Engineering Manager

About Arbolus

Arbolus is the next-generation customer diligence platform redefining how private equity investors and consultants access real actionable and differentiated customer insight on SaaS and technology companies.

At the core of our platform is the worlds largest database of attributable B2B customer reviews giving investment and origination teams direct access to unique customer sentiment and a true strategic advantage to run faster more confident diligence on the worlds leading software assets.

Since 2018 weve redefined the traditional expert network model with a tech-driven approach that delivers high-impact insight at the speed of modern dealmaking. Arbolus stands out through its unique database of customer reviews accessible via the Arbolus Customer Review Library Canopy our market-first automated Q&A tool and our unmatched standard of client service because great technology should always be backed by great people.

Headquartered in London Arbolus is a venture-backed scale-up with 170 employees across four global hubs including Barcelona New York New Delhi and San José. Following a $20M Series B we are rapidly expanding our U.S. presence as we execute our mission: to digitize human knowledge and make it instantly accessible and actionable.

About the role

As an Engineering Manager at Arbolus you will lead a product-focused engineering team while staying hands-on and close to the codebase. This role combines people management technical leadership architecture and direct contribution to the code when needed.

You will help the team build scalable reliable backend solutions make good technical decisions and continuously improve how we deliver software. You will work closely with Product Design Frontend and other Engineering Managers using our stack 8 C# PostgreSQL React and Python for Machine Learning.

Key responsibilities you will be in charge of

• Lead support and grow a team of software engineers.

• Stay hands-on by contributing to the codebase when needed reviewing code and helping unblock technical problems.

• Work with Product Design and other Engineering Managers to define priorities and deliver product improvements.

• Improve how the team builds software including code quality testing CI/CD architecture and technical debt.

• Help the team use AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve productivity and quality.

Requirements to succeed in this role

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of professional software engineering experience.

• Experience leading or mentoring engineers including feedback support and career development.

• Comfortable staying close to the codebase: contributing code reviewing pull requests discussing architecture and helping unblock technical problems.

• Strong understanding of software architecture API design testing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

• Experience React SQL databases or PostgreSQL is a plus.

• Curious about AI-assisted development tools and eager to use them to improve productivity quality and delivery.

• Clear communicator who can explain ideas simply listen well and work closely with Product Design and Engineering.

What we offer

• Performance bonus on top of your base salary

• 25 days of paid time off per year all local bank holidays. Arbolus puts heavy emphasis on quality of life and wants to ensure everyone has a fair amount of time to recharge and relax

• Hybrid work schedule (2 from home 3 from office)

• Private health insurance

• Flexible remuneration for meals and transport (Coverflex card)

• Relocation package to help you with your move to Barcelona

• Top-notch equipment to make our work efficient and smooth

• Free coffee tea and snacks to boost our energy during the day

• Monthly office breakfast

• Lunch voucher on Tuesdays and Thursdays

• Regular social activities are managed by our local Social Committees

• Discounts for Kleta Urban sports and various restaurants around the office

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race colour religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy age national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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