About Arbolus

Arbolus connects Private Equity Investors and Consultants with subject matter experts across industries for research, enabling seamless knowledge exchange via a digital platform.

Since 2018, we’ve been reinventing the expert network industry with a tech-driven approach, helping clients gain deeper insights while empowering experts to monetize their expertise. More agile and innovative than legacy networks, we stand out with an AI-powered platform, custom-sourced experts, and first-to-market tools like Canopy video Q&A.

Headquartered in London, Arbolus is a venture-backed scale-up with over 170 employees across five global offices in Barcelona, New York, and Gurgaon. Recently, we secured a $20 million Series B funding round to fuel our U.S. expansion and advance our mission: to make human knowledge digital and widely accessible.

About the role 

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of software engineers, guiding them in developing scalable and high-performing solutions. Your role will involve a mix of technical leadership, people management, and system architecture design to ensure the success of our product-focused engineering teams. You will collaborate closely with Product Owners, Designers, and other Engineering Managers to drive the technical roadmap, improve development processes, and foster a high-performance engineering culture.

Our backend stack is primarily built on .NET 8, C#, and PostgreSQL, complemented by React on the frontend and Python for Machine Learning. We value a strong engineering foundation, best practices, and a passion for mentoring developers to grow in their careers

Key responsibilities you will be in charge of

• Lead with vision and technical expertise, guiding a high-performing team and fostering a culture of innovation, passion for good work, and continuous learning.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Frontend, influencing decisions that shape the future of our platform and infrastructure.
• Define and drive the engineering strategy, ensuring alignment between technical decisions and business objectives.
• Push the boundaries of software quality and delivery, championing best practices, rigorous code reviews, and modern architectural patterns
• Mentor and grow top engineering talent, providing actionable feedback, career guidance, and opportunities for professional development.
• Foster a culture of innovation and technical curiosity, encouraging the team to experiment, challenge assumptions, take responsibility and challenge the status quo.
• Drive long-term organizational growth, scaling teams, refining processes, and aligning engineering practices with the company’s evolving goals to ensure sustained impact and innovation at scale.

Requirements to succeed in this role

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience. Bonus points for .NET Core, C#, ReactJS and SQL databases (PostgreSQL preferred).
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including mentoring and career development.
• Motivation and ownership. Clear understanding of the purpose behind tasks and initiatives.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, API design, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps culture.
• Ability to balance hands-on coding and high-level architectural guidance.
Strong communication skills: ability to explain ideas clearly and listen actively.

What we offer

• Performance bonus on top of your base salary
• 25 days of paid time off per year + all local bank holidays. Arbolus puts heavy emphasis on quality of life and wants to ensure everyone has a fair amount of time to recharge and relax
• Hybrid work schedule (2 from home, 3 from office) and 2 weeks per year to work from abroad
• 2 hackathons per year
• Training budget (from books to attending software development conferences abroad)
• Private health insurance
• Flexible remuneration for meals and transport (Alan card)
• Relocation package to help you with your move to Barcelona
• Top-notch equipment to make our work efficient and smooth
• Free coffee, tea, and snacks to boost our energy during the day
• Monday office breakfast to start our week
• Lunch voucher on Tuesdays and Thursdays
• Regular social activities are managed by our local Social Committees
• Language courses to extend our knowledge (English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Catalan)
• Discounts for Kleta, Urban sports, and various restaurants around the office

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Arbolus is committed to providing reasonable adjustments for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If, due to a disability, you need assistance or adjustment in completing your application please email us at talent@arbolus.com. Please put "Reasonable Adjustment" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. Please note that this inbox is not monitored for application status update requests.

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