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In Planday, our vision is to power the global workforce marketplace by connecting people to relevant and meaningful work, and to help businesses build an engaged, high performing and flexible workforce.

In 2021, we became part of the Xero family, joining forces with one of the biggest cloud-based accounting software platforms globally. Aligned with Xero’s passion for businesses, people, and growth, we are working together to build a strong launchpad for businesses and employees to manage their time and reach their joint potential in life and at work - helping save time and money, to focus on the things that really matter.

We have exciting times ahead. While growing and expanding our markets globally, we are scaling up and looking for a new colleague to join Full time, as an Engineering Manager for our Polish office in Gdańsk.

In this role, you will join an international, highly motivated, cross-functional, and self-driven team that includes developers, designers, and product managers.

We are looking for a leader to join us and help structure, grow and innovate our Gdańsk teams. You will initially be responsible for the engineers in two development teams, but we are growing fast and imagine this could grow to be three teams quickly. Being the most senior leader in our Polish office, you will also be overseeing day-to-day operational issues and coordination with our teams in Copenhagen to make sure the teams operates under the ideal conditions and against the same goals as we have in Copenhagen.

As an Engineering Manager, your success is determined not only by your people management abilities, but also by your technical ability and product mindset. You might not get to code much in this role, but you will work side-by-side with your teams and be responsible for the overall engineering direction and focus. You will function as a gatekeeper, making sure your teams are empowered to work on the right things while ensuring stakeholders are updated and informed about the teams' progress.

• Have a passion for people management and you get a kick out of growing your engineers, seeing them succeed, and helping them innovate
• Can ensure that teams meet Engineering standards and principles, set expectations on timely deliveries, and overall, ensure the code we release is high quality
• Motivate people around you and create a space where they can have fun, ask questions and voice their concerns
• Are transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes
• Have experience working as a line manager in an agile team, and have some years of experience as a developer in a SaaS-based company

• An ability to collaborate within and outside the team, making sure the team, your peers, and stakeholders are kept up to speed on your progress on given projects
• You've interviewed your fair share of Engineers and have an eye for spotting great talent
• You enjoy working with cross-functional teams and other stakeholders to align engineering functions with product direction and goals. You think like a developer in core and optimize for both customer and the business.
• Good working experience with ASP.NET Core and APIs and knowledge of Frontend development - we use React
• Optimization of teams and processes to maximize their efficiency. You're comfortable with technical discussions and stakeholder meetings with the goal to empower and strengthen your teams.
• Knowledge of structured development and build environments (continuous integration, automated testing, etc)
• Excellent communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills

• A background working with API design and documentation principles. Specific experience with Swagger (OpenAPI Specification)
• Experience as a hiring manager for Engineers
• Experience as an Engineering Manager or Head of Development in a SaaS company
• Microservice architecture knowledge

• Competitive salary and benefits, such as pension, parental leave and a generous vacation policy
• Career development and progression opportunities – we want you to grow with us
• Flexible remote work policy
• Strong social culture with lots of team and company activities
• Meaningful work – everyone at Planday contributes to improving the lives of shift workers around the globe
• Scandinavian mindset with a healthy work-life balance and autonomous approach to work. We trust in you and your abilities.
• The opportunity to join Planday in an exciting time of growth and development
• Continual learning through e-learning services, monthly sharing sessions, a structured growth framework, and leadership programs
• Multisport package

Our tech stack is cutting edge and our engineering work is supported by dedicated in-house scrum masters and agile evangelists.

Finally, our offices are not just workplaces (although they are pretty nice and well-located, we have to say!). We strive to create an open and welcoming space where we empower, uplift and connect with each daily. At Planday, everyone has the freedom and support to be their true, authentic selves, allowing us to simply thrive together.