Engineering Manager, Core Systems at Airalo

About Airalo Alo! Airalo is the world’s first eSIM store that helps people connect in over 200+ countries and regions across the globe. We are building the next digital service that revolutionizes the telecom industry. We are a travel-tech company and an equal-opportunity environment that values and executes diversity, inclusion, and equity. Our team is spread across 50+ countries and six continents. What glues us together is our commitment to changing the way you connect. Check out more information about Airalo in our Public Handbook: [Upgrade to PRO to see link] About you We hope that you care deeply about the quality of your work, the intrinsic worth of tasks, and the success of your team. You are self-disciplined and do not require micromanagement in terms of your skillset and work ethic. You do your best to flourish as an individual every day while working hard to foster a collaborative team environment. You believe in the importance of being — and staying — authentic, honest, positive, and kind. You are a good interlocutor with clear and concise communication. You are able to manage multiple projects, have an analytical mind, pay keen attention to detail, and love to get your hands dirty. You are cognizant, tolerant, and welcoming of vulnerabilities and cultural differences. About the Role Position: Full-time / Employee Location: Remote-first Benefits: Health Insurance, work-from-anywhere stipend, annual wellness & learning credits, annual all-expenses-paid company retreat in a gorgeous destination & other benefits We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Core Systems team, a dedicated group building essential internal tools as part of our B2C department. In this role, you will help us scale, improve organizational transparency, provide career development, mentorship, and honest feedback for our smart and talented engineers. Using your varying technical backgrounds and interests, you will drive and provide general technical direction and oversight. You will keep teams efficient and executing on the right goals. We build teams that are inclusive, helpful, and have a strong sense of ownership for the things they build. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Lead technology excellence in the company in the related domain • Extend and improve engineering best practices in the teams • Maintain and improve a collaborative environment, commit to driving projects to completion creatively • Motivate and instill a strong sense of ownership in your team • Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of your team members • Ensure that the team delivers high quality products and solutions by following the best practices, e.g. testing, observability, etc. • Build teams that are collaborative, inclusive, and respectful of each other • Provide continuous feedback, address underperformance, and recognize the individual strengths and contributions of your team members • Work with your engineers and/or product managers to maintain a prioritized backlog and create short term and long term goals • Own your team’s deliverables and ensure we continue to ship scalable, highly-available products • Work closely with the recruiting team to hire high potential candidates from diverse backgrounds Must-haves: • Minimum 5 years of hands-on technical experience in cloud-native environments, demonstrating the ability to contribute to planning, drive technical decisions, and perform high-quality code reviews • Minimum 2 years of experience in leading a team and guiding them through their career development • Experience in guiding teams through planning, prioritization, and execution of work • Expertise in building and refactoring scalable customer-centric systems, shared SDKs, or internal enablement platforms • Strong understanding of application security practices • Good knowledge in AWS services (S3, Lambda, SQS, Security, Aurora, EKS) • Experience with Docker • Knowledge and experience with Unit Testing/Feature Testing/Mocking • Good communication skills and fluency in English Good to have: • Prior work experience in telecommunications and network infrastructure • Knowledge of eSIM and GSMA related technologies and services • Expertise in building internal tooling or integrations for cross-departmental engineering teams • Expertise in building or distributing shared SDKs across all three client platforms: web, iOS, and Android If you are interested in this position, please apply via the link. Please note that to be considered for this role, you must reside in and be fully eligible to work in either the UK or Spain. Proof of a valid right to work in one of these two countries will be required. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that, in case of successful application, Airalo may request to run background checks as a condition for entering into an agreement with you. Rest assured that these checks will only occur upon your prior consent and at the end of the selection process, and will be strictly limited to what is allowed under the laws that are applicable to you. All data that you share or that we collect in connection with such checks will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy, available here: [Upgrade to PRO to see link] We sincerely thank all applicants in advance for submitting their interest in this opportunity. Airalo is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity, equity & inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations upon request for individuals with disabilities throughout our job interview process.