Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SwingDev—a hippo company is the Polish branch of a fast-growing InsurTech product company - Hippo Insurance. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to take ownership of their current technical team and lead the build-out of a second team in Poland, focusing on scaling and delivering high-quality software solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor and grow a team of engineers (4 engineers, mostly senior), and lead the recruitment and build-out of a second team. Manage one of Hippo's top strategic engineering spaces - Hippo Plus - end‑to‑end, from technical direction to delivery
- Introduce structure, processes, and good engineering practices
- Collaborate with talented Product Managers to manage the team’s project roadmap, clarifying requirements, and ensuring a balance of technical excellence, agility, and user benefit
- Partner closely with business stakeholders to translate business needs into engineering priorities
- Balance new feature development with the operational needs of a fast-scaling, still-validating product
- Show strong technical leadership with a data‑driven mindset, focusing on excellent execution and high‑quality software, and ensuring the team delivers real business value - not just features
- Coordinate with teams in our global locations across the US, Brazil and Poland
Skills
- Have a strong software engineering background - you don't need to code daily, but you need to understand what's happening under the hood well enough to mentor and push back when needed
- Have led a technical team before, ideally during a product's scaling stage
- Have experience working with and leading distributed, remote teams across time zones
- Appreciate Product as a true partner and co-owner of software products
- Maintain a relentless focus on end-users, creating customer-centric solutions
- Have a proven ability to build teams, develop individuals, and influence cross-functional teams and senior management
- Are comfortable with ambiguity - this is a new venture, still figuring things out, and priorities can shift
- Are product-minded and enjoy being close to the business side, not just the codebase
- Have a high level of technical proficiency with some of Hippo's tech stack, including JavaScript/Node.js and React
- Have a great command of English (both written & spoken) and Polish at least on a communicative level
- Are available in the afternoons - we prioritize everyone's personal time and work-life fit, but since we work in multinational teams, evening meetings may be necessary to ensure smooth communication across time zones
- Experience in a startup-like environment
- Experience building a team from scratch
- Experience working in a SOC2-compliant environment
Benefits
- Form of employment of your choosing
- Remote work & flexible working hours
- Non-service days
- Private medical care with dentists & orthodontists package for you and your family
- Group life insurance
- Psychotherapists support — free online sessions with psychologists and psychotherapists.
- Home physiotherapy
- Multisport card & meditation apps reimbursed 50%
- Gear with Apple Logo and a nice Dell monitor
- 50% reimbursement for courses, conferences, books & certificates
- Free access to private language lessons
- 6 Personal Development Days & 4 Voluntary Days Off
- Cafeteria platform - extra “stówka”every month to spend on whatever you want to
- Nanny services for parents
- Concierge services - a personal assistant to help you to deal with your everyday matters
- Chill room with table football & PlayStation 5
- Free snacks, and ice cream in the office (every day, all year round!)
- Free Friday Lunch in the office
- Team building events - we party together several times a year during the annual Offsite & Christmas Parties, beer after work, or our #WinterEscapeMonth workation in Cyprus
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