Engineering Manager Observability
$64,068–$85,428 year
On-siteThe Hague, South Holland, The Netherlands
Job Summary
Lead and coach engineering teams toward modern practices, fostering automation, reliability, and technical excellence within the Observability Platform and FinOps groups. Establish and track Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) focused on product outcomes and engineering growth alongside Product Owners and domain leadership. Manage the People Cycle process, including staffing, hiring, and retention, while driving strategic workforce planning aligned with product strategy. Partner with cross-domain peers to define engineering standards, reduce technical debt, and balance delivery commitments with long-term architectural goals. Cultivate a data-driven culture using observability metrics and SLOs, while organizing team engagement to support continuous learning and customer-centric problem solving.
Required Qualifications
- At least 3+ years of relevant work experience in leading and coaching technical people and teams
- You are comfortable leading highly skilled engineers, coaching them and in advising senior leadership
- You are experienced in the Observability technology
- You bring a positive mindset and energy, which makes you an inspiration to collaborate with
- You always have new ideas, you see possibilities and learn from situations
- You recognize yourself in (multiple) of the following skills and experiences
- You are well informed about the latest technologies and use your own skills and expertise to coach and train your engineers
- An endless drive to help people grow and provide new opportunities to learn
- You make an effort to understand other people's perspectives and long-term ambitions
- You provide regular feedback to others
- You help them with insights on their effectiveness of their performance
- You are experienced at proactively managing the recruitment lifecycle and selecting talented candidates
- You guard the long-term perspective of the company and the domain to ensure the team is fit for the future
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