Engineering Manager | TypeScript, Node.js, React | Privacy & Identity Platform | Berlin | 120.000 EUR + Bonus + Equity

Xcede; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 110.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Unlimited vacation

Learning budget

Home office allowance

Urban Sports Club membership

Zusammenfassung

Xcede is seeking an Engineering Manager in Berlin to lead a core product team working with TypeScript, Node.js and React on a privacy-first platform. This hands-on leadership role requires delivering architecture direction and setting the technical bar while growing the team.

You will partner with product, run system design sessions, and hire and mentor engineers, staying close to code while guiding strategy.

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years in a formal Engineering Manager role with direct people management.
• Strong hands-on background in TypeScript, Node.js and cloud-native backends (AWS preferred).
• Proven system design depth and ability to lead architecture discussions.
• Experience in regulated or privacy-focused domains is a plus.
• Based in Berlin or willing to relocate.

Aufgaben

• Lead a cross-functional engineering team delivering on a high-scale, privacy-first platform.
• Own architecture decisions and the technical quality bar for your domain.
• Filter product intent from engineering execution and catch design issues early.
• Run system design conversations for complex problems.
• Partner with Product to shape technical vision and roadmap.
• Hire, grow and retain engineers, including IC-to-manager transitions.
• Champion engineering excellence: clean architecture, CI/CD, TDD, observability.
• Drive AI-assisted development practices across the team.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

System design

Cross-functional

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

React

AWS

Jobbeschreibung

Engineering Manager | TypeScript, Node.js, React | Digital Trust Infrastructure | Berlin |120.000 EUR + Bonus + Equity

Compensation and benefits

• €110k-120k base + 15% annual bonus + equity (VSOPs)
• Hybrid working from Berlin, flexible hours
• Unlimited vacation, learning budget, home office allowance, Urban Sports Club membership

The company

A well-funded technology company on a mission to change how data ownership works on the internet. They're building the trust and identity infrastructure that modern digital services increasingly need - privacy-first, decentralised, and genuinely differentiated in a space that's only getting more important.

Small, senior team. Serious technical culture. Berlin-based with a globally distributed engineering organisation.

The role

This is a hands-on Engineering Manager position leading a core product team. You will own delivery, architecture direction, and the technical bar for a team of engineers building systems at the intersection of identity, privacy, and data ownership.

The expectation is clear: this is not a coordination role. You need to be genuinely close to the engineering - able to lead a system design session, not just attend one. The candidates who succeed here combine real technical depth with the leadership instinct to develop their team and hold a high bar. If you've built a career where you've stayed hands‑on as you've grown into management, and you can give concrete examples of both, this role is for you.

The hiring process is rigorous. Expect to go deep on system design, leadership situations, and your technical areas of strength. Come prepared.

What you'll do

• Lead a cross-functional engineering team delivering on a high-scale, privacy-first platform - primarily TypeScript, Node.js and React
• Own architecture decisions, ADRs, and the technical quality bar for your domain
• Act as a filter between product intent and engineering execution - scoping ambiguity before it reaches your team and catching architectural issues at the design stage
• Run system design conversations for your team's most complex problems
• Partner with Product to shape technical vision and roadmap
• Hire, grow and retain strong engineers - including IC-to-manager transitions
• Champion engineering excellence: clean architecture, CI/CD, TDD, observability and performance
• Drive AI-assisted development practices across the team

Engineering Manager | TypeScript, Node.js, React | Digital Trust Infrastructure | Berlin |120.000 EUR + Bonus + Equity

Compensation and benefits

• €110k-120k base + 15% annual bonus + equity (VSOPs)
• Hybrid working from Berlin, flexible hours
• Unlimited vacation, learning budget, home office allowance, Urban Sports Club membership

The company

A well-funded technology company on a mission to change how data ownership works on the internet. They're building the trust and identity infrastructure that modern digital services increasingly need - privacy-first, decentralised, and genuinely differentiated in a space that's only getting more important.

Small, senior team. Serious technical culture. Berlin-based with a globally distributed engineering organisation.

The role

This is a hands-on Engineering Manager position leading a core product team. You will own delivery, architecture direction, and the technical bar for a team of engineers building systems at the intersection of identity, privacy, and data ownership.

The expectation is clear: this is not a coordination role. You need to be genuinely close to the engineering - able to lead a system design session, not just attend one. The candidates who succeed here combine real technical depth with the leadership instinct to develop their team and hold a high bar. If you've built a career where you've stayed hands‑on as you've grown into management, and you can give concrete examples of both, this role is for you.

The hiring process is rigorous. Expect to go deep on system design, leadership situations, and your technical areas of strength. Come prepared.

What you'll do

• Lead a cross-functional engineering team delivering on a high-scale, privacy-first platform - primarily TypeScript, Node.js and React
• Own architecture decisions, ADRs, and the technical quality bar for your domain
• Act as a filter between product intent and engineering execution - scoping ambiguity before it reaches your team and catching architectural issues at the design stage
• Run system design conversations for your team's most complex problems
• Partner with Product to shape technical vision and roadmap
• Hire, grow and retain strong engineers - including IC-to-manager transitions
• Champion engineering excellence: clean architecture, CI/CD, TDD, observability and performance
• Drive AI-assisted development practices across the team

What they're looking for

• 3+ years in a formal Engineering Manager role with direct people management responsibility
• Strong hands-on technical foundation in TypeScript, Node.js and cloud-native backend systems (AWS preferred) - you can still get into the code when it matters
• Real system design depth - you've led system design sessions, not just participated in them
• The ability to give substantive answers to hard leadership questions: managing underperformance, resolving genuine team conflict, growing engineers who weren't performing
• Experience in regulated, security-conscious or privacy-adjacent domains (identity, fintech, KYC, compliance) is a significant advantage
• Startup or scale-up experience - comfortable with ambiguity, fast pace, and building from first principles
• Based in Berlin or open to relocating