Job description
Senior Engineering Manager
Company Overview
Our mission is to digitalize the people photography industry. GotPhoto.com | fotograf.de is dedicated to making photographers’ lives easier and more efficient. We provide an end-to-end workflow and e-commerce solution enabling photographers to digitalize key parts of their workflow - from photo management to payment, combined with a user-friendly platform. Making them more successful and spending more time behind the lens! Since 2012, our journey has been filled with an entrepreneurial spirit, witnessing countless success stories that prove our sustainable business model works and is profitable. We’re building a tight-knit ecosystem where everyone can thrive – including you! Join our team of 170+ talented individuals and be part of our journey to empower photographers like never before!
Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team of talented engineers, drive our technical vision, and ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality solutions. In this role, you will manage and coach engineering teams, collaborate with cross-functional partners, and play a key part in our transition to a scalable and flexible architecture. Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you will be crucial in evolving our platform, ensuring robust product delivery, and fostering a culture of excellence within our engineering team.Our business is growing and so is our team: we will have around 200 employees, distributed over 5 countries, by the end of 2025. As we grow and expand, we recognize the need for a Senior Engineering Manager to join our team.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership: Drive the technical vision, design, and architecture decisions that align with business goals, including our transition from a monolith to a microservices-oriented platform.
- Team Management: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers by setting clear goals, providing actionable feedback, and fostering a collaborative culture that promotes upskilling and autonomy.
- Project Delivery: Ensure timely and quality delivery of projects by working closely with Product, Design, and Engineering Leads in a triad structure to align priorities and execute strategic initiatives.
- Process Improvement: Introduce best practices around software development, quality assurance, and CI/CD to boost engineering productivity. Champion the use of metrics to track team health and delivery effectiveness.
- Collaboration and Communication: Act as a bridge between the engineering team and other departments, ensuring transparency, and promoting alignment on project goals and priorities.
- Innovation and Technical Debt Reduction: Balance feature development with infrastructure improvements, reducing technical debt while delivering value to customers.
Requirements / Qualifications
- Experience: 5+ years of engineering leadership experience in a SaaS environment, with a proven track record of managing high-performing, cross-functional teams.
- Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of modern web technologies and experience with transitioning from monolithic to microservice or modular monolith architectures. Familiarity with frontend frameworks (React.js) and backend services (e.g., Node.js, Python).
- Metrics-Driven Mindset: Skilled in applying productivity metrics (e.g., DORA metrics) to assess and improve team performance and project delivery.
- Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to inspire and lead diverse teams, foster growth and development, and create a supportive team culture.
- Communication: Strong communicator with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for cross-functional partners and to convey project updates clearly to stakeholders.
- Problem Solver: Thrives in a fast-paced environment, with a strong sense of ownership and a drive to continuously improve processes and technology.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with cloud-based infrastructure (AWS) and DevOps practices.
- Familiarity with building and scaling micro-frontend platforms.
- Knowledge of photography industry workflows or experience working in a similar B2B SaaS environment.
- You have an insatiable appetite for learning and teaching
- High energy, confident, and ambitious individual
- You think change should happen NOW!
- You are inspired far more by better ways of thinking, than thinking you should throw more people at a problem
- Must be a passionate communicator, willing to challenge and enhance ideas while preserving relationships
Location
Berlin, Germany, Remote: True
Salary & Benefits
- We work in a flexible hybrid model at GotPhoto, leveraging the best of both worlds, with our office at Hausvogteiplatz serving as our central hub for collaboration in Berlin
- Education budget, that allows you to grow professionally and explore new ideas
- Unlimited holidays (26 days is the minimum)
- Workation in a different country for up to 2 months per year
- Want to learn another language? You get access to Lingoda.
- Flexible Employee Benefits through Probonio: Your monthly budget allows you to choose the benefit that best suits your needs, including popular options like the Urban Sports Club Membership.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds may refrain from applying for positions if they feel they don't meet all qualifications. We strongly encourage you to apply if you’re interested: we're excited to discover how your distinctive experience can enhance our team! We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However, you identify. We believe in equal opportunities.We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief. We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills, and personality. We believe that employing a diverse workforce is the right thing to do and is central to our success.
