Sr Engineering Manager - Java with React

Job Description The Senior Engineering Manager within the NIQ Activate R&D organization will report to the Director, Activate R&D and be responsible for leading a high-performing team of software engineers while driving the development of innovative product solutions for our rapidly expanding customer base. This role operates in an open, collaborative, and innovation-driven environment, leveraging modern client and server-side technologies to deliver scalable and impactful solutions. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring a balanced allocation of responsibilities, with approximately 50% focused on engineering leadership activities such as technical reviews, planning, stakeholder management, talent development, and delivery oversight, and 50% dedicated to hands-on software engineering , including architecture, coding, design reviews, and technical problem solving. Key Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and deliver scalable microservices from architecture through production deployment. - Lead backend system design and implementation, ensuring robust, secure, and maintainable solutions. - Leverage GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software delivery, improve code quality, and enhance engineering productivity. - Take ownership of development, maintenance, testing strategy, design discussions, and operations of the team, with containerized API services - Participate in all aspects of agile software development including design, implementation, and deployment. - Responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of new product features/components - Ensuring application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful application design - Work with a small, cross-functional team on products and features to drive growth. - Learning new tools, languages, workflows, and philosophies to grow - Research and suggest new technologies for boosting the product. - Have an impact on product development by making important technical decisions, influencing the system architecture, development practices and more.