Engineering Manager
About the Role
About PeopleGrove
What you'll be doing at PeopleGrove?
Lead cross-functional engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-quality software products. Drive technical excellence, people development, execution, and operational excellence while working closely with Product, QA, Design, and Architecture teams.
Key Responsibilities
· Lead and mentor engineering teams through coaching and career development.
· Own end-to-end delivery of engineering initiatives with predictable, high-quality releases.
· Drive architecture reviews, code quality, testing, CI/CD, and DevOps best practices.
· Collaborate with Product, QA, and stakeholders to prioritize and execute the roadmap.
· Monitor engineering metrics, SLA compliance, production stability, and operational excellence.
· Drive incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
· Promote the use of AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, code quality, testing, and documentation.
· Support hiring, onboarding, and resource planning.
Required Skills
· Strong experience with PHP/Laravel or similar backend frameworks.
· Good understanding of Node.js (preferred).
· Experience with React or Vue.js.
· Strong knowledge of REST APIs, MySQL/PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD, and Agile.
Leadership Competencies
· Technical Leadership
· People Management
· Delivery Management
· Strategic Thinking
· Stakeholder Management
· Continuous Improvement
Key Result Areas (KRAs)
· Deliver roadmap commitments with predictable, high-quality releases while maintaining platform stability and SLA compliance.
· Build and develop high-performing engineering teams through mentoring, resource planning, AI adoption, and continuous process improvement.