ProspectusIssued 2026

Engineering Manager, Platform

Ines Okafor

Teams that ship steadily, sleep at night and keep growing.

1.The adviser

I manage two platform teams, twelve engineers in all. I hire, coach, set direction with product and still review the important pull requests.

My teams cut incidents by two thirds while shipping more than before.

Specialisms: People management · Hiring · Technical strategy · Delivery · Incident management · Career frameworks · Go · Kubernetes

2.Services and charges

Engineering team review

Process, architecture and morale, with a written plan.

€6,000

Interim engineering manager

Three to six months.

From €800 / day

First-time manager coaching

Six sessions.

€1,200

3.Experience

  • 2022 – PresentEngineering Manager, Platform, Northwind Pay
  • 2019 – 2022Staff Software Engineer, Northwind Pay

4.Qualifications

  • MSc Informatics Engineering — University of Porto, 2014

5.References

“The best manager I’ve had. She gave me room to grow and the cover to fail safely.”¹