Job description
Engineering Manager
Company Overview
Stott and May is a leading technology recruitment firm. Founded in 2009, they specialize in combining the speed of contingent recruitment with the high-touch, insightful service of executive search, working with innovative businesses globally.
Job Summary
A fast-scaling technology company in Berlin is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing product engineering team. The platform helps businesses and individuals take ownership of their digital identity, privacy, and data through secure, decentralised infrastructure used across industries and borders. This role offers the chance to lead a mission-critical product team building complex systems at scale while staying close to architecture, technical decisions, and product strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team across backend, frontend, and platform engineering.
- Drive delivery of complex product features across a multi-component platform.
- Work closely with product, design, and infrastructure teams to shape roadmap and execution.
- Act as a technical leader for architecture, scalability, performance, and system reliability.
- Improve engineering standards across code quality, testing, CI/CD, and best practices.
- Break down complex technical challenges into clear, actionable delivery plans.
- Coach and mentor engineers, supporting career growth and team development.
- Help build a strong engineering culture with high ownership, collaboration, and fast execution.
Requirements / Qualifications
- Strong experience leading engineering teams in fast-paced product environments.
- Hands-on technical leadership with strong backend and system design fundamentals.
- Ability to balance people leadership with architecture and technical decision-making.
- Experience building and scaling production-grade systems in cloud-native environments.
- Strong understanding of clean architecture, testing, and engineering best practices.
- Comfort working cross-functionally with product, design, and senior stakeholders.
- A pragmatic mindset with a focus on delivery, quality, and team performance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with developer platforms, SDKs, or internal tooling.
- Background in privacy, security, identity, or infrastructure-heavy products.
- Exposure to Go, Rust, or other modern backend languages.
- Strong documentation and architectural decision-making practices.
Location
Berlin, Germany (Hybrid)
Employment Type
Full Time
Salary & Benefits
- Salary: Up to €120k
- Strong benefits package
