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Engineering Manager – Explore & Discover

Engineering ManagerEngineering ManagerFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 501-1,000Since 2015H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Germany

Posted

70 days ago

Salary

0

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor DegreeEnglishGermanJavaScriptNode.jsPHPTypeScriptVue.js

Job Description

Engineering Manager – Explore & Discover

Kaufland e-commerce

• Building, developing and enabling high performing teams who build awesome products is the main responsibility for our Engineering Managers. • It’s the entry position in our Engineering Management career path and reports to a Head of Product Engineering. • As an Engineering Manager joining our team, you will initially focus on hands-on technical tasks like an individual contributor allowing you to gain a deep understanding of our infrastructure and systems so that you know the code inside and out before adding managerial responsibilities to your plate. • This approach enables you to understand the technical challenges your team encounters deeply, setting you and the team up for future wins. • You have found your passion in software development, but you enjoy building the right team, removing roadblocks, helping others, creating transparency, and alignment even more than being an individual contributor. • Based on your experience, you will start by leading the engineers of one product team in a you-build-it-you-run-it environment, with a clear perspective to expand to multiple teams as responsibility and impact grow. • Depending on team size and setup, you will remain hands-on to a reasonable extent, especially where technical guidance, architectural decisions, code reviews, or complex problem-solving are needed. • You are going to help our engineers grow personally and professionally - not only by advancing their skills, but also by inspiring them through purpose. • You make sure that we leverage (new) technology within our product teams to build products customers love and work for the business. • You are accountable for delivery and reliability of your teams’ products, balancing scope, quality, performance, and operational stability in a high-traffic B2C environment. • You will contribute to strategic initiatives that are larger than your team(s) like raising the engineering bar, improving our guidelines, and defining how we work as an organization.

Job Requirements

  • You have worked in cross-functional product teams and bring a vast experience in engineering of scalable web applications
  • You are an experienced Engineering Manager who approaches technical challenges pragmatically, choosing tools and architectures that fit both the problem domain and the organization. This typically includes TypeScript, Vue.js, modern frontend tooling, and backend integrations with Node.js/PHP
  • You possess an outstanding sense of ownership, passion and drive which brings energy to the room
  • You communicate clearly and effectively, know how to create alignment, and understand what matters, especially in a remote and distributed setup
  • You already have some experience in a management role and building successful teams and you are motivated to grow even more in the role of a successful Engineering Manager
  • You are a natural go-to-person within your organization by mentoring other engineers and helping them grow and succeed
  • You are willing to go the extra mile to make your team successful, you give honest feedback, and you are able to discuss, commit and execute
  • You are fluent in English (C1) and enjoy working in an international environment.

Benefits

  • Create your own work-life balance: You have the flexibility to choose between working remotely (within Germany) or from one of our locations in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or our co-working space in Berlin!
  • Do you want to move to Germany? No problem – we offer you an attractive relocation package to give you a smooth start.
  • Urban Sports Club and RSG Group Fitness Studios: Get top deals for fitness, swimming, yoga and more
  • Mental Well-Being: We support you on your well-being journey with special offerings such as Instahelp, the digital platform for online psychological counseling
  • Vacation & Sabbatical: Enjoy 30 days of vacation per year and the opportunity to take a sabbatical once you have been part of the team for a certain period!
  • Option for Pluxee restaurant vouchers: Buy Pluxee vouchers through us and benefit from tax-advantaged meal allowances!
  • ‘Deutschlandticket’: We subsidise your train season ticket for more mobility
  • Employee Discount: You will receive a monthly coupon for Kaufland.de
  • Free choice of operating system: MacOS or Ubuntu Linux, it's up to you
  • Boost your growth: Benefit from our online language learning programs, diverse in-house training, and our automated 360-degree feedback. We cover the costs for relevant conferences, training opportunities, and approved team workshops to strengthen personal interactions.

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