Engineering Manager (Mobile) - Remote (Portugal)
Remote Portugal, Portugal
OLX – Engineering /
Full-time /
Remote
WELCOME TO OLX
We're building marketplace sustainable ecosystems that millions of people depend on every month – to buy and sell cars, find homes, land jobs, and trade secondhand goods. It's commerce that matters: safe, smart, and environmentally responsible.
We do this with courage to innovate, commitment to outcomes, collaboration across 50+ nationalities and 8+ markets, and a customer-led approach that puts real people first. Add a desire to win – and you get a culture that's ambitious, fast-moving, and built on trust.
Our brands – including OLX, Otomoto, and Otodom – are loved by millions. And we're backed by Prosus, one of the world's largest tech investors.
Join OLX and see how far you can go.
In this role, you can work fully remotely as long as you live in Portugal.
As a Mobile Engineering Manager, you will lead and inspire a team of talented mobile engineers through OLX’s transition to Flutter as our unified cross-platform framework.
You capture requirements, lead technical projects, define the ambitious but balanced scope of those projects, and partner across teams to address technical problems and ensure smooth solution implementation.
In our teams, managers have not only the strong expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also to manage a team of engineers. You'll organize and lead the team's projects and personal goals, contribute to product strategy, and help develop the team.
What you will be doing:
- Lead by example and manage a team of talented engineers, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and career development support;
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data science and data engineering managers, and product managers to define project goals, scope, and deliverables;
- Drive the end-to-end development process, from design to implementation and deployment, ensuring high-quality and scalable solutions (with controlled cost);
- Identify and prioritize technical initiatives, considering ROI, scalability, and performance requirements;
- Implement modern software development practices, including agile methodologies, continuous integration, and deployment, to ensure efficient and effective project delivery;
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements, ensuring that the platform meets customer needs and provides an exceptional user experience;
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture, promoting knowledge sharing, innovation, and continuous improvement.
What you have:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field;
- Track record of proven people management experience (3+ years) focused on developing and growing people;
- 5+ years of professional experience in software development.
- Proven experience in designing and developing large-scale, high-traffic systems;
- Familiarity with microservices architecture and container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Streaming architectures);
- Strong knowledge of data structures and software design patterns;
- Good understanding and ideally successful application of AI/ML;
- Experience with modern software development practices, such as agile methodologies, continuous integration, and deployment;
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment;
- Proficient in English, with strong verbal and written communication skills.
Our Hiring Process:
- Recruiter Interview
- Management Capabilities Interview (for those with informal leadership experience, we focus on potential and examples of technical/people leadership)
- Business Understanding Interview
- System Design Interview
Our Benefits:
- Being an OLX colleague brings many rewards, such as a competitive salary, a world-class training and development program, flexible working options, and many more location-based benefits, which for this role include:
- Flexible benefits plan
- 3 extra vacation days
- Health Insurance (extendable to family)
- Life Insurance
- Remote or hybrid monthly allowance (incl. transportation supplement)
- Meal Allowance
- Urban Sports subscription (pack M)
- English & Portuguese Classes
- Marriage Bonus
- New baby bonus
- Discount website
- Welcome pack
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at OLX
OLX values diversity and welcomes applicants of all races, ethnicities, disabilities, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions, backgrounds, and experiences to apply. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all the requirements - you may be just the right fit for this or other opportunities with us!
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