Engineering Manager
By leveraging modern technologies we are developing a new music ecosystem. Welcome to Utopia - Where Music Lives!
WELCOME TO UTOPIA
Music is incredible. It can excite hundreds, and unite thousands. But as an industry, it has been slow, complicated, and disparate. While the tech world has moved into the future, the music industry continues to be shaped by inefficient systems of the past. At Utopia we believe there is a better way. Which is why today we are setting out to transform the entire industry; creating new revenue streams, consolidating the data and decluttering the admin. Unlocking the industry’s full potential by unifying it all in one truly holistic space. Some might call that a Utopia.
Funnily enough, so do we. Welcome to Utopia. Where music lives.
WHAT UTOPIANS DO
The open secret is that the music industry is struggling with the very basics of music accounting: What was played, when and where? Who should get paid and how much?
Utopia Music is bridging the data gap by connecting global consumption, accurate metadata, and fast payments to an industry-wide trust platform. Our goal is to unlock creative value and enable Fair Pay For Every Play to make a better world for Music. The solutions we offer do not threaten to usurp the role of industry incumbents - it is about bringing transparency in the industry and supporting efficient royalty collection for all.
THE ROLE
You will lead one of the engineering teams in Helsinki responsible for the outcomes, quality of the tech and the people you manage. We believe in the modern approach to build tech products with cross-functional teams including software engineering, product management, data and design. Your job is to build and lead an engineering team to innovate and create amazing products to change the music industry for better.
You will start with a small team, which you’ll grow into a full-sized team. You will work closely with the other engineering leaders to keep our engineering culture strong. For example, we believe that short feedback loop between operations and development is critical across all the engineering teams: “You build it, you run it”.
We work in small teams in an agile manner. You’ll be working on Utopia products built on the Utopia big data platform. We work full-stack including the product infrastructure and user experience. We take a holistic approach to product creation from data to robust backend and customer experience.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- You are the people manager for your team of engineers.
- Leading your team to deliver on the roadmap and building amazing products.
- Operating your software as a service product with great operational excellence.
- Growing a happy and healthy team by hiring and keeping the team motivated and inspired.
- Collaborating closely with the product managers, data scientist and designers to shape the direction of your product.
- As part of the engineering manager community, make the whole engineering team stronger, more efficient and outcome-focused.
REQUIREMENTS
We expect you to care about people and be passionate about building great products. The years of experience are just a guidance - what counts is what you have achieved and how.
- 3+ years of experience managing software engineering team as a people manager.
- Experience in managing complex cross-functional software projects.
- Passionate about user experience and operational excellence
- Excellent communication skills, fluent in English
- Preferably, experience building software powered products operated as SaaS.
WHAT WE OFFER
- An opportunity to be part of building the Utopia Helsinki! We’re about 30 people in Helsinki and growing fast.
- As a people manager, you will be part of our engineering manager community where we support and learn from each other.
- You will have a mentor outside your own team to support your growth as a people manager.
- An opportunity to grow as a manager towards supporting other managers as an org leader or increasing your technical or product scope.
- An inclusive workplace with people from multiple countries, cultures and backgrounds using English as the company and casual language.
- Great colleagues to learn from, with experience in multiple startups and big tech companies from Spotify to Facebook and more.
- Working in an impact-oriented, autonomous and empowered team.
- Standard Finnish benefits like a mobile phone and a lunch benefit.
- We are supporting work permits for employees that moved here from countries outside the EU. However, we do not support relocation at the moment.
THE HIRING PROCESS
- Send us your CV and a cover letter in English.
- We invite you for an introductory video call to get to know you better and share more about us.
- Engineering Manager fit interview covering people and project management.
- Behavioural Interview covering cultural/ team fit.
- Cross-functional collaboration skill assessment.
UTOPIANS
We come from different backgrounds and we welcome everyone. Welcome to Utopia - Where Music Lives! We’re eager to meet you! :)
We’re eager to meet You! :)
- Department
- Engineering
- Role
- Project Manager / Scrum Master
- Locations
- Helsinki
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote

Colleagues
Helsinki
Perks & Benefits
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🏋️♀️ Active work space
At the Stockholm office we have a ping pong table and a gym in the basement and people are encouraged to use them both. We also have a generous wellness grant for anyone who prefer to do other things. -
☕️ Breakfast every morning
Every morning we gather around the bar for breakfast. It is of course voluntary but the coffee is great. -
👾 A bunch of nerds
We love what we do and we do what we love. So there will be a lot of interesting discussions going on about pretty much anything connected to music or tech and a lot of Star Wars references to acompany those. -
🏰 A little here and a little there
We love to work together. Where exactly that is at the moment is less important.
Work @ Utopia
Do you like to work in teams with a lot of individual responsibility? Yes, we know it sound cliché but this is also how it actually is.
Every morning after breakfast we gather in our teams to plan the day, assign tasks to kickstart the days. Agile, fast and inventive is how we like it. That also gives us room to pair up or hold a workshop if we need help in finding the best solution.
A helping hand and a good coffee might just be what we need to get things done.
About Utopia Music
Utopia exists for the love of music. A deep rooted belief that success in innovating an entire industry can only be achieved by looking holistically at the music industry value chain. By leveraging modern technologies we are developing a new music ecosystem. We want to help everyone from PROs to Publishers, Artists to A&R by creating new revenue streams, consolidating data and decluttering the admin.
Engineering Manager
By leveraging modern technologies we are developing a new music ecosystem. Welcome to Utopia - Where Music Lives!
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