Engineering Manager (Domains)

At Hostinger, we are helping almost 3 million clients succeed online in over 150 countries. As of 2022, our top markets included India, Brazil, Indonesia, the United States, and France. Our team comprises 900 curious and high-spirited professionals from more than 40 different countries.

We are seeking a skilled Engineering Manager with a passion for creating robust and scalable systems. In this role, you will directly shape the technical landscape of our domain registration and management systems, leading a team of exceptional developers. Your focus will be on ensuring the scalability, performance, and maintainability of one of the industry's largest domain registrars, managing over 5 million domains.

Sounds like the career opportunity you’ve been waiting for? We’d love to hear more about your achievements and aspirations.

What You Will Do

• Architecture Design: Define and oversee the architecture of systems supporting domain registrations and management.
• Code Review: Conduct regular code reviews to maintain code quality and standards.
• Technology Stack: Stay updated on PHP and backend technologies, guiding the team in adopting relevant tools.
• Team Management: Provide mentorship, allocate tasks, conduct performance evaluations, and lead the hiring process.
• Collaboration: Work closely with other leads and team managers to ensure effective communication.
• Project Management: Participate in planning, estimation, and timeline management.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify areas for process optimization within backend development.
• Problem Resolution: Lead the team in resolving technical challenges and act as a point of escalation.
  
  

What We Expect

• Experience: At least 5-10 years of hands-on developer experience and 2+ years in a leadership role.
• Technical Expertise: Strong backend-focused engineering background with expertise in PHP, Laravel, Go, GCP (Google Cloud Services), MySQL, Memorystore, Redis, RabbitMQ, and Kubernetes.
• Leadership: Strong leadership skills with a focus on fostering a positive and collaborative work environment.
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication skills, a proactive attitude, and a focus on results.
• Production Operations: Good background in incident management, on-call practices, and applying observability tooling.
• Project Management: Great project management skills for implementing complex multi-vendor backend/API integrations.
• Curious Mind: A continuous learner who stays updated with the latest industry trends.
  
  

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Technical Stack Match: Specific experience with our technology stack (PHP, Laravel, Go, GCP).
• Domain Knowledge: Good understanding of how domains technically operate.
• CloudOps Experience: Previous hands-on work or leadership experience running cloud operations.
  
  

What We Offer

• A culture where everyone values the highest standards, freedom, and responsibility.
• A friendly, supportive and experienced team that is eager to share their knowledge.
• A chance to be an owner of your flexible working hours and results.
• Unlimited growth: Manager’s Academy, Coachhub, Reforge, Scribd learning tools, and invitations to the World’s best conferences.
• Exceptional-being: active challenges, onsite & online fitness classes, and wellness workshops.
• A health insurance package for your wellness.
• Workations & quarterly OKR parties.
• Hybrid work: Combine modern office excitement in Kaunas and Vilnius with the comfort of working from home.
• Gross salary starting from 5500 EUR/month.