Engineering Manager I

Introduction :

Are you searching for an opportunity to play a key role in driving the dramatic growth of a highly successful software company

At Poppulo, we're working on what's next in communications and workplace technology. As a pioneer in this industry, we understand that meaningfully reaching every employee is hard. And so is managing office space in a hybrid world. And so is improving the customer and guest experience. We exist to make each of these things easier. We exist to bring harmony to our customers.

And we do that at enterprise scale. Our omnichannel employee commu nications, customer communications, and workplace experience platform is trusted by over 6,000 organizations today, reaching more than 35M employees and delivering content to 500,000+ digital signs.

We know there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate - we're all a work in progress and are growing new skills and capabilities all the time. We encourage you to apply for a position with Poppulo even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements. We believe in fostering an environment where there is a diversity of perspectives, in hopes that we can all thrive.

The Opportunity

The Engineering Manager will lead a cross-functional software engineering team within the Application Engineering organization, driving the delivery of scalable, reliable, and high-quality software for our Employee Communications (EC) platform.

Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, this role combines hands-on technical leadership with people management. You'll work closely with Product, Architecture, UX and DevOps to ensure our applications evolve in line with business needs, engineering best practices, and modern SaaS architecture principles.

You will play a key role in shaping the technical direction of your teams, managing execution excellence, and nurturing a culture of learning, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of high-quality, cloud-native software features within your teams in an Agile environment.
• Ensure technical solutions are scalable, performant, and aligned with architectural guidelines.
• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering an environment that values clean code, test automation, continuous integration, and iterative delivery.
• Partner with Product Management to translate product strategy into technical deliverables, balancing feature delivery with platform sustainability and technical debt reduction.
• Work closely with architects and senior developers to influence design decisions, promote modular and maintainable architectures, and ensure alignment with the broader platform vision.
• Champion high standards in code quality, system observability, and operational readiness. Encourage practices such as code reviews, pair programming, automated testing, and continuous delivery.
• Continuously refine development workflows, improving team velocity, reliability, and developer experience through data-driven insights and retrospectives.
• Identify, prioritize, and drive initiatives to reduce technical debt, improve system maintainability, and enhance long-term scalability.
• Conduct regular 1 : 1s, performance reviews, and career development planning. Identify skill gaps and create learning opportunities to upskill engineers and build technical depth within the team.
• Coordinate with other engineering teams to ensure cohesive delivery pipelines, shared platform capabilities, and consistent engineering practices.

Role Requirements : Must-Haves

Leadership Competencies

Who We Are

We are a values-driven organization that encourages our employees to bring their authentic selves to work every day and empowers everyone to make a tangible impact on our products, clients, and culture. We offer a dynamic environment with driven, fun, and flexible individuals who thrive on challenge and responsibility. This is an opportunity to contribute to our culture and join a company that's on the move.

We live the Poppulo values each day, as they are key to everything we do.

Named a Great Place to Work in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, we are a fast-growing global technology company, with offices in Ireland, the US, and the UK.

Poppulo is an equal opportunity employer.

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Skills Required

Java, Performance Optimization, Kotlin, Automated Testing, Angular, React, Gcp, Restful Apis, Azure, Aws