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Engineering Manager – Database (Hybrid remote)

Engineering Manager • Hybrid • Full-time • Poland Zielona Gora, Poland

You lead Auctane's database engineering team and act as the primary point of contact for day-to-day database operations and delivery for your assigned brands. The role combines people leadership with hands-on database administration.

Responsibilities

  • ▹Manage a multi-member team
  • ▹Consistently deliver in line with established action plans
  • ▹Take an active part in day-to-day database administration
  • ▹Ensure continuous database availability
  • ▹Uphold the quality of processes, projects and systems agreed by the team
  • ▹Suggest and help implement new processes and engineering best practices to improve personal and team performance
  • ▹Communicate progress, achievements and areas for improvement to the team and management
  • ▹Serve as a trusted technical advisor in one or more areas
  • ▹Mentor less experienced database administrators
  • ▹Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to define action plans and manage competing priorities
  • ▹Monitor team engagement and well-being indicators
  • ▹Proactively identify and resolve performance challenges within the team
  • ▹Support the development and career growth of team members
  • ▹Participate in recruitment
  • ▹Advocate for business and technical decisions made by the company within the team

Requirements

  • ▹Extensive experience leading, mentoring and scaling technical teams
  • ▹Proven track record of executing daily database management tasks, managing team capacity and balancing operational support with project delivery
  • ▹Experience working with database principals or enterprise architects to implement global security policies, compliance requirements and engineering standards
  • ▹Structured approach to incident management, query performance tracking and proactive database maintenance
  • ▹Skill in translating high-level architecture and database designs into tasks, sprints and clear deliverables
  • ▹Experience managing database infrastructure in cloud or hybrid environments
  • ▹Openness to new management frameworks, agile methodologies and operational automation
  • ▹Willingness to own the team's after-hours support rotation
  • ▹Tech stack: MS SQL Server 2017 and newer, T-SQL, Amazon Web Services, Terraform, PowerShell, C#, .NET

Soft skills

People-centered leadershipTalent nurturing and team buildingCollaboration with cross-functional teamsBalanced prioritization

What we offer

  • ▹Annual salary review based on individual performance and business results
  • ▹99% discount on personal shipments via Packlink.pro
  • ▹Up to 500 PLN per year to match NGO donations
  • ▹1 volunteer day per year
  • ▹Referral bonus of 4-20k PLN
  • ▹Employee Assistance Program with free psychological assistance
  • ▹Flexible work schedule
  • ▹International team of 20 nationalities, English as company language
  • ▹Company events and team-building
  • ▹Internal and external training, free access to online platforms such as LinkedIn Learning
  • ▹Home office with company-provided equipment or office work
  • ▹Personal training budget of up to 7000 PLN per year
  • ▹Up to 30 days of vacation per year, with extra days by seniority
  • ▹Weekly free English, Spanish and German classes
  • ▹Free private medical insurance
  • ▹Life insurance
  • ▹Co-financing for sports and recreational activities and gym membership
  • ▹Offices in Zielona Gora and Wroclaw

About the company

Auctane's software enables hundreds of thousands of businesses to mail and ship billions of items a year. Its product family includes ShipStation, Stamps.com, ShipStation API, Metapack, GlobalPost and Packlink, with partners such as Amazon, UPS, USPS, eBay, BigCommerce, Shopify, WooCommerce and Walmart.

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