Engineering Manager (all genders) in Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Engineering Manager (all genders) in Berlin

Company Overview

Dott is the European champion of shared micro-mobility. Created through the merger of operators Dott in March 2024, the company decided to move forward under the name of Dott and integrated all vehicles into the Dott app. With the mission to change mobility for good, the team is led by CEO Henri Moissinac and President Maxim Romain. Dott facilitates sustainable travel, reduces congestion and pollution in cities, and decreases reliance on cars. With more than 250,000 shared vehicles in more than 400 cities across 21 countries in Europe and the Middle East, the 10 million users have generated over 400 million rides so far. For more information, visit www.ridedott.com

Job Summary

As the Engineering Manager for the Ops Experience & Fleet teams, you will manage two strategic and highly impactful domains within our tech organization, directly influencing the quality of the tooling our operations teams use on the ground to keep our fleet accessible to millions of riders. In this role, you will lead talented, highly experienced frontend, backend, and mobile engineers in building innovative, functional, and data-driven solutions. A successful Engineering Manager brings a unique blend of technical leadership, a collaborative management style that fosters a high-performing team, and a deep product understanding, which they apply across cross-functional product teams. You'll steer your teams toward a product vision and reliable delivery anchored in strategic and operational business impact, while driving both the personal and professional growth of your team members. This role gives you a unique opportunity to balance product development with engineering excellence, strategic planning with business understanding, and cross-functional collaboration with individual growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply your deep understanding of the product to build impactful tooling for operations and IoT, shaping and delivering an ambitious and innovative product roadmap
• Coordinate and drive technical architecture and decisions within your team and across departments
• Advise product managers and stakeholders on technical feasibility while ensuring timely delivery
• Inspire and steer your teams towards efficient execution of company, team, and product strategies
• Build a high performing Engineering team anchored on technical excellence including scalability, reliability, and high quality
• Lead and support the technical and personal growth of engineers
• Set and monitor team objectives, ensuring accountability and alignment in the overall software development lifecycle
• Monitor industry trends, new innovations and help shape the overall engineering vision for the Tech organization

Requirements / Qualifications

• Extensive experience in software engineering (5+ years), with at least 2 years in a technical leadership or engineering management role.
• Experience building tooling from architectural design to delivery for operations and/or IoT is a strong plus
• Deep understanding of modern backend development (web and mobile is a plus), and working with data at scale
• Holistic view and understanding of system architecture that serves millions of users
• Proven experience leading teams in a cross-functional environment
• Experience creating and managing career development plans for engineers with diverse skill sets
• Ability to stay up to date with industry best practices and emerging technologies, introducing them where relevant
• Comfortable working in highly collaborative and fast-paced environments with multiple stakeholders (engineering, design, product, operations)
• Excellent communication skills – able to explain high-level strategy and technical details clearly

Location

Berlin, Germany, Remote: False

Employment Type

Full Time

Salary & Benefits

• 💻 Our one time home office bonus upon your start to create your ideal home office set up
• 📚 Our annual learning & development budget
• 🛴 Our rides program with availability to opt in and opt out to ride our e-scooters & e-bikes
• ☀️ Our partnership for mental health at work, with free 1on1 video counselling, self-guided development and more
• 🚀 Our company onboarding
• 🌴 Our sabbatical program
• ⏳ Our flexible hours and 1 months remote working option
• 🏳️‍🌈 Our diversity and inclusivity initiatives and programs
• 🎉 Our public holiday swap, with which you can switch two public holidays to another day
• 🌍 Our voluntary day off for charity work

benefits may vary depending on country and position

Application Process

If we could spark your interest and you want to change mobility for good with us, apply now and let us know why you're the one for the job! We encourage everyone to apply and grow with us. Even if you may not tick all the boxes of the requirements, we are happy to hear about the value you can add to the team. We are all learners! We are looking forward to your application!

Equal Opportunity Statement

We actively encourage a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters each employee's individuality at Dott. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for your application, regardless to your nationality, ethnic or national origin, skin color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. Come as you are and join our ride! In case you are living with disabilities, chronic illness or neurodiversity please inform us, so we can ensure a smooth application process.