About the role

Lead product teams developing data visualization features within Signal Ocean's SaaS platform. Focus on building infrastructure and enhancing user interaction with complex shipping data.

Responsibilities

You will be leading one of the product teams within the Signal SaaS web application.
The focus is on building supporting infrastructure and data visualization features — such as charts, graphs, tables, and maps — that help users interact with complex shipping data.
Alongside feature development, the team invests in building reusable components that support both their own roadmap and other teams, with a strong focus on automated testing inside CI/CD pipelines.
Prioritise work for junior engineers and coach other engineers when needed.
Support team growth in areas like coding best practices, architecture and SDLC.
Set clear expectations and help create career growth plans.
Manage performance and provide regular feedback.
Support onboarding for new team members.
Keep stakeholders updated on the progress and status of the team’s projects.
Propose multiple solution options with tradeoffs clearly explained.
Unblock technical work for engineers through simplification or pair programming.
Take ownership of specific features and provide implementation for most complex parts.
Ensure monitoring and understand logging aspects of team owned features.
Collaborate effectively with cross-functional counterparts.
Work closely with Product Managers to refine and clarify requirements.
Recognize and celebrate team members’ contributions.
Mediate and resolve conflict in an efficient and constructive way.
Lead retrospectives and continuous improvement activities.

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science a related technical field or exceptional practical experience.
At least 1 full year of People management experience, leading a team of ~5 direct reports.
3+ years hands on experience in full-stack development.
Experience in the React ecosystem and experience with Microsoft C# / .NET Core.
Knowledge and an active interest in Design Patterns and SOLID architecture principles.
Experience with relational and non-relational databases (design, administration, tuning) and ORM frameworks e.g. Entity Framework, Dapper.
Experience with testing and mocking frameworks.
Familiarity with microservices and REST APIs.
Experience with cloud computing technologies Including configuring and tuning web stack in the cloud.
Comfortable working in Agile environments and adapting to changing priorities.
Nice to have:
Experience in building, managing and developing on cloud infrastructure (we use Azure);
Experience in DevOps tasks and tools (e.g., Git, GitHub, Github Actions, Azure management console);
Experience in project management tools (e.g. JIRA, ProductBoard, Confluence).

Generous compensation with additional performance incentives.
Coverage under the company’s collective health insurance plan.
Opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals with deep knowledge in software engineering, data science & shipping business who are always eager to mentor.
Signal’s hybrid work policy currently includes 9 on-site working days per month, during which our happy hour events take place.
2-4 weeks of onboarding training to prepare you for your new role, having the opportunity to meet about 30 trainers while diving deep into our products and/or the shipping world.
Career growth opportunities and a structured development discussion every 4 months.
Personal learning budget for training, seminars, conferences (750 to 2000 EUR annually depending on seniority).
Regular team bonding events and activities.
Fitness benefits to support your health and wellbeing