Engineering Manager (f/m/d)

thermondo; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Modern office in Berlin

Dog-friendly workplace

Work from home up to 3 days/week

Job bike leasing

Urban Sports Club membership

Corporate benefits from partners

20% pension contribution

Job summary

A leading energy tech company in Berlin is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team. In this role, you will foster a culture of technical excellence and mentor engineers while driving the technical strategy of critical products. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of engineering leadership experience, a strong technical background, and are passionate about developing their team's potential. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact in decarbonizing homes while collaborating with diverse talents.

Qualifications

• Experienced leader with a track record in engineering.
• Strong technical background, hands-on experience preferred.
• A natural mentor who builds inclusive environments.
• Collaborates effectively with product managers.
• Looking for growth and leadership opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Hire, mentor, and develop a diverse team of engineers.
• Guide architectural decisions and technical strategy.
• Ensure team meets delivery commitments on innovative features.
• Translate company vision into actionable strategy for the team.

Skills

Team leadership

Technical strategy

Mentoring

Collaboration

Education

2+ years in engineering leadership

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Python

Kotlin

Job description

Overview

At thermondo, our mission is to decarbonize every home, and technology is our primary lever for change. We are transforming a massive industry bogged down by legacy systems and manual work. This transformation isn't just about code – it's about the teams who build our future. To win, we need more than great engineers; we need exceptional leaders who can build, guide, and inspire them.

As an Engineering Manager (f/m/d), you are at the heart of this mission. You won’t just be managing projects; you will be building the high‑performing, cross‑functional team that turns our vision into reality. Your team will own the critical software that empowers our installers in the field, the very systems that give us our competitive edge.

Your impact isn't measured in lines of code, but in the culture of technical excellence you foster, the engineers you mentor, and the predictable delivery you enable. We’re looking for a leader who is ready to multiply their impact through people. If you are a builder of teams, a raiser of technical bars, and are driven to solve one of the most pressing challenges of our time, join us.

Responsibilities

As an Engineering Manager (f/m/d), you will be the force multiplier for a cross‑functional team of backend, frontend, and mobile engineers. You will be instrumental in building the products that empower heating installers and in shaping a culture of engineering excellence.

• Build and Grow a World‑Class Team: You will hire, mentor, and develop a diverse team of exceptional engineers. You'll foster a culture of ownership, psychological safety, and continuous improvement through effective 1:1s, actionable feedback, and dedicated career coaching.
• Drive Technical Excellence: You will be accountable for your team's technical strategy and the operational health of its services. You'll guide architectural decisions, champion best practices for quality and reliability, and lead pragmatic discussions on managing technical debt. Your goal is to elevate the team's technical bar, not to be its top coder.
• Deliver High‑Impact Products: You will own your team's delivery, ensuring it predictably meets its roadmap commitments. In close partnership with Product and Design, you'll manage priorities and risks to ship innovative features for our installer mobile app and our AI‑powered Heating Installation Platform.
• Lead with Clarity and Alignment: You will translate the company's vision into a clear, actionable strategy for your team. You will ensure your team understands the “why” behind their work, connecting their technical contributions directly to customer value and business impact.

Qualifications

We're looking for a leader who is passionate about building both great products and great teams. You are a “player‑coach” at heart – someone who leads from the front but understands that your greatest leverage comes from empowering your people.

• A Proven Engineering Leader: You have 2+ years of experience in an engineering leadership role, managing a team of software engineers. You have a track record of successfully shipping and operating complex software systems.
• Technically Credible and Curious: You possess a strong technical background and remain technically hands‑on, likely as a senior or staff‑level engineer from earlier in your career. You have a T‑shaped profile, with deep expertise in one area (e.g., backend, frontend, mobile) but are fluent enough across the stack to challenge and guide technical conversations, whether they’re about API design, mobile performance, or CI/CD pipelines.
• A People‑Centric Manager: You are a natural mentor who is passionate about the growth and success of your team members. You know how to build an inclusive environment where engineers feel safe to experiment, learn, and do their best work.
• A Strategic and Pragmatic Partner: You excel at collaborating with product managers and other stakeholders. You can balance the push for new features with the need for technical investment, and you communicate progress, trade‑offs, and risks with clarity.
• Growth‑Oriented: You aren't just looking for your next job; you're looking for a place to make an impact and grow your leadership skills. You are excited by the challenge of helping transform an engineering organization and have the potential to grow into a manager of managers.

Bonus Points

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Python and Kotlin programming languages.
• Experience with products involving AI/ML components.
• Familiarity with the challenges of building solutions for field service professionals or in the energy sector.

Benefits

• Join a team of Product Managers, Software Engineers, Designers, Data and Salesforce people who are excellent in their craft and are happy to share their knowledge and help you grow alongside them
• Our team is using the latest frameworks and is working with a modern tech stack to build powerful products for our customers, craftspeople, and internal teams
• We offer a challenge with purpose – the better our tech, the more people will live climate‑neutral and the better the world becomes for future generations
• We offer a fantastic culture in the tech team and beyond
  • Modern office in the heart of Berlin
  • You can bring your dog one day/week
  • Work from home – up to 3 days a week
  • You can lease a job bike
  • You receive an Urban Sports Club membership
  • Corporate Benefits at more than 100 partners
  • nilo.health membership
  • 20% employer contribution to your pension and disability insurance

About us

Every application is welcome here – regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion, ideology, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity. We are convinced that everyone is valuable and deserves a fair chance.

Software has always been part of thermondo’s DNA. We have been the first to digitize trade a decade ago. Today, our proprietary software enables 800 thermondinos to scale the heating transition in Germany. But we want more. We want to enable fully digitized and smooth customer journey ensuring that all processes are coming together: commercial funnel, procurement, product, supply chain, project management, finance, dispatch, HR planning as well as customer facing offerings for maintenance and home energy management.

Our product & tech teams in Xberg – the heart of Berlin – are a highly diverse and multicultural bunch. They make sure that we can make a difference and scale the energy transition in Germany and work closely together with all departments.

Join our product & tech teams and pave the way for climate neutral living.

Your application process

• An initial interview with your Talent Acquisition partner, Jenny
• If we are both on the positive side, you will talk to our VP of Engineering Pedro
• Then, you will have the opportunity to meet with your to‑be teammates.
• Finally, Become a thermondino!

Here we go

Is this exactly the challenge you are looking for? Then don't wait any longer and apply to us. We look forward to getting to know you!