Engineering Manager

Objective of roleThe role of Engineering Manager is focused on driving Customer solutions and delivering technical excellence through close engagement with customers, cross-functional teams within Accedo, and OEM partnerships.As a senior technical authority, you will be responsible for providing oversight and governance across customer engagements, with a strong focus on the domestic OTT market in North America.You will also be responsible for leading Accedo engineering teams and collaborating closely with other Engineering Leaders to define and shape engineering practices and tools across the business.Your extraordinary technology skills will help you guide your teams through complex and ambiguous environments towards simple and elegant implementations.You're already a skilled Leader for a group of Developers, able to recruit new talent and champion development teams and their Leaders.Your technical experience with mobile and web technologies allows you to lead by example.Strong communication and interpersonal skills allow you to effectively influence an organization.In all areas, you're able to anticipate and plan for the future.Key ResponsibilitiesDirect management of engineering teams; providing technical leadership and direction, professional development, guidance, and mentorship in a line management capacityGuiding and developing teams using performance management through effective coaching, feedback, recognition, skill assessment, training, and quarterly performance reviewsSenior technical authority on projects; validate the architecture and technical solutions through direct customer/supplier engagement, perform code reviews and mentor the development teamSolve complex issues through deductive reasoning and resourcefulnessSupporting regional sales opportunities, participating in customer/Supplier workshops, providing solution design insights, technical risk/dependency management, estimations, etc.Drive communications on technology and strategic initiativesAnticipate and prepare for the future - technology, people, culture, and process**Requirements**:6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with a high level of proficiency in one or more of the following areas:Mobile (Swift, Kotlin)Front-end web development (React, Redux, Hooks)Back-end development (AWS, Lambda, nodeJS, GO, ExpressJS)Proven engineering management experience, with a team size of 5 or more developers, over a period of at least 2 yearsExperienced in leading people management processes including performance reviews, mentoring sessions, active coaching, and career development plansRecognized leadership skills - approachable, passionate, influential, excellent communicator, composed, very good business acumen and strategic capabilitiesUnderstanding of global content delivery networks, cloud service providers, video encoding pipelines, DRM technologies, ad-integration, analytics solutions, payment gateways, etc.Practical experience working in Agile environments with continuous integration and test-driven development approachesStrong quality focus from a UI, functional, and performance perspective with experience building scalable solutionsStrong communication skills with both technical and non-technical individuals; the ability to listen, articulate ideas and advocate best practice solutions in both one-on-one and group settings, in both verbal and written formHigh level of EQExemplary facilitation skills, with the ability to lead customer/partner meetings and workshops at an international levelHighly self-motivated and customer-focusedA love of learning, a constant drive for self-improvement, and a desire to help everyone be betterDegree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related disciplineCurrent place of residence in any state of Mexico but willing to relocate to Guadalajara.**Country**:Mexico