Engineering Manager (f/m/d)

EMIL Group GmbH; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 80.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading Insurtech company in Berlin is looking for a seasoned engineering leader to manage and grow a software engineering team. The role involves driving team execution, fostering a healthy engineering culture, and ensuring alignment with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Agile practices and engineering fundamentals, with experience in Typescript, Python, or Go preferred. The position offers a hybrid working model and a robust development program.

Leistungen

Training budget of EUR 500 per year

Company pension plan

Urban Sports Club membership

Top-notch hardware

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience leading and growing engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with Agile delivery practices.
• Fluency in English; German is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Leading and developing a team of software engineers.
• Promoting individual development and inclusive team culture.
• Driving team execution and shaping engineering processes.
• Contributing to hiring efforts and building a diverse engineering organization.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

Agile practices

Typescript

Python

Go

Jobbeschreibung

Leading and developing a team of software engineers working on distributed microservices in a fast-paced SaaS environment

Promoting individual development and fostering a healthy, inclusive team culture

Partnering closely Product, Design and other Engineering Managers to ensure alignment on priorities and roadmap delivery

Driving team execution: facilitating planning, shaping engineering processes, unblocking challenges and ensuring predictable delivery

Coaching, mentoring and supporting engineers in their growth through continuous feedback and structured development plans

Helping shape and enforce long-term engineering practices in collaboration with senior leadership and Staff Engineers

Contributing to hiring efforts, onboarding programs and building a strong, diverse engineering organisation

Identifying and removing systemic bottlenecks across teams, fostering better cross-team communication and alignment

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Proven experience leading and growing engineering teams through coaching, feedback and clear expectation-setting

Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals (software architecture, microservices, cloud-native systems) and the ability to support technical discussions

Experience with Agile delivery practices (Scrum or Kanban) and a track record of improving team effectiveness

Ability to balance people leadership, delivery management and long-term strategic thinking

Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across teams and collaborate with product-oriented stakeholders

A great passion for enabling others to succeed, building teams and fostering a healthy engineering culture

Experience with Typescript, Python or Go are aplus

Fluency in English, both written and spoken; German is a plus

WHAT WE OFFER

Individual development opportunities through clearly defined objectives and responsibilities, as well as a training budget of EUR 500 per year

Hybrid working model with the option to work remotely, from home or at our office in Berlin Mitte

Benefits such as a company pension plan and VSOP for your share in the company's success

Supported Urban Sports Club membership

Top-notch hardware to implement your ideas and tasks in the best possible way

Regular team events in Berlin or off-site in nature and in warmer countries

You are part of a dynamic, international and passionate team with a high level of expertise - team spirit and cohesion are extremely important to us

WHAT'S NEXT?

If your application impresses us, we will contact you to arrange an initial interview with our HR manager.

EMIL Group is an Insurtech founded in Berlin in 2016, which offers innovative SaaS-solutions for the insurance industry. The global Insurtech Market was valued at 9,4 billion USD already in 2020 (Projection for 2030: 158,9 billion USD) – and we are part of that revolution! Our software enables insurers to master the shift into the digital age, thereby driving forward the insurance industry's technological disruption. We are a team of experienced founders (e.g., WHU, Rocket Internet), insurance- (e.g., wefox), and software experts (e.g., Google, Amazon).