Engineering Manager

Join Vonage and help us innovate cloud communications for businesses worldwide!

Vonage Communications APIs 

As an emerging leader in the $10B+ communications API market, we empower global brands to connect better with their customers, employees, and partners through transformative communications experiences. For example, Vonage API solutions empower organizations to build their custom omnichannel communications structure. This allows them to reach and engage customers on their preferred schedule and channel — including voice, video, and messaging. Think of a rideshare service instantly connecting with customers, hospital staff conducting remote monitoring, customers verifying their identity before completing a purchase, AI virtual agents servicing customers around the clock, and much more.

Why this role matters:

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a brand new Engineering team that you will help recruit. This team will look after strategic Compliance and Regulations automation and tooling, allowing the company to successfully navigate an ever increasingly complex global compliance landscape.

Your key responsibilities:

As a leader in our engineering department, you will be responsible for guiding the team through the development lifecycle and ensuring the delivery of high-quality products and services.

At Vonage, Engineering Manager roles are technical: we expect you to write code as part of your role, as well as lead the team during design sessions, help coach junior members of the team, and set high Engineering standards.

What you'll bring

• Strong hands-on coding experience and knowledge in backend, frontend and data-driven environments
• Working with Agile methodologies
• Leading a team of 4 to 6 developers
• You would have a value-driven and principle approach rather than a dogmatic one
• You understand architecture and can take part in discussions
• You look outside your team responsibilities and try to improve the organisation as a whole

Experience we consider a plus:

• At least one of Java, Golang, Kotlin, Python or a similar programming language
• Knowledge and experience with data pipelines (Kafka or similar)
• Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS preferable)
• Mapping of platform architectures
• System design

How you’ll benefit:

• Medical Insurance
• Glasses Reimbursement
• Life Insurance  - Allianz Family
• Kafeteria - My Benefit
• Ericsson Care Line
• Discretionary Time Off (DTO)
• Volunteer Time (VTO)
• Additional benefits and perks will be shared and discussed with you by the recruiter during the interview process

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There’s no perfect candidate. You don't need all the preferred qualifications to make a valuable impact on our team. Our employees and customers come from diverse backgrounds, so if you're passionate about what you could achieve at Vonage, we'd love to hear from you.

Who we are:

Vonage is a global cloud communications leader. And your talent will further help brands - such as Airbnb, Viber, WhatsApp, and Snapchat - accelerate their digital transformation through our fully programmable-based unified communications, contact center solutions, and communications APIs. Ready to innovate? Then join us today.

Note: The purpose of this profile is to provide a general summary of essential responsibilities for the position and is not meant as an exhaustive list. Assignments may differ for individuals within the same role based on business conditions, departmental need or geographic location.