Engineering Manager (TypeScript/JavaScript)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (Encore Platform): Owning end-to-end stability and feature velocity of a shared monorepo serving multiple internal teams with an accent on technical leadership, code quality, and scalability. Focus on driving architectural decisions, stabilizing microservice workflows, and mentoring engineers to eliminate team friction.

Location: Prague

Company

hirify.global is a global marketplace connecting millions of customers with local businesses and experiences across various categories.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end stability and feature velocity of the mission-critical shared monorepo used by multiple teams.
• Drive technical direction for shared libraries, microservice architecture, and release workflows.
• Lead code reviews, architecture decisions, and debugging to set code quality standards.
• Bridge technical execution with business outcomes by translating product needs into pragmatic solutions.
• Grow and mentor a team of 7 engineers through 1:1s, ownership models, and blocker removal.
• Stabilize incident response and SLA adherence across dependent teams.

Requirements

• Location: Prague
• Write production TypeScript/JavaScript across frontend and backend in a monorepo.
• Lead technical decisions balancing speed, quality, and business impact.
• Experience stabilizing and scaling shared code ecosystems or monorepos.
• Debug and own production issues end-to-end.
• Coach engineers on technical depth and growth.
• AI fluency.

Culture & Benefits

• Extreme Ownership: Take full accountability for problems and unblock teams proactively.
• Speed over Comfort: Ship fast, iterate, and make decisions with incomplete information.
• Simplify to Scale: Reduce complexity to make the monorepo a leverage point for the company.
• Hands-on technical leadership in a high-autonomy environment with immediate impact.
• Culture of innovation, risk-taking, and celebrating success at scale.

Hiring process

• Phone screen with recruiter (30 min): Career, fit, comp.
• Foundry Challenge: Role-specific scenario.
• Hiring manager interview (60 min): Challenge review, technical discussion, operating principles.
• Panel interview (60 min): Operating principles and technical depth.
• Debrief and decision.