Engineering Manager
At Gurtam, we don't just track "dots on a map" – we build the nervous system for global fleet management. Imagine a world where every truck, ship, and delivery van is smarter and more sustainable. That's what we do. We've combined more than 20 years of stability with passion for innovation.
You will join a team working on Wialon Platform – the newest addition to the Wialon portfolio, designed to unlock new fleet solutions. It's a modern no-code builder where companies create and launch their own telematics products on top of Wialon technology. Our partners use it to experiment, build, and scale new ideas for fleets around the world. Working on Wialon Platform means helping turn those ideas into real tools used in the field.
What you'll own
You won't be managing a single team — you'll be shaping an engineering organisation built on genuine ownership. Here's what you'll own:
People & Team
- Final word on hiring, team composition, performance, and culture.
- Own the hiring process end-to-end: source candidates, run the funnel, interview for product mindset and systems thinking — the SA and the team join for technical and peer-fit screens.
- Run 1:1s, career conversations, promotions, and compensation discussions.
- Coach engineers to become independent decision-makers — resist the urge to "save" them.
Ownership Culture — Your Primary Mission
- Introduce and steward the frameworks and practices (ADR, RFC, technical backlog) that let the team own its technical decisions.
- Build mutual accountability — peers hold each other to a high bar in reviews, not the manager.
- Establish "You Build It, You Run It": fair on-call rotation, blameless post-mortems, team-led root-cause analysis.
- Be the Quality Coach — set a culture where "cutting corners" is taboo.
Capacity & Alignment
- Match people and skills to PM priorities; protect the team's sustainable pace through releases.
- Translate the roadmap into team context so engineers see the business value of their work.
- Guard the Technical Sustainability budget (agreed between PM and SA) — make sure investments in tech debt and DevEx actually happen.
Removing Org Blockers
- Remove department-level blockers and noise from other parts of the org so the team stays in flow.
- Inject org context into team rituals; the team facilitates its own standups and retros.
- Partner with the Solution Architect on engineering excellence, with the PM on roadmap feasibility, and with the TPM on cross-team dependencies.
What this role is NOT
- You're not a Tech Lead — final say on technical standards and target architecture lives with the Solution Architect.
- You don't write production code as part of your job.
- You don't run the team's standups and retros — those belong to the team; you coach.
How we work
- We're moving toward a Distributed Ownership model: 5+ cross-functional teams, without classic Team Leads, supported by a Technical Core (Solution Architect, Platform Service Team) and a management layer (HoE + EMs + TPM).
- Decisions are clearly split: the PM owns priority and scope, the SA owns technical standards, the EM owns people and culture, the team owns execution.
- We value craft, ship for impact, and look for engineers who take their work seriously without taking themselves seriously.
What you'll bring
We are looking for a seasoned engineering leader who combines strategic thinking with a genuine passion for building cultures of ownership — not dependency. We'd love to chat if you have:
- 3+ years of engineering management experience, including direct people management of 7+ engineers in a cross-functional product team.
- A demonstrated ability to build an ownership culture — concrete examples of moving a team from "waiting for permission" to owning decisions, code, and incidents.
- Proven experience as the owner of the hiring process: sourcing, structured interviewing, calibration, onboarding.
- Deep people management skills: career frameworks, performance management, conflict resolution, coaching to independence — not directive management.
- Technical credibility — you read architecture diagrams, translate technical risk into business impact, and are fluent in modern SDLC, CI/CD, observability, and Agile practices.
- Familiarity with adjacent technologies in our stack (web/frontend-heavy products, distributed backends) — enough to speak the same language, not to design it.
- High EQ: ability to read team dynamics, navigate interpersonal conflict, and manage stress during incidents and releases.
- Comfort with ambiguity: experience navigating the messy early phase of self-organising teams.
- Low ego, high influence: lead through coaching and trust, not authority.
- Languages: English B2 or above and Russian B2 or above — both are required for this role.
Nice if you have
- Experience operating in a tandem leadership model (EM/SA, EM/Tech Lead, or similar).
- Experience leading multiple teams simultaneously (2+ teams).
- Experience moving a team to "You Build It, You Run It".
- Background in B2B SaaS products.
- Experience scaling an engineering organisation through a growth phase.
Why you will like it here
Your Growth & Tech Playground
- AI-curious culture: Automate the boring stuff and focus on tasks that matter.
- Your gear, your choice: Mac, Linux, or Windows — you choose.
- Never stop learning: Professional & language learning support, office library, hackathons.
- Knowledge sharing: Internal events and regular tech community meetups.
Health, Wellness & Peace of Mind
- Private health insurance (including dental and optics).
- Trust-based recovery: no doctor's note for up to 5 days/year + 10 paid sick days.
- Office Care: Regular check-ups and vaccinations in the office.
- Extra time off: birthday, wedding, birth of a child, December 31st.
- Company support during important life moments.
- 500+ discounts on perks.lt and ideal.lt.
The Famous Gurtam Kitchen & Office Life
- Kitchen stocked 24/7 — snacks, coffee, fruits, ice cream, and surprise pastries.
- Lunch compensation — free or almost free.
- Active zones: PS5, foosball, table tennis, in-office yoga.
- Pet-friendly office.
- Free parking.
Community & Culture
- Social clubs for every hobby — or start your own!
- Gurtam Thanks Points: redeem for swag, vouchers, or flights.
- Legendary events: summer/winter parties, excursions, Developer Days.
- Balanced work culture: results over hours, no time tracking.
Salary: €7,000 – €8,000 Gross/month (based on experience and expertise) Location: Vilnius, Lithuania (Hybrid — 3 days/week in office)
The Journey
- Intro Call: A 40-minute chat with our recruiter to see if we're a match.
- Interview with manager: A deep dive into your experience and leadership approach.
- Reference check: We'll reach out to a previous supervisor to learn more about your work.
- The Offer! (or detailed feedback)
Ready to lead the engineering future of IoT? Let's talk.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. At Gurtam, all applicants are treated fairly without regard to their race, age, religion or belief, sex, national origin, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
We expect all candidates to provide accurate and complete information during the recruitment process. We do not use AI to screen applications and you do not need to tailor your application for AI screening. While you may use AI tools to a limited extent to refine application materials, you remain fully responsible for ensuring that the submission reflects your own qualifications, skills, and experience. Any failure to do so may negatively affect participation in the recruitment process.
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