Engineering Manager - Website
SumUp
Seniority
Midweight
Model
In-Office
Sector
Salary
Undisclosed
Contract
Full-Time
About the role
As an Engineering Manager in the Website squad, you will lead a pivotal team within the Acquisition Value stream, shaping the merchant journey from the first impression to the final hardware purchase. The role combines technical leadership, organizational impact, and cross-functional collaboration. You will drive delivery excellence, strengthen engineering culture, and elevate technical quality across the squad while leading strategic initiatives like the ongoing CMS migration.
What you'll do
- Lead a squad of 4 Fullstack Engineers, mentoring talent, setting performance frameworks, and building a high-performing, inclusive team.
- Oversee the squad's technical direction and elevate technical quality, ensuring the long-term stability, performance, and scalability of our web platform.
- Lead and conclude the ongoing migration to a different CMS to improve marketing agility and content delivery efficiency.
- Build a measurable engineering organization using metrics like DORA to guide improvements in productivity, quality, and delivery efficiency.
- Partner closely with Product, Marketing, Design, and Platform teams to enhance product impact and delivery predictability.
- Become a significant contributor to product roadmaps and present early engineering strategies that align technical priorities with the Acquisition Mission.
What you'll need
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, and experience building and leading an engineering team or squad.
- Strong technical depth in modern web technologies and architecture. Our core tech stack is React, Next.js, TypeScript, Go, microservices, and APIs.
- Demonstrated track record of leading large-scale migrations or technical transformation projects.
- Proven experience in engineering best practices, including on-call rotations, observability, testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Exceptional communicator capable of managing stakeholders across both technical and non-technical domains.
Nice to have
- Experience with CMS platforms like Builder.io or Contentful and managing web infrastructure at scale.
- A background in Growth, Lifecycle, or e-commerce domains.
- Understanding of SEO, personalization, and experimentation frameworks.
- Experience leading teams through organizational or structural transitions.
What they offer
- Virtual Stock Option programme
- Annual L&D budget of €2,000 for conferences or further education
- Corporate pension scheme with up to 20% contribution matching
- 28 days paid leave plus public holidays and special leave days
- Urban Sports Club subsidy, Kita placement assistance, subsidised office lunches
- 1-month sabbatical (Break4me) after 3 years of service

