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Senior Engineering Manager

The Senior Engineering Manager at Sygnum in Zurich leads several engineering teams in a regulated financial environment, with a focus on quality, security, and the strategic implementation of AI tools. The role requires proven experience in building high-performing teams, as well as in leading and developing tech leads.

Tasks

  • Leading engineering teams under their tech leads to deliver high-quality, secure software in a regulated financial environment
  • Building high-performing teams that focus on their goals and consistently deliver value to our customers
  • Ensuring alignment and transparency among teams so they can operate autonomously without falling behind
  • Linking engineering implementation to user impact and business results through close collaboration with product, operations, security, and architecture teams
  • Promoting engineering excellence with a tireless focus on quality and safety, while upholding standards that earn and strengthen our customers' trust
  • Creating a psychologically safe environment where people can challenge themselves, experiment, and improve
  • Responsibility for recruitment, workforce planning, and performance management across the entire area of responsibility
  • Taking responsibility for delivery commitments, workplace hygiene, and incident response across all teams
  • Promoting AI Adoption: We have already rolled out Claude Code; it enables your teams to deepen their integration throughout the entire delivery cycle while upholding our security and compliance standards and supporting them through cultural change

Requirements

  • You have led several engineering teams and can demonstrate how delivery and team well-being have improved under your leadership
  • You take real pride in developing leaders. Thanks to your coaching, your tech leads and engineers have become more capable and self-reliant.
  • They take performance management seriously. They have honest conversations early on, provide targeted development opportunities, and build loyalty through growth.
  • They are truly convinced that AI is reshaping the way software is developed, and they are determined to help teams adopt it thoughtfully without compromising quality or security
  • They have a growth mindset. They raise the bar for how teams work, and as a result, others raise their own bar as well.

We offer

  • An attractive combination of market-rate salaries and an entrepreneurial incentive system
  • Flexible Work-from-Home Policies
  • Professional development through mentoring and buddy programs
  • A one-month, fully paid sabbatical after five years of continuous employment

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