Manager Product Delivery

Sofico; Zwijnaarde; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal allowance for every working day

Company car or mobility budget

Fully covered private health insurance

Hybrid working and flexible hours

Structured onboarding with coach

Continuous learning and development

Job summary

Sofico is hiring a Manager Platform Delivery – Platform & Foundations to lead and grow engineering teams that own Miles Enterprise's core platform components.

You will drive technical direction, collaborate with PMs, Architects and senior leaders, and ensure robust, scalable and extensible platform capabilities across shared services, AI, identity, integration, and data streaming. The role emphasizes shipping quality software with modern backend engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Requires strong leadership experience in software engineering.
• Proven ability to lead multi-team platforms across domains.
• Solid foundation in enterprise backend development (Java).

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow engineering teams responsible for core platform components.
• Shape and implement platform strategy with PMs and architects.
• Enable Product teams with reusable APIs and frameworks.
• Drive engineering metrics and continuous improvement.

Skills

People leadership

Delivery ownership

Technical direction

Java back-end

Quarkus & REST

Event-driven architectures

Cloud-native

CI/CD

Stakeholder management

AI-aware engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Java

Quarkus

REST APIs

Event-driven architectures

Cloud-native systems

CI/CD

Job description

At Sofico, we’re shaping the future of mobility.

Our software platform, Miles Enterprise, enables automotive finance, leasing, fleet and mobility companies around the world to manage their operations in one integrated system.

As our Product organisation continues to grow, we are investing further in the shared platforms and technical foundations that allow our product teams to deliver reliable, scalable and future-proof solutions.

To support this evolution, we are looking for a Manager Platform Delivery – Platform & Foundations.

What the job is about

In this role, you lead and develop software engineering teams responsible for the technical foundations and shared capabilities that power Miles Enterprise.

These teams work across a broad range of platform capabilities, including:

• Shared services
• Decision support and AI
• Identity and access management
• Integration frameworks
• Configuration management tooling
• Data streaming
• Foundational application frameworks

Your focus is to ensure these capabilities remain robust, performant and extensible, while enabling Product teams and external developers to build and integrate efficiently.

You combine people leadership, delivery ownership and technical direction, working closely with Product Managers, Architects and other Engineering leaders to shape the future of the Miles platform.

Our core backend environment is primarily Java-based, with technologies such as Quarkus, REST APIs and event-driven architectures, so strong technical credibility in modern backend and platform engineering is important.

You will also play an important role in Sofico’s broader move toward a more product-first and AI-enabled way of working.

Your responsibilities

Lead and grow strong engineering teams

Build, organise and mentor high-performing engineering teams that take ownership of the core platform components they develop and maintain.

Support engineers in their professional development through regular feedback, coaching and clear expectations.

Ensure timely and predictable delivery while maintaining high standards for product quality, reliability and bug-resolution SLAs.

Balance strategic platform investments with short- and medium-term delivery commitments.

Shape the platform strategy

Collaborate with Product Management, Architecture and senior leadership to define the technical direction of our shared platform capabilities.

Help ensure architectural decisions support both current product needs and the long-term evolution of Miles.

Enable Product teams

Build platforms and frameworks that allow Product teams to deliver customer value faster and with greater autonomy.

Promote intuitive APIs, reusable services and scalable engineering patterns that reduce unnecessary complexity for internal and external developers.

Improve engineering effectiveness

Define and monitor meaningful engineering metrics and work with our tooling and enablement teams to improve developer productivity.

Drive continuous improvement across areas such as:

• Lead time
• Delivery predictability
• Reliability
• Quality
• CI/CD

Promote modern software engineering practices, automation, cloud-native design and scalable architecture.

Contribute to the maturation and standardisation of cross-functional development processes across the Product organisation.

Sofico is actively investing in AI across the Product and Software Development Lifecycles.

Help teams use tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot and AI agents across activities such as analysis, coding, testing, documentation and code review.

Ensure AI is introduced pragmatically, with engineers remaining accountable for quality and final decisions.

Collaborate across the organisation

Partner closely with:

• Product Managers
• Software Architects
• Engineering leaders
• Product teams
• Customer-facing teams
• Senior management

You will also act as a trusted escalation point when platform, delivery or technical issues require broader alignment.

Your skills and interests

You are a credible engineering leader who combines strong people leadership with a solid understanding of enterprise software architecture.

You are comfortable discussing technical details with engineers and architects, but can equally communicate priorities, trade-offs and risks with Product leaders, customers and senior stakeholders.

Building high-performing and accountable engineering teams

Reliable and scalable enterprise software

Clear APIs and integration patterns

Engineering excellence and continuous improvement

Enabling Product teams rather than creating unnecessary central dependencies

Using AI pragmatically to help teams work faster and better

What you bring

• 2+ years of experience in software engineering leadership
• A strong track record of leading engineering teams across multiple platform or technical areas
• Strong software engineering foundations, ideally with Java and modern enterprise backend development
• Experience with technologies such as Quarkus, REST APIs and event-driven architectures is a strong advantage
• Experience with areas such as shared services, integration frameworks, platform engineering, data, AI or developer platforms
• Strong understanding of enterprise software architecture
• Experience with cloud-native systems and distributed architectures
• Good understanding of modern DevOps and CI/CD practices
• Experience balancing long-term platform investments with product and delivery commitments
• Experience working closely with Product Management and Architecture
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills
• A track record of coaching and developing engineers
• Experience with, or genuine interest in, AI-assisted software engineering

What we offer you

• Competitive salary package
• Meal allowance for every working day
• Company car or mobility budget
• Fully covered private health insurance
• Hybrid working and flexible hours
• A modern and comfortable working environment
• Structured onboarding with support from a dedicated coach
• Continuous learning and development opportunities
• Regular team and company events, including after-work drinks, barbecues, family days and company weekends

You will join an international and multicultural company with more than35 years of experience and a strong track record of continued growth.

Despite that growth, Sofico maintains a horizontal and open culture where people are encouraged to take ownership, challenge ideas and continue developing throughout their careers.