Engineering Manager

Tremendous; Germany; Remote; EUR 223,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AI tools budget: $5k/month for tools

Competitive salary and equity

Fully remote (Americas)

Public handbook access

Job summary

Tremendous is seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Prepaid Cards team. You will shape the technical vision, mentor engineers, and drive delivery across new card types and markets.

You will report to the Director of Engineering and foster an async, low-meeting culture while maintaining high standards for quality and scalability. This is a fully remote role across the Americas.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• At least 2 years leading a team as a manager or tech lead
• Excellent technical judgment and ability to justify approaches
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional stakeholders
• Solid product intuition to articulate initiatives
• Experience leading AI adoption without lowering quality
• Ability to attract and retain top engineering talent
• High empathy for teammates and users

Responsibilities

• Lead the Prepaid Cards team and drive expansion into new card types and countries
• Grow engineers' careers through 1:1s, feedback, and coaching
• Own technical quality through code reviews, architecture decisions, and setting standards
• Report to Director of Engineering

Skills

8+ years software engineering

2+ years team leadership

Technical judgment

Strong communication

Product intuition

AI adoption leadership

Talent magnet

Empathy

Ruby on Rails

TypeScript

React

PostgreSQL

Google Cloud

Tools

Ruby on Rails

TypeScript

React

PostgreSQL

Google Cloud

Job description

Tremendous is the global platform built for businesses to send thousands of payouts to anyone, anywhere, for free. We're trusted by 20,000 organizations like Atlassian, MIT, and United Way to deliver gift cards and money to millions of recipients worldwide.

Our customers (researchers, marketers, HR teams, nonprofits, and platform businesses) rave about how fast and easy Tremendous is to use. Check out our ratings on G2.

Tremendous is profitable and growing without outside investors. We’re a fully remote, high-documentation, low-meeting culture, which means more time for what matters in both your professional and personal life. The team agrees– our employee NPS is in the high 80s.

What you’ll do

• Lead our new Prepaid Cards team. Prepaid cards are one of Tremendous's largest catalog categories, already processing millions of cards a year. We're expanding into new card types and new countries, and need an EM to build and lead the team as we do so.
• Grow your engineers' careers through 1:1s, thoughtful feedback, and coaching.
• Own technical quality — through code reviews, architecture decisions, and setting standards your team is proud of.
• Report to our Director of Engineering, Chloe

How we manage at Tremendous:

We coach developmentally, not reactively. Growing our engineers is a multi-month effort, not a response to the last incident. We address patterns, not one-offs.

Fix what's broken. You and your PM decide how your team works. If the process isn't serving you, change it — you don't need permission.

Async-first, low-meeting culture. We default to writing things down. You will not be stuck in back-to-back meetings.

Stable ground to build on. Our infrastructure is reliable, we rarely have incidents, and our tech debt is under control. You'll be leading a team that ships — not one stuck firefighting.

What you’ll bring

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, including at least 2 years leading a team as a manager or tech lead.
• Great technical judgment. You are consistently right on technical approaches, and can explain why.
• Strong communication skills. You can write technical briefs and explain technical concepts to cross functional stakeholders.
• Solid product intuition. You generally have a good sense of what to build and can articulate product initiatives to engineers on the team.
• Lead on AI adoption. You use AI heavily in your own work and help your team do the same — without lowering the bar on quality. "I used AI" is never an excuse for slop, and you'll hold your team to that.
• A magnet for talent. Other engineers and teammates love working with you.
• High empathy. You care about your teammates and our users. You can put yourself in their shoes.

Our stack: Ruby on Rails; Typescript + React; PostgreSQL; Google Cloud. Tech stack knowledge is a plus, but not required.

What’s cool about the role

• We invest in your tools. Everyone has a $5k/month budget for AI tools. Use it.
• Competitive pay and equity. The base salary for this role is $250,000 to $300,000.
• Fully remote. Work from anywhere in the Americas.
• Great culture. Read more about how we work in our public handbook.

About Tremendous

Tremendous is a global platform that enables businesses to send thousands of payouts to anyone, anywhere, for free.

The company specializes in delivering gift cards and money to millions of recipients worldwide, serving 20,000 organizations including Atlassian, MIT, and United Way. Their customers—researchers, marketers, HR teams, nonprofits, and platform businesses—use Tremendous for its speed and ease of use.

The company is profitable and growing without outside investors, operating as a fully remote, high-documentation, low-meeting culture with strong employee satisfaction metrics (employee NPS in the high 80s).

Pay USD 75,000–85,000/year $75k–$85k USD / year