We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead one of our product squads as we grow from 2 to 3 teams.

At Zeffy, developers own their targets end-to-end. Your role is to ensure clarity of ownership, sharp prioritization, and high standards across efficiency, security, stability, and performance.

What you’ll do

• Lead a team of fully autonomous full-stack Dev Owners and design the environment in which they thrive. (rituals, 1:1s, feedback, personal growth).

• Own your squad’s efficiency and delivery within our 2-month cycles.

• Partner with Product and Design to build the simplest, highest-impact solutions.

• Ensure strong standards across code quality, security, stability, and performance.

• Act as Hiring Manager and help scale the team.

• Help refine Zeffy’s development principles and Contribute to tech and process improvements company-wide.

• Ensure AI meaningfully increases output without reducing quality

• Help Dev Owners build strong judgment in an AI-augmented workflow while encouraging experimentation

Development Principles at Zeffy

• We always optimize the ratio impact / effort, it’s what we call Zeffy perfectionism, perfection in impact.

• We build the simplest solution first to validate ideas quickly, keeping the codebase clean without solving problems that don’t exist yet.

• We are organized in 2 months cycle, to make sure we prioritize radically. We set ourselves targets on the 4 following dimensions: efficiency, security, stability and performance.

• Trust and ownership: every target is clear and owned by one person who has full autonomy to reach it. Owned by one person doesn’t mean working alone on it.

• Continuous improvement: We regularly review and refine our processes, promoting a culture of learning and growth through feedback.

Our Stack

• Frontend: React/Next.js (Typescript)

• Backend: Nest.js (TypeScript)

• Database: PostgreSQL, Algolia

• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Cypress

We’re looking for someone with at least 8 years of experience as a developer in SaaS or web-based products that serve high-volume and rapidly growing user bases, including 3+ years in a leadership role.

We move fast by keeping things simple, and we want someone who embodies that mindset: someone who knows when structure adds value, when it gets in the way, and how to guide others toward the right balance.

• You’ve shipped complex products at scale, learned from real-world successes and failures, and developed sharp judgment about what truly matters.

• You bring seniority through expertise and perspective rather than hierarchy, making clear, pragmatic decisions that balance speed, quality, and long-term thinking.

• You value clarity over cleverness, simplicity over complexity, and momentum over perfection.

• You mentor others with empathy, share your experience generously, and elevate the work of the whole team without adding unnecessary process.

• Call with Recruiter (45 min)

• Meeting with Hiring Manager (1.5h)

• Case Study (2h)

• Cultural interview with leadership (1h)

• Team lunch & Reference check

• Job offer