Engineering Manager (f/m/d) (Munich, Germany)

Engineering Manager (f/m/d)

Company Overview

deskbird is the workplace management platform that puts employees first. With an intuitive booking system for desk and other resources, powerful analytics, visitor management and easy integrations, it saves costs, optimizes office space, boosts productivity, and fosters team collaboration—all in one easy-to-use app.Over 5,000 offices globally, including industry leaders like Deloitte, Decathlon, Philips, Heineken, and Samsung, use deskbird to simplify their hybrid office operations. Made in Switzerland and hosted in Germany, our cloud infrastructure is fully certified with industry standards, such as ISO27001 and SOC2. deskbird is the only workplace management platform you will ever need for an efficient hybrid office. Ready to make the switch?

Job Summary

We’re building Europe’s leading workplace intelligence platform. Following our $23M Series B, we’re entering an exciting phase of rapid growth, and you’ll be joining at a pivotal moment in our journey 🚀As Engineering Manager for our Workplace Operations squad, you’ll play a key role in shaping essential parts of the deskbird product portfolio. Your role is intentionally balanced: approximately 50% focused on leading and developing your team, and 50% hands-on technical contribution. You’ll empower your squad, strengthen delivery processes, and remain actively involved in designing and building high-impact features across frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• You’ll enable our customers to run their workplaces more efficiently, from visitor registration and management to catering requests for meetings and workplace maintenance workflows.
• You’ll lead and mentor a team of around five engineers, facilitating team rituals, driving continuous improvement, and conducting regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and growth conversations. You’ll partner closely with a dedicated Product Manager and Designer embedded in the squad.
• Technically, you’ll contribute full-stack solutions across our Angular frontend, Node.js backend, and GCP infrastructure, directly impacting over 150,000 monthly active users.
• Collaboration is central to the role, you’ll work cross-functionally with Product, UX, and other engineering squads to align on technical strategy and best practices.
• You’ll help drive how we leverage AI-powered code generation within the team, continuously refining processes and contributing to how deskbird’s broader Product & Engineering organisation evolves in this space.

Requirements / Qualifications

• You bring 5+ years of experience in full-stack web application development, ideally working with Angular and Node.js.
• You have successfully led engineers and technical initiatives, whether as a Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or in a comparable leadership role, and are comfortable balancing people leadership with technical ownership.
• You have strong product and engineering judgment: you know when to move quickly with a prototype and when to invest in building scalable, long-term solutions.
• You’re an excellent communicator, fluent in English, and skilled at aligning technical decisions with diverse stakeholders across the organisation.
• You stay current with the latest advancements in AI-driven code generation and have hands-on experience using modern tools (such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar). Importantly, you leverage these tools without compromising code quality, maintainability, or architectural integrity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and working with event-driven, distributed architectures.
• Hands-on experience with GCP and/or Firebase.
• A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

Location

Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Remote: False

Employment Type

Full Time

Salary & Benefits

• Grow fast: Join Europe’s leading workplace management software company and accelerate your career development.
• Annual company summit: Meet the whole team at our yearly summit in inspiring locations across Europe (check out the video from our last summit).
• Team “Bursts”: Unlimited opportunities to collaborate with your team in person.
• Home office support: Financial contribution to set up a comfortable, productive home office.
• Learning & development: Annual budget for coaching, certifications, and conferences.
• Co-working allowance: Budget to work from co-working spaces when you want a change of scenery.
• Hub visit: Yearly sponsored trip to one of our hubs.
• Generous annual leave: Plenty of time off to recharge.
• Joy budget: Annual budget to spend on activities that spark joy, connection, and shared energy.