Engineering Manager - Platform

About the role

Your mission is to bridge the gap between "infrastructure" and "developer success". You will transform our platform from a set of tools and processes into a cohesive internal product and lead a team of engineers through a period of growth to establish a "paved road" that allows our product teams to ship with zero friction.

What you'll do

• Define what good looks like and how to become a high performing team, working together with our Staff Engineer
• Oversee delivery timelines and scope, making highly impactful decisions focused on work done rather than ticket throughput
• Work with ambiguous requirements and turn them into concrete deliverables, making trade-off decisions
• Act as a coach and talent magnet, responsible for growth, performance, and structure of the Platform unit
• Drive Platform excellence in developer experience, infrastructure and SRE
• Communicate regularly with other Engineering Managers, manage expectations and hold them accountable for delivery dependencies

What you'll need

• Track record of taking complex initiatives across the finish line with execution discipline
• High agency—you fix glaring problems by building the business case, getting buy-in, and delivering
• Ability to work with strong opinions while staying open to disagreement and commitment
• Experience building high-performing teams, ideally in Platform, Backend, or Data Engineering
• Motivation to solve hard problems and never leave work 80% finished

What they offer

• Monthly BVG / Deutschlandticket subsidy
• Private pension plan with 20% employer contribution
• 28 vacation days per year, increasing with tenure
• Mental and Physical Health support via Nilo and Wellhub
• Hybrid setup: 3 days per week in Berlin HQ
• Continuous learning through LinkedIn Learning and L&D budget