Engineering Manager

The role

This is a hands-on technical leadership role to support engineers and delivery. You will lead a team focused on building end-to-end customer workflows or developing AI-powered features and services.

What you will do

• Recruit, onboard, mentor, and grow a diverse team of engineers and contractors.
• Foster a culture of trust, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous learning.
• Promote career development via regular coaching, mentoring, and support.
• Ensure high-quality software development practices across the entire lifecycle.
• Enhance team productivity and efficiency by continuously improving engineering processes.
• Drive application performance, scalability, and sustainability by owning technical initiatives.
• Work with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to prioritize roadmap items.
• Collaborate with UX to build intuitive, modern web applications.
• Support software releases through coordination with DevOps, QA, and support teams.
• Solve complex technical challenges through architecture, design, and process discussions.

Required qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience designing, building, deploying, and debugging scalable, cloud-based web applications.
• Proficient in frontend technologies, API development, and SQL-based databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, including SOLID principles, design patterns, and scalable system design.
• Experience leading engineering teams, with strong mentoring, coaching, and people management skills.
• Proven ability to recruit, retain, and develop diverse, inclusive, and high-performing teams
• Skilled in resolving conflicts, fostering trust, and promoting a culture of collaboration and psychological safety
• Experienced with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and LEAN product development.
• Strong strategic planning, prioritization, and stakeholder collaboration abilities.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and documentation skills.

Nice to have

• Experience managing multiple teams or larger engineering domains.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).
• Experience with modern web technologies (React, Next.js, Ruby on Rails).
• Experience building scalable SaaS systems.
• Experience delivering, fine-tuning, or optimizing LLMs.
• Background in NLP or real-time/streaming data systems.
• Experience improving engineering processes and development workflows.
• Exposure to fintech or legal industry domains.
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Benefits

• Performance bonus opportunities
• Employee referral rewards
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• 13 paid public holidays aligned with the Czech calendar
• Paid sick leave
• Maternity, paternity, and parental leave in line with Czech regulations
• Additional paid paternity leave from 8am
• Full statutory benefits, including public health insurance, social security, pension, and work accident coverage
• Access to Coursera (including Gen AI Academy)
• Ongoing professional development
• Opportunities to travel for company events
• High-quality company swag

About the company

8am builds software that helps professionals run stronger businesses. Their platform powers payments, client experience, and operational workflows for legal, accounting, and other service-based businesses.