑term direction of our products and engineering organisation. You’ll be responsible for leading a team of exceptional engineers, guiding technical strategy and architectural decisions, prioritising work that maximises customer and business value, and supporting the career growth and development of your team members.

Beyond day‑to‑day delivery, you will champion continuous improvement across engineering processes, technical health, scalability, and team effectiveness – ensuring your teams remain innovative, resilient, and customer‑focused as we continue to grow globally.

Your everyday tasks will include:

• Strategic & Business Alignment:
  • Lead the team in delivering customer value.
  • Articulate a long‑term technical vision for the product.
  • Collaborate with Product Management and Design to shape the future of the product.
• Technical & Architectural Leadership:
  • Apply technical literacy and judgement to guide the team on system complexity, scalability and reliability.
  • Instil habits and practices to manage security, privacy, performance, and cost.
  • Drive improvements in observability, incident prevention, and response processes.
• Delivery & Operational Excellence:
  • Improve delivery predictability, remove friction points from the development process.
  • Use operational data to influence future prioritisation and drive effective corrective actions.
• Leadership & Team Development:
  • Serve as a leader and coach responsible for the development, mentoring, and performance of team members.
  • Foster open collaboration and establish/strengthen scalable team processes.
  • Practice principled decision‑making, encouraging healthy debate and building trust.

Skills and experience you’ll need to succeed:

• 7+ years of experience in software development, including 3+ years in a management or technical leadership role (e.g., Team Lead, Engineering Manager).
• Product‑oriented mindset, proven ability to connect engineering work to measurable business outcomes (e.g., examples of increased feature adoption, improved retention or reduced operating cost).
• Strong technical literacy with an up‑to‑date knowledge of modern cloud architectures (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and high‑volume, scalable application development.
• Experience implementing or guiding teams on high availability and core observability concepts (SLOs, MTTD/MTTR).
• A track record of improving delivery predictability or reducing friction using concrete, structured actions.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to create well‑organised, concise narratives suitable for both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience with cross‑functional influence…