Job description
Engineering Manager | Explore & Discover
Company Overview
We are the tech powerhouse behind Kaufland’s international online marketplaces and a company within the Schwarz Group. Driven by a start-up mentality and working on an equal footing within flat hierarchies, we develop the best marketplace solutions for our customers, sellers and partners.
Job Summary
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.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the engineers of one product team in a you-build-it-you-run-it environment, with a clear perspective to expand to multiple teams.
- Maintain hands-on technical involvement, especially where technical guidance, architectural decisions, code reviews, or complex problem-solving are needed.
- Help engineers grow personally and professionally.
- Leverage (new) technology within product teams to build products customers love.
- Accountability for delivery and reliability of your teams’ products, balancing scope, quality, performance, and operational stability.
- Contribute to strategic initiatives like raising the engineering bar, improving guidelines, and defining organizational workflows.
Requirements / Qualifications
- Experience in cross-functional product teams with vast experience in engineering of scalable web applications.
- Experience as an Engineering Manager with a pragmatic approach to technical challenges (typically including TypeScript, Vue.js, modern frontend tooling, and backend integrations with Node.js/PHP).
- Outstanding sense of ownership, passion, and drive.
- Clear and effective communication skills, especially in a remote and distributed setup.
- Experience in a management role and building successful teams.
- Ability to mentor other engineers.
- Fluent in English (C1).
Location
Remote (within Germany), or from offices in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or Berlin.
Employment Type
Full Time / Part Time
Salary & Benefits
- Flexibility to choose between working remotely or from office locations.
- Attractive relocation package if moving to Germany.
- Fitness deals through Urban Sports Club and RSG Group.
- Mental Well-Being support via Instahelp.
- 30 days of vacation per year and sabbatical opportunities.
- Pluxee restaurant vouchers and 'Deutschlandticket' subsidy.
- Employee discount for Kaufland.de.
- Free choice of operating system (MacOS or Ubuntu Linux).
- Access to online language learning programs, in-house training, and conference budget.
Application Process
Submit your CV (no cover letter needed). The process includes an initial check, a video introduction (or tech call), technical interviews, a director interview, and an optional team meeting.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We welcome applications from all people regardless of skin color, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, ethnic origin, religion, or ideology. We are a signatory of the Diversity Charter.
