Engineering Manager

Company Description

Our client is a Norway-based software and internet services provider, founded in 1995. With 100+ employees across offices in multiple countries, they deliver both custom-developed solutions and off-the-shelf SaaS products. Serving over 200 clients across various sectors, including public administration, healthcare, oil & gas, and education, our client is recognised for its in-depth technical expertise, strong Nordic presence, and established industry reputation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of backend and frontend developers, actively contributing through hands-on coding, technical leadership, and architectural decision-making.
• Act as part of the product trio together with the Product Manager and UI/UX Designer, ensuring technical feasibility and alignment with product vision.
• Coordinate with DevOps to ensure production readiness and stable releases.
• Drive modernization initiatives, including transforming legacy applications into scalable SaaS solutions hosted on self-managed infrastructure.
• Collaborate closely with multiple engineering teams to design, build, and maintain applications and services that integrate and communicate with each other through APIs, events, or shared platforms.
• Ensure clear interface contracts, data ownership, and integration patterns between systems developed by different teams.
• Identify skill gaps within the team and contribute to recruitment, onboarding, mentoring, and continuous learning.
• Define and enforce engineering standards for testing, documentation, deployment, security, and code quality.
• Balance the delivery of business-critical features with the continuous reduction of technical debt.
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional and multicultural teams.
• Take ownership of system reliability, performance, scalability, and interoperability in production environments.

Skills & Qualifications

• Proven 7+ years of experience in .NET-based and MSSQL enterprise systems, with leadership responsibilities.
• Strong experience with relational databases, including Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Strong architectural understanding of large-scale monolithic systems and/or microservice-based architectures.
• Hands-on experience with legacy system refactoring and modernization.
• Solid understanding of both Linux and Windows production environments, including deployment, troubleshooting, performance, and operational considerations.
• Experience working with distributed systems, API-based integrations, and applications developed by multiple teams.
• Experience with modern CI/CD pipelines and DevOps principles.
• Proficient in agile practices and sprint planning.
• Fluent in English, written and spoken.
• Experience participating in the modernization of legacy or on-prem applications into SaaS platforms.
• Experience migrating applications from Microsoft SQL Server on Windows to Linux-based environments using PostgreSQL.
• Experience working with distributed or cross-cultural teams, including international setups.
• Exposure to AI or LLM use cases in enterprise software.
• Experience with self-hosted platforms, private infrastructure, or datacenter environments.

Employment Structure

• Hybrid in Dhaka | Full-time
• Salary: BDT 250,000 - 300,000
• Benefits: 2 Festival bonuses
• Work Week: Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Hiring Process

1. Interview with Talvette
2. Career Journey + Technical Interview with Hiring Team
3. Receive an offer
4. Join their team full-time