Engineering Manager

**The Company**

Our team and products have been recognized with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times which ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest-growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commit itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular "CG Gives" which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.

**Our People are**

Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and Inspired

**Our People are not**

Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or Cautious

**About the Role**

As an Engineering Manager in our "How we service our partners" problem space, you will own the technical vision and execution for our next-generation partner portal. Your primary objective will be to lead a dedicated team in building a scalable, modular and enterprise-grade platform that redefines how Cover Genius services merchant partners.

To drive success in this role, you will have proven experience in people management, strong technical leadership in a modern microservices environment ideally with exposure to Next.js and Nest.js and a background in architecting highly reliable systems. As the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for mentoring and growing a team of talented engineers, guiding our technical strategy and executing our ambitious product roadmap. A key part of the role is to foster a culture of innovation, ownership and operational excellence.

Regular collaboration with internal product, engineering and partner-facing teams will be key in ensuring we achieve our goals. Your success will be measured by the team's ability to deliver a smarter, self-serve partner experience, achieve enterprise readiness with features like SSO and SCIM and empower other internal teams to build on our platform autonomously.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Drive the successful delivery of the product roadmap in "How we service our merchant partners" problem space, meeting key OKRs and milestones.
- Own the technical vision and roadmap for delivering the Partner Portal, architecting a scalable and secure enterprise-grade system using Next.js and Nest.js.
- Design and develop a modular platform that enables internal teams to build and deploy partner-facing features independently and rapidly.
- Establish and enforce high standards for engineering and operational excellence, ensuring the platform meets high reliability targets.
- Lead a team of engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, high performance and continuous growth in line with Cover Genius values.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions that deliver exceptional partner experiences.

**Skills & Experience: What you will bring**:

- Bachelor/Masters degree in Computer Science or Engineering with at least 5 years of software engineering experience and at least 2 years in leading and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
- Strong technical background in building and maintaining complex, scalable systems, hands-on experience with our stack Next.js, Nest.js, TypeScript, is a significant plus.
- Experience with modern software development practices including CI/CD pipelines, test automation, code quality tools.
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), managing workloads in Kubernetes.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Knowledge of insurance technology (insurtech) or fintech domains is highly advantageous, particularly experience with platforms that enable embedded financial services or B2B integration solutions.

**What you will have**:

- You treat engineering as a craft and a calling. You are passionate about building high-quality, elegant and robust solutions and inspire others to do the same.
- You think beyond the immediate task, connecting your team's work to the broader company vision and ensuring solutions are not just effective but also sustainable and scalable for the future.
- You love navigating through complex technical challenges, making informed decisions and taking ownership of outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
- You build trust through open and honest communication, fostering a collaborative environment where diverse perspectives are valued and ideas can thrive.
- You are passionate about the goal to deliver exceptional partner experiences and are motivated to inspire the team to achieve excellence.

**Why Cover Genius?**

Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We're a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean?
- **Flexible PTO.** Taking time out is important for our teams to enjoy life and stay fresh.
- **Employee Stock Options** - we want our people to shar