? Engineering Manager, Learn Product | Full-Time
For our client, an EdTech platform, we're looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the team behind our core Learn Product — the systems that power how millions of people actually learn.
This isn't a role for someone who wants to step back from the technical work and manage from a distance. You'll lead a small team of senior and staff engineers, and you'll be the person they come to when something genuinely hard needs solving.
What you'll own:
? Lead a team of senior/staff engineers building large, ambiguous, high-impact projects from idea to shipped impact - real autonomy, fast feedback loops, not ticket-grinding
? Be the primary technical escalation point for your team — when someone hits a hard problem, you're in the weeds with them, not routing it elsewhere
? Set the technical direction and architecture for scalability, reliability, and maintainability, increasingly for LLM-powered services
? Drive your team's use of agentic AI tooling — you set the bar for how AI-assisted development is done well, and keep raising it
? Partner closely with Product and Design to shape the roadmap, using data and user feedback to decide what to build next
? Grow senior engineers toward staff and principal-level impact — this team doesn't include junior engineers, so your coaching is aimed at people who are already strong
? Own delivery end-to-end: idea ? build ? release ? measure ? iterate, balancing speed with long-term platform health
You're a strong fit if you have:
? 7+ years building software across the stack, with strong command of system design and modern engineering practice
? 3+ years managing engineers at senior/staff level — you can speak concretely about how you've helped someone grow from senior to staff, or staff to principal
? Deep, sustained hands-on use of agentic AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) — this is core to how you already work day-to-day, not something you're just starting to explore
? Recent experience managing at a small, fast-moving company (roughly up to 200 people) — you know what it's like to build without the safety net of a large org
? A backend, DevOps, or data engineering background — you can go deep technically, not just coordinate
? Still genuinely hands-on — you haven't drifted fully into people management and lost your technical edge
? Comfort partnering directly with Product, Design, and cross-functional stakeholders (this role works closely with our Content team)
About the role:
? Location: Portugal (fully remote) or Belgium (hybrid if within ~1 hour of Leuven, remote otherwise)
? Type: Full-time, direct employment with our client
? Team: 4 engineers, all senior/staff level
? Interview process: hiring manager conversation ? technical case study (working live in an AI-assisted environment, not a live-coding test) ? CTO interview ? potential stakeholder conversation
What's in it for you:
? A role with real technical ownership, not just people management
? Flexible working hours and location within the above
? International company retreats
? Learning & development budget, including conference attendance
? Belgium-based roles include equity and an optional company car allowance