Job description
Senior Engineering Manager (m/f/d)
Company Overview
Affinidi is a technology company dedicated to changing data ownership for good. We empower businesses and individuals with control and ownership of their data, with a comprehensive approach to managing their holistic identity – accounting for all aspects of their digital footprint while ensuring privacy and security. Affinidi’s technology enables users to benefit from decentralised digital identity solutions.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineering Manager with deep expertise in backend systems (Rust, TypeScript, microservices, cloud) to lead multiple engineering teams building the Affinidi Elements platform. This role blends people leadership with technical leadership: you will grow high-performing fullstack teams, define best practices across the stack, and remain hands-on in critical technical decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead multiple engineering teams, providing vision, direction, and coaching to managers, staff engineers, and senior ICs
- Drive engineering execution and on-time delivery of secure, performant, and customer-centric systems
- Oversee and contribute to the design and development of high-scale, high-performance distributed production systems
- Collaborate with product, design, and business stakeholders to define and execute the technology roadmap
- Establish and evolve engineering best practices, delivery processes, and quality standards to scale effectively
- Mentor and develop engineering leaders, fostering career growth, leadership depth, and technical excellence
- Stay ahead of emerging technologies, bringing innovative approaches to improve scalability, architecture, and developer experience
- Champion privacy by design, security-first principles, and high-quality engineering across backend and frontend systems
Requirements / Qualifications
- Proven track record of leading engineering organizations in global, high-growth environments while driving on-time delivery of high-quality systems at scale
- Strong leadership skills: coaching, mentoring, developing leaders, and fostering high-performing, inclusive teams
- Skilled at balancing strategic vision with practical execution, aligning engineering teams with business outcomes
- Deep backend expertise in Rust (required), with strong knowledge of TypeScript/Node.js
- Experience with React/Next.js and/or Flutter
- Proven success in designing, deploying, and scaling microservices in cloud environments, specifically, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Advocate for privacy, security, cryptography, and resilient system design
- Skilled at balancing technical leadership and people leadership
- Excel at cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and security stakeholders
- Thrive in fast-moving startup environments
Preferred Qualifications
- Dart experience is preferred
- Familiarity with C#, Go, or similar is a plus
- Experience with asynchronous cryptography and identity/authentication domains is a strong plus
- Experience working across functions, locations, and time zones
- Expertise in decentralized identity solutions
- Experience building systems with advanced cryptography requirements
Location
Berlin, Germany
Employment Type
Full-time
Salary & Benefits
- Hybrid working model
- Flexible working hours
- Unlimited vacation policy
- Competitive compensation package
- Work within international environment
- Learning Budget
- Mobile Allowance
- Home Office Allowance
- Urban Sport Membership
Equal Opportunity Statement
We believe in hiring different and diverse talent and providing a safe space where everyone can share their views without fear, where differences are celebrated, and where no one is left out. Inclusive cultures are the foundation for collaboration and innovation within our team.
