Engineering Manager

Job description

# **Engineering Manager** - ### **Lead high-impact product evolution for thousands of daily users** - ### **Mentor Tech Leads and build a high-trust, people-first culture** - ### **Drive Strategic Delivery to ship high-value software** ### **Make a Genuine Impact Where People & Engineering Excellence Meet** Are you an experienced engineering leader who loves the sweet spot between **sharp technical execution, modern product delivery, and growing great people**? We are looking for an **Engineering Manager** to step into a high-visibility leadership role at Pushpay. Sitting front and centre of a major product modernisation initiative, you will lead high-performing squads, collaborate with Product and Tech Leads, and directly shape how thousands of customers experience our platform. If you are "not on your first rodeo" as a leader, thrive on solving good, complex engineering problems, and know how to foster an environment where engineers flourish—this is your next career move! ### **Why You’ll Love This Role** - **Front-and-Centre Modernisation:** Lead the charge on evolving a core line of products. You’ll tackle engaging technical challenges, reduce tech debt, and make a tangible difference to our end users. - **People-First Culture:** We believe that great products are built by empowered teams. You’ll focus on strengthening team capability, mentoring Tech Leads, and creating a psychologically safe, highly collaborative environment. - **Execution & Autonomy:** Work alongside smart, driven peers across Product, Design, and Engineering. You’ll have the space to delegate, streamline practices, and keep teams focused on high-value outcomes. - **Forward-Thinking Tooling:** We encourage continuous improvement—including exploring AI tools and modern practices that uplift developer velocity and effectiveness. ### **What You’ll Be Doing** - **Lead & Mentor:** Provide performance coaching and career development for (initially) 4 - 8 engineers across 1–3 squads. - **Drive Execution & Delivery:** Work closely with Tech Leads and Product Managers to translate product strategy into seamless execution. - **Be the Tech Conversant Leader:** While you don't need to be writing code, you have enough technical depth to engage in architecture discussions, ask probing questions, challenge estimates, and call out roadblocks. - **Translate Tech to Business:** Act as a bridge between engineering complexity and product/business goals—communicating trade-offs and impact with ease. - **Uplift Engineering Culture:** Promote modern software practices (AWS, CI/CD, AI-assisted tooling) and act as an enabler for your teams by clearing friction and bottlenecks. ### **What You’ll Bring to the Team** We value diverse perspectives, authentic leadership, and practical problem-solving. You’ll be a great fit if you have: - **Proven Engineering Leadership Experience:** You’ve successfully managed software engineering teams in a modern SaaS or cloud product environment. - **Delivery & Continuous Improvement Mindset:** A track record of shipping high-quality features, modernising legacy systems, and refining ways of working. - **Technical Conversance:** Strong familiarity with cloud-native architectures (AWS, microservices, modern web/mobile stacks) so you can hold meaningful discussions.. - **Cross-Functional Collaboration:** Strong empathy and communication skills to partner seamlessly with Product, UX, and Delivery leads. - **People Impact Focus:** Genuine passion for coaching, mentoring, and helping engineers understand the *‘why’* behind what they build. ### **Why Join Us?** At Pushpay, we build software that connects and empowers communities across the globe. You’ll join a vibrant, inclusive Auckland engineering culture that celebrates innovation, values work-life balance, and gives you the autonomy to do your best work! ### **Ready to Make Your Mark?** If you're excited by the prospect of modernising products and empowering engineering talent, **apply today** with your CV. We’d love to start the conversation!