Project Manager in Ajax Systems

Ajax Systems is an international technology company, Europe's largest developer and manufacturer of Ajax security systems with smart home capabilities. This is a whole ecosystem of 135 devices, mobile and desktop applications, server infrastructure. Every year, we demonstrate multiple growth both in the size of the team and in the number of users worldwide. Currently, the company has more than 3,000 employees. And Ajax sensors protect 2.5 million users in more than 187 countries of the world. 

R&D is responsible for the development of devices at Ajax, which consists of four departments: System, Device, Automation and QA.

System Department makes devices smart, turning them into a full-fledged IoT. They created and develop OS Malevich (a modular RTOS for various hardware platforms) and cloud service Ajax Cloud (Java 20 / Kotlin, AWS, Akka, NATS, Kafka, Mongo, MySQL). Applications for iOS (Objective-C, Swift), Android (Java, Kotlin), Windows/macOS (Python / C++, QT, QML) have been developed for system management, maintenance and monitoring by users, installers and engineers of security companies.

We are looking for a new player for the System Department who will strengthen the management team. The most important thing for a Project Manager: the desire to work in this field, to move mountains, to develop at a crazy pace and sparks in the eyes to get results.

Knowledge and skills required:

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• experience of 2 years of project management in the field of IT as a technical PM;
• leadership, proactivity and a high level of self-organization;
• analytical, systematic and critical thinking;
• experience working with releases involving several teams at the same time;
• knowledge and experience in using flexible development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), the ability to adapt them to the needs of the project;< /li>
• knowledge of the principles of classical project management;
• high communication skills: the ability to find compromises with interested parties, to obtain and clarify all the necessary information;
• the ability to quickly solve problems , make decisions and take responsibility;
• the ability to work with a team, regardless of your or your team's mood, to lead, coordinate and motivate;
• English - not lower than Upper Intermediate .

Will be a plus:

• experience with SAFe/SA certification;
• experience working in projects with stable releases and real users;
• experience working with cross-platform projects, API/embedded/server part;
• experience working in a product company.