Software Engineering Manager

TL;DR

Software Engineering Manager (AI/Java): Leading engineering teams to deliver data-intensive, two-sided marketplace products, driving key service migrations from Go/Python to Java, and fostering a culture of quality. Focus on turning ambiguity into outcomes, growing engineers, and responsibly integrating AI tools to amplify throughput and ensure system integrity.

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Company

hirify.global is a pioneer in research technology (ResTech) providing a programmatic marketplace with nearly 300 million respondents globally for business strategies and digital advertising measurement.

What you will do

• Lead and manage 6–10 engineers, setting measurable quarterly outcomes tied to product strategy.
• Coach and grow team members through 1:1s, career plans, and fostering a psychologically safe culture.
• Drive predictable delivery and uphold non-functional requirements like availability and performance.
• Partner with Product and Design in continuous discovery, framing problems before solutions.
• Co-author technical strategy with leads, steering the Go/Python to Java migration.
• Establish and embed 'AI-auditor' practices to responsibly accelerate engineering judgment and ensure quality.

Requirements

• 2+ years managing software engineers delivering production systems at meaningful scale.
• Prior senior/staff-level IC experience or equivalent architectural depth.
• Demonstrated product mindset, translating business goals into measurable engineering outcomes and MVPs.
• Proven track record improving execution—planning, estimation, dependency management, risk mitigation.
• Fluency with modern testing approaches and production operations (on-call, incident response, blameless postmortems).
• Hands-on use of AI coding tools with an emphasis on auditing, security, and correctness.

Nice to have

• Experience in marketplaces, matching/allocation algorithms, identity/graph problems, or large-scale audience data.
• Led first-time managers or tech leads; coached through role transitions.
• Operating JVM services at scale.
• Building and evolving typed contracts with versioning and deprecation policy.

Culture & Benefits

• Emphasis on collaboration, innovation, accountability, and caring as core values.
• Recognized in Newsweek’s 2025 Global Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces®.
• Commitment to a culture of trust, respect, and employee growth.
• Operates as a global platform with teams across multiple offices, including Stockholm, London, New York, New Orleans, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney.