Software Development Manager

Smartcat was founded in 2016 to help global enterprises create and manage their multilingual content. Today, Smartcat is the essential language AI platform for the global enterprise.

Our client-tailored language AI turns content in any format into any language, from documents to videos to complex websites and software, making global operations simple for any corporate team. It also allows any user to create new content by tapping into a multilingual enterprise library.

More than 1,000 global companies including 25% of the Fortune 500 trust Smartcat to communicate their innovations and ideas all over the world.

Smartcat’s vision is to realise a world with equal access to innovations and ideas.

Smartcat is backed by Matrix Partners, FJ Labs, and other leading VC firms focusing on SaaS, marketplaces and AI. You might recognize names like HubSpot, Zendesk, Uber, Stripe, RigUp, and Quora in their portfolios. Despite the economic recession, Smartcat is growing at 150% YoY. It's well-funded and capital efficient, providing a unique combination of a hyper-growth environment with downside protection and the ability to think and plan long-term.

Mission

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Development Manager to join our team. Reporting directly to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), you will lead a talented team of up to 10 software developers, focusing on one of the key products in our highly successful product line. This role offers a high level of autonomy and responsibility, effectively positioning you as a 'mini-CTO' for your product. In addition to having full responsibility for all technical aspects of the product, you will also manage the team, encompassing team development, talent acquisition, adjustments to team composition, and the promotion of team members. This position will be remote-based in Europe. Ideal locations include: Serbia, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia and Romania.

Outcomes

• Drive the delivery of a high-quality product, exceeding customer expectations.
• Collaborate with the product team to create and execute comprehensive roadmaps, ensuring top-quality implementation.
• Proactively collaborate with customer-facing teams to reduce the number of customer-reported bugs.
• Partner with architects to transform and scale the product for 100x growth.
• Optimise and measure engineering processes to double the team's output within the first year, while simultaneously halving the number of bugs.
• Recruit, build, and lead a top-tier engineering team across various regions and time zones, enhancing the hiring process, offering expert technical guidance, and fostering career development.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years in software development, with 5+ years in leadership managing teams of 5+ engineers.
• 5+ years of .NET experience.
• Proven leadership and management skills, capable of motivating and guiding teams to achieve objectives.
• A meticulous and data-driven approach to problem-solving.
• Experience in scaling products during rapid growth phases.
• Expertise in managing high-load, secure, and scalable systems, ensuring robust performance under peak demands.
• Familiarity with performance optimization and system resilience strategies.
• Adaptability to thrive in a high-intensity startup environment, with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Receptiveness to feedback and diverse viewpoints.
• Based in an EU-friendly timezone.
• Demonstrated experience in working within international environments.
• Able to cooperate with US-based teams during US morning hours.
• Fluency in English

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Experience in building products from scratch.
• Experience with Vue.js, and MongoDB.
• Background in AI-focused product development.
• Proficiency with public-cloud platforms and services.

Our technologies

• PL: .NET Core
• DB: MongoDB, PostgreSQL
• Hosting in the AWS
• Elasticsearch cluster, indexes for several billion documents
• ELK (EFK) for logging, VM, Prometheus and Grafana for metrics and monitoring

Why joining Smartcat might be your best move so far

• Fully remote team
  We are a global team of 200+ enthusiastic people spread across 30 countries. We have been fully remote since 2020, with some locations populated with more Smartcatters than others, such as Boston, NYC, SF, the Bay Area, London, Lisbon, and Yerevan.
• Innovating the $50 Billion-old industry
  Smartcat’s innovative business model taps into this $50B language translation industry with a platform allowing enterprise end users to stop using traditional outsourcing and enjoy easy-to-use AI-powered SaaS that delivers immediate high-quality results at a fraction of the cost.
• High impact role enabling innovation and inclusion in organizations
  You will enjoy building with us. You will drive changes in how an old-fashioned global language industry operates while improving how hundreds of thousands of people work and millions of people exchange knowledge and ideas worldwide.
• Join the rocketship to scale-up 10x and beyond together
  We are looking for someone to become an integral part of our team and play a crucial role in the most exciting part of our journey: transitioning from a post-Series B startup to a company exceeding $100M in ARR and $1B in valuation. Our journey isn’t for the faint of heart. We are growing at 150% YoY, thanks to our strong product-market fit and high-performing team.
• Smartcat Culture: Where Diversity Meets High PerformanceAt Smartcat, we are committed to building a culture that highlights respect and appreciation for each individual's unique background and perspective, while maintaining a strong focus on results and clear, honest and direct communication. We believe in welcoming everyone and fostering an inclusive environment where team members can be their authentic selves at work. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is steadfast, and we stand firmly against discrimination and harassment.