Engineering Manager (Big Data)

Location: Vilnius, Lithuania — onsite

Salary: €5,900–€8,400 per month

Company

hirify.global develops the hirify.global Flow product and data-intensive advertising technology solutions for internal and external clients.

What you will do

• Lead and develop two Big Data engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, career development, and performance management.
• Plan, prioritise, and oversee backend project delivery against the product roadmap.
• Coordinate with Product Managers, the Product Director, product owners, development teams, and architects on delivery, requirements, and technical direction.
• Own system reliability, performance, monitoring, incident management, and root-cause analysis.
• Improve agile, CI/CD, testing, and team processes to increase productivity and quality.
• Support architectural and design decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing backend or cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for aligning engineering, product, business, and leadership stakeholders.
• Experience delivering projects with agile practices, prioritisation, and short- and long-term planning.
• Ability to mentor and grow engineers while fostering ownership, collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance.
• Strong understanding of engineering best practices, problem-solving, and decision-making with technical and business considerations.
• Track record of improving performance, reliability, and incident management.
• Alignment with hirify.global principles: client value, decency, ownership, care, teamwork, ambition, and standing tall.

Nice to have

• Technical background in backend engineering, distributed systems, or Big Data.
• Understanding of Big Data and cloud technologies, including Kafka, Hadoop, Vertica, or public cloud platforms.
• Experience in AdTech or other data-intensive technology domains.
• Experience leading technically strong engineering teams and creating an environment for growth, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Culture & Benefits

• International, dynamic, and inclusive work environment with a global perspective.
• Professional development opportunities and supportive, transparent leadership.
• Additional annual vacation days, two Trust Days, and health and accident insurance.
• On-site canteen, pet-friendly office, global perks, company events, and a referral program.
• Full-time employment in the Development & IT department within Platform Development.