Engineering Manager

At Storytel we believe that powerful stories add an extra dimension to life. We offer hundreds of thousands of audiobooks and ebooks to customers in more than 25 markets, with several new markets launching in the coming year. Storytel is Northern Europe's largest audiobook streaming service and we’re now looking we are looking for engineering managers to join the team! Storytel’s vision is to make the world a more empathic and creative place with great stories to be shared and enjoyed anytime, anywhere by anyone.
Storytels tech department is growing fast and as we are branching out a fresh new team in our department we are now looking for a Tech manager to join us on our journey. As a Tech manager at Storytel you are responsible for one or several cross-functional teams of developers, designers and testers that all work together with a specific area or part of Storytels tech platform and apps. As a lead for strong tech professionals in R&D, technical leadership and a solid background in software development is a must, so that you are able to challenge and grow your team members. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery and work with your team on strategy and execution.
What you will do
You will build and lead a team of developers, designers and testers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development
Support timely delivery of technical solutions to address business needs
Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices and help develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
Define the Roadmap and prioritize in close cooperation with a Product Manager and make sure that your team consistently prioritizes the right things
Be an active part of the Tech management team and collaborate with other leaders in the organization



Who you are
You love developing and growing people
You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
You have experience in leading, managing, coaching and mentoring software developers and/or designers/testers towards delivering timely, high-quality software together with them
You care about the team and the soft values, as well as reaching good results
You have solid experience working in an agile development environment



What we offer you
Experienced co-workers in an open, welcoming, and professionally diverse environment
Your individual yearly budget for knowledge activities
An internationally distributed tech department with travel opportunities
The chance to work with some of the newest technologies on interesting problems related to growth and scale
A company full of book-lovers who love to share that passion
Ability to work from any of our offices in Umeå, Stockholm, Karlstad, Lund



If you feel like Storytel is a place where you could thrive, let us know and we will contact you as soon as possible.