Engineering Manager Consultant contract

1. Key Accountabilities

• Delivery Quality Standards & Assessment Defines architecture security and Definition of Ready/Done requirements for the Agile squad; at each milestone assesses overall delivery readiness (whats solid risky or incomplete) to inform the sign-off decision
• Embedded Code & Design Review Reviews code architecture and pull requests; flags quality issues tech debt and design risks early escalating disagreements with a clear recommendation
• Hands-On POC / Spike Work Personally codes de-risking spikes and proofs-of-concept

2. Key Requirements

Technical:

• Strong backend microservices experience ( ) at production scale
• REST API design for service-to-service communication
• Proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes (container orchestration deployment pipelines)
• SQL/NoSQL database design and data modeling
• Advanced proficiency in LLM providers (OpenAI Gemini Anthropic etc.) and RAG patterns
• Ability to critically evaluate system design reads architecture and code not just documentation and pushes back with informed technical counter-arguments

Experience & Track Record:

• 10 years of software engineering experience including 3 years leading engineering teams delivering products to market
• Demonstrated experience leading multiple concurrent Agile engineering teams (e.g. leading 3 squads simultaneously as Tech Lead)
• Experience building multi-agent orchestration frameworks that automate complex multi-step operational workflows reducing manual processing time and increasing productivity

Communication:

• Advanced English proficiency spoken and written
• Comfortable embedding inside the vendor squads own Agile ceremonies (planning refinement demo) as a working peer not an external auditor
• Communicates technical feedback constructively to vendor developers QA and BA building trust and keeping delivery moving