Seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Nordic eID team while staying hands-on as a Senior Software Developer.

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.

Signicats are present all over Europe, with 16 offices in major cities across the continent. Our team of 500+ professionals are driven by an impactful mission - to build technology for people to trust each other in a digital world.

About the Role:

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Nordic eID team. Someone who combines strong people leadership with the ability to remain hands-on as a Senior Software Developer.
In this role, you will balance two key responsibilities:

• Engineering Leadership: line management for developers, building a high-performing, collaborative team, and ensuring we stay up to date with the latest practices and technologies.
• Hands-on Development: actively contributing to the codebase, solving complex problems, and helping shape our technical direction.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced Engineering Manager who is ready to lead a team without losing touch with the craft of software engineering.

Core technologies you will get to work with:

• Java
• Spring & Spring Boot
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Terraform
• Kubernetes

What you will do:

• Lead and support a team of developers, acting as a role model and fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and growth.
• Contribute hands-on to the codebase, solving complex problems and building high-quality software with Java (Spring, Spring Boot).
• Drive technical direction in modern cloud environments (GCP, Terraform, CI/CD, observability tools).
• Balance line management responsibilities with active development, ensuring both people and technology thrive.
• Champion agile ways of working, encouraging openness, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
• Promote continuous deployment and DevOps practices to improve speed, quality, and developer experience.

What we expect:

• Proven experience in people management (line management, team leadership, or equivalent).
• 5+ years of professional experience as a Java developer (Spring, Spring Boot).
• Strong background in cloud and DevOps (GCP, Terraform, CI/CD).
• Familiarity with observability and incident management (monitoring, logging, tracing, DORA metrics).
• Experience building and integrating REST, SOAP, or gRPC APIs.
• Track record of working in agile teams (up to 10 individuals).
• A genuine passion for both engineering and leading people.

What we consider as a plus:

• DevOps practices, observability, and incident management (DORA, PPQ, SLA).
• Cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, Terraform).
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI).
• Spring Boot framework.
• Identity & security protocols (OIDC, SAML, PKI).
• Understanding of browser technologies (iframes, cookies, CORS headers).
• Experience with or interest in continuous deployment.

What we offer:

• Trondheim: Modern workplace - our office in the heart of Trondheim offers delicious snacks daily, a comfortable working setup, a relaxing room, a music room, terraces outdoors, and so much more!

• Tailored benefits package by location - we aim to empower our employees by offering customised benefits suited to each market

• Your tech, your way - choose the tech gear that aligns with your comfort and meets your preferences

• **Onsite work style -**collaborate with the team in-office

• Work-life balance - enjoy an extra 7 paid days off annually, and we will celebrate your work anniversaries with additional days off to recognise and reward your milestones.

• Health & Wellness - we prioritise your physical and mental well-being by providing designated packs and access to the Headspace app

• Continuous growth - quarterly development talks, a dedicated time during working hours each week for training and development, unlimited access to Udemy courses, defined career paths and internal mentorship opportunities

• Customised onboarding - we will prepare an Onboarding Plan to ensure an easy and smooth beginning

• Be part of an international team - the opportunity to work from any other Signicat office for 2 months per year and 3 weeks per year from any European country

• Give back to the community- option to use 16 hours of paid volunteer time each year to support a charity or cause you are passionate about

• Empowering feedback culture - by using employee engagement tools, we ensure that every voice is heard, empowering us to grow together

• Meet-ups - frequent office gatherings and biennial Kick-off event to bring every

  During the hiring process, we will discuss your salary expectations to ensure alignment with your skills and competencies.

We build technology for people to trust each other in the digital world. Signicat is the leading provider of trusted digital identity across Europe. We are growing fast, so joining us means you will too. We connect businesses with their customers and users with digital services. But the greatest connections are the human ones that we have within Signicat, working with the brightest minds in our industry. We value the well-being of each employee and all work together to create a supportive and inspiring work environment. Signicat has several offices around Europe. We encourage creativity, initiative and independence to get things done. The digital space is our playground, and we are making it safer together, one day at a time. For further information about Signicat, please visit www.signicat.com