Node.js Engineering Manager

Job Requirements

Main Responsibilities:

• Be part of the Jumia Engineering Management team and play akey role in Jumia’s technology plan
• Be arole model for the Jumia Values
• Coach engineers in your team and set their career path
• Drive your team on acontinuous 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 agroup 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

You have:

• 5+ years experience as an individual Software Engineer contributor working with Node.js technologies and agile methodologies
• A track record of leading effective teams (officially or unofficially - this may be your first experience as engineering manager)
• 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
• Experience in NodeJS, k8s and in customer facing applications is a strong plus
• A great technical sense to challenge engineers and product to make the right decisions
• Full professional English proficiency