Engineering Manager (all genders)

Deutsche Lufthansa AG; Köln; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Deutsche Lufthansa AG in Köln seeks an experienced Engineering Manager to lead 10-12 engineers across three cross-functional teams. You will mentor, drive performance and career development while aligning technical work with product goals.

You will partner with Product and stakeholders to balance priorities, communicate risks, and advance an AI-native SDLC, leveraging AI and automation to improve quality, delivery speed and reliability.

Qualifications

• 2-3+ years of engineering management experience leading software teams.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and navigating multiple priorities, dependencies and stakeholders.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.
• Experience in an AI-native SDLC and AI-based engineering practices across teams.
• Strong software development background in modern, customer-facing applications.
• Understanding of frontend and backend technologies, architecture, APIs, cloud platforms and modern engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop 10-12 engineers across three cross-functional teams.
• Partner with Product and stakeholders to align priorities and manage trade-offs.
• Communicate goals, progress, risks and decisions clearly to stakeholders.
• Drive adoption of an AI-native SDLC, using AI and automation to improve productivity, quality and delivery effectiveness.
• Partner with Staff Engineers to shape technical direction, evolve architecture, manage technical debt and translate technology strategy into team priorities.
• Enable predictable, high-quality delivery by aligning capacity, managing dependencies and risks, and using engineering metrics to improve performance and reliability.

Skills

Engineering management

Cross-functional leadership

AI-native SDLC

Frontend & Backend tech

Cloud platforms

APIs

Software architecture

Job description

What you\'ll do

• Lead, coach and develop 10-12 engineers across three cross-functional teams through mentoring, timely feedback, performance management and career development.


• Partner with Product and other stakeholders to align customer, business and technical priorities and manage dependencies and trade-offs.


• Communicate goals, progress, risks and decisions clearly , building trust and alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders.


• Drive adoption of an AI-native SDLC , using AI and automation to improve productivity, quality and delivery effectiveness.


• Partner with Staff Engineers to shape technical direction, evolve architecture, manage technical debt and translate technology strategy into team priorities.


• Enable predictable, high-quality delivery by aligning capacity, managing dependencies and risks, and using engineering metrics to improve performance and reliability.

Ihr Profil:

What you\'ll need

• 2-3+ years of engineering management experience , leading and developing one or more software engineering teams


• Experience leading cross-functional teams and navigating multiple priorities, dependencies and stakeholders


• Fluent English , both written and spoken


• Experience working in an AI-native SDLC and adopting AI-based engineering practices across teams


• A strong software development background in modern, customer-facing applications


• Understanding of frontend and backend technologies , architecture, APIs, cloud platforms and modern engineering practices

What you\'ll bring

• People-first leadership: You empower engineers while creating clear ownership and accountability


• Strong technical judgment: You challenge decisions constructively and guide pragmatic, sustainable solutions


• Continuous improvement: You remove friction and use data, AI and automation to improve how teams work


• Resilience and adaptability: You provide clarity and focus through ambiguity and change


• A collaborative mindset: You align Engineering, Product and stakeholders around shared outcomes