Senior Engineering Manager

Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · Not stated

Level inferred from job title

Job description

A senior architecture role at Vonage defining and evolving architecture strategy, reference models and target states across Network Power Solutions, shaping technology direction and coordinating cross-domain architectural initiatives.

At a glance

Work mode
Remote

What you'll do

  • Define and evolve architecture strategy, reference models, and target states across the Network Power Solutions
  • Shape technology direction through standardisation, simplification, and platform investments
  • Co-ordinate cross-domain architectural initiatives (resilience, security, compliance, observability, developer experience)
  • Champion architecture practices and governance (ADRs, Well-Architected practices)
  • Partner with engineering and product leaders to translate business needs into scalable solutions
  • Provide hands-on support in solving complex architectural challenges
  • Communicate architectural vision and decisions to both technical and business stakeholders
  • Mentor engineers and architects while contributing to internal communities and best practices
  • Treat AI assisted engineering as a core part of modern software practice, leveraging AI tools to enhance design, coding, testing, troubleshooting, and documentation, while guiding the team in adopting effective patterns and evolving best practices for AI enabled ways of working

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrable skills and experience in a senior architecture role with scope across multiple teams, products, or shared platforms
  • Demonstrable experience of leveraging architectural practice to steer and deliver measurable business value and reduce unnecessary costs
  • Deep expertise in cloud-native and distributed systems architectures on AWS
  • Strong Java experience
  • Strong experience with SaaS, API-based, and developer-facing platforms
  • Proficiency across modern technologies and practices: microservices, Kubernetes, event-driven architectures (Kafka), CI/CD, DevSecOps, and Infrastructure as Code
  • Proven ability to apply structured architectural techniques — capability mapping, ADRs, C4 diagrams, in practical, proportionate ways
  • Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to align stakeholders and drive decisions without formal authority
  • Experience balancing architectural consistency with team autonomy in fast-moving, agile engineering organisations

Nice to have

  • CPaaS or communications domain experience
  • Experience with Network API's
  • AWS, Kubernetes, or related cloud certifications
  • Knowledge and experience of working within an Agile methodology

Your team

Network Power Solutions

Benefits

  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Group Pension Plan
  • Life Insurance and Group Personal Accident
  • Ericsson Care Line (EAP)
  • Discretionary Time Off (DTO)
  • Volunteer Time (VTO)

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About Vonage

Global cloud communications leader

Vonage is a global cloud communications leader providing fully programmable-based unified communications, contact center solutions, and communications APIs.

Key facts

  • cloud communications
  • Brands such as Airbnb, Viber, WhatsApp, and Snapchat use Vonage to accelerate their digital transformation

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