Engineering Manager

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies. SDG solves the problems of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection - transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. SDG’s products redefine the way people interact and connect with one another.

Our portfolio includes social entertainment platforms designed to connect people online across different cultures and regions of the world. We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals who specialize in creating and developing globally impactful social discovery products.

Our international team of digital nomads works remotely from all over the world. We’re proud to be a two-time “Great Place to Work” winner (USA & Japan, 2024–2025) and a Top-5 Company for Work-From-Anywhere Jobs (FlexJobs, 2025). We are looking for Engineering Manager .

Your main tasks will be: Lead a cross-functional team of 7–10 engineers (backend, frontend, QA, AQA) Own end-to-end feature delivery, from requirements to release Run the team’s development process: sprint planning, estimation, decomposition, DoR/DoD Take part in feature design and technical decision-making Ensure the reliability of the team’s services: monitoring, alerting, incident reviews, postmortems Partner with the Product Manager on backlog prioritization We expect from you: 3+ years of commercial development experience (.

NET / Java / Python) 1+ year of experience leading a cross-functional team Understanding of microservice architecture: REST / gRPC, RabbitMQ / Kafka Observability: logging, metrics, tracing (ELK, Grafana, DataDog or similar) Agile practices (Scrum / Kanban) Nice to have: Understanding of frontend architecture (React) and mobile development (React Native) Knowledge of QA processes and test automation What do we offer: REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full-time; The initial pay level or pay range for this role will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process and before the commencement of employment; Vacation 28 cal