Engineering Manager - Team Connect

Engineering Manager - Team Connect Be a part of our journey to build a trusted digital world! We usually respond within two weeks Signicat is a pioneering Pan-European Digital Identity Service Provider, supporting over 170 data sources for seamless identity verification. Trusted by governments, financial institutions, and businesses worldwide. Such as General Financing, Compensa Life, Telia, Rimi, Volvo, and many more. Today, Signicat employs over 530 people across 20 offices in 15 European countries. We work with leading banks, fintechs, telcos, public authorities, healthcare providers, and enterprises across retail and mobility to deliver trusted digital identity and onboarding solutions at scale. Joining Signicat means contributing to a mission that has a real impact on how society works and trusting each other in an increasingly digital world. Since 2007, Signicat has been steadily growing organically and through strategic acquisitions, which led us to become a pioneering Pan-European Digital Identity Service Provider (DISP). We support 170+ data sources to identify businesses and individuals – from national eIDs, ID-document scanning, and biometric verification to data sources for AML and KYC checks, all accessible through a single integration point. The Role As a hands-on Engineering Manager, you will combine .NET programming and engineering leadership with technical product ownership for one of our Platform Services teams. You will be responsible for growing and supporting the team, driving delivery, prioritizing the roadmap and backlog, and balancing new capabilities with reliability, operational excellence, and technical debt. Your team is one of three Platform Services teams developing and operating critical shared services for Signicat's SaaS platform. Specifically, this team owns the authentication platform that secures Signicat's SaaS offering. Built on OpenID Connect (OIDC), it provides the identity and access management foundation used across our products. Additionally, the team develops and operates a portfolio of platform services that contribute to the security, reliability, and scalability of our SaaS platform, including our secure long-term storage service. You will work closely with the Senior Engineering Manager for Platform Services, architects, and stakeholders across the organization, ensuring your team delivers secure, scalable, and reliable platform capabilities that create value across the company. How You'll Make An Impact Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Own the technical roadmap and backlog for your team's platform services, balancing business priorities, operational excellence, and technical debt. Drive the evolution of Signicat's authentication platform, ensuring it remains secure, scalable, reliable, and ready for future growth. Collaborate closely with architects, engineering teams, and stakeholders across the company to deliver platform capabilities that accelerate product development. Guide architectural and technical decisions within the team while promoting engineering best practices, observability, automation, and operational excellence. Help shape the future of our Platform Services group by contributing to engineering strategy, ways of working, and long-term technology direction. Why We'll Love You You are an experienced engineering leader who enjoys building high-performing teams as much as building great technology. You have a strong software engineering background and are comfortable discussing architecture, distributed systems, and cloud-native platforms with experienced engineers. You thrive at the intersection of engineering and product, translating business needs into technical priorities and delivery plans. You are an excellent communicator who builds trusted relationships with engineers, architects, and business stakeholders alike. You have experience leading platform, infrastructure, or backend engineering teams in modern cloud environments. You bring deep expertise in the .NET ecosystem, enabling you to provide strong technical leadership, mentor developers, and guide architectural decisions for high-scale SaaS services. Experience with identity and access management technologies, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, or authentication platforms such as IdentityServer is an advantage, but not a requirement. You enjoy coaching others, creating clarity, and enabling teams to do their best work. This is a wish list. If you meet many of these qualifications, we'd love to hear from you. Why You'll Love Working at Signicat We are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and empowering environment where you can do your best work and grow your career. We offer: Exceptional Work-Life Balance: Enjoy 5 paid days off each year on top of your 25 annual holiday allowance, plus a flexible, hybrid work schedule that trusts you to manage your time. Estoril: Modern workplace - our residential-style Estoril office, conveniently near a train station, blends a relaxed seaside ambience with a cosy, tech-filled workspace. Featuring chill-out zones, a garden, and proximity to the beach, it's the perfect place to work and unwind Work from Anywhere: Experience our international culture firsthand with the opportunity to work from any other Signicat office for 2 months per year and from any European country for 3 weeks per year. Continuous Growth: We invest in your development with 2 hours of dedicated learning time each week, unlimited access to Udemy for Business, quarterly development talks, and clear career paths. Health & Wellness: We support your well-being with a dedicated wellness package and complimentary access to the Headspace app for mental health and mindfulness. Your Tech, Your Way: Choose the laptop and tech gear that you are most comfortable and productive with. A Truly International Team: Join a diverse and welcoming community with active Employee Resource Groups, including Women in Signicat and our LGBTQ+ group. Salary: € 60,000 -€80,000 gross yearly. We are open to discussing the salary based on your skills and competencies. Department Technology Locations Estoril, Portugal Remote status Hybrid Estoril, Portugal About Signicat We're a dynamic community of passionate professionals dedicated to digital identity solutions. Since our founding, we have grown and evolved through organic growth, strategic acquisitions, and continuous innovations. This makes Signicat an exciting and ever-changing environment to be a part of! Founded in 2007 Co-workers About 530