Head of Software Engineering (m/f/d)

Netcup Wiki; Karlsruhe; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 103.500; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Good transport connections

Flexible working hours

Further training program

Mentoring program

Free parking

Mobile phone and notebook

Snacks and drinks

Company cars

Employee events

Fun corner

Zusammenfassung

netcup is seeking a Head of Software Engineering to lead the engineering organization in Karlsruhe, shaping the technical strategy for hosting and infrastructure platforms. You will guide teams, ensure reliability, and partner with Product, Operations and Support to deliver customer value.

The role combines high-level leadership with hands-on architectural direction, overseeing budgets and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-growing hosting environment.

Qualifikationen

• Leadership experience leading managers and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to identify potential and develop people.
• Experience in critically questioning existing structures without undermining the people who built them.
• Experience in handling conflicts—de-escalation and mediation between differing interests.

Aufgaben

• Lead engineering teams (20 employees) and assigned Team Leads and Tech Leads.
• Recruit, develop and retain engineering talent; foster ownership culture.
• Resource planning, prioritization and bottleneck management.
• Oversee architecture, scalability and reliability of hosting platforms; SSC/NCP/CCP.
• Ensure availability and performance across multiple data centers; enforce standards and guidelines.
• Define and advance technical roadmap; translate business goals into actionable plans.
• Manage engineering budget with focus on cost efficiency and quality.
• Collaborate with Product, Operations, Support and Marketing to align decisions with value.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Talent development

Conflict management

Critical thinking

Communication

German & English

Ausbildung

Computer science degree

Technical training

Jobbeschreibung

Be Yourself - Because that´s how we want You to be

We can, we want and we are also entitled to - because we are a team of highly motivated and qualified employees who are as passionate about inspiring customers as we are about working on technical solutions. And that makes us unique! If you want to take yourself and our products further, then come to us and shape the future of netcup!

Head of Software Engineering (m/f/d)

as of now | Full-time | Karlsruhe

Salary: from € 90.000 gross/year, depending on qualification and experience.

You think in terms of systems, but you lead people. Technical excellence and leadership responsibility are two sides of the same coin for you, and you know that the greatest leverage comes not from the code, but from the teams who write it.

For our growing software engineering department, we are looking for someone who can do both: think technically and lead people. As Head of Engineering, you will be responsible for the overall technical strategy of our hosting and infrastructure platforms and will lead the engineering teams behind them.

#PROFILE

Leadership and Organization

• Direct functional and disciplinary leadership of the engineering teams (20 employees) as well as the assigned Team Leads and Tech Leads
• Recruiting, developing and retaining talent
• Establishinga culture of ownership and open communication aboutproblems
• Proactive resource planning, early identification of bottlenecks and transparent prioritization
• Mediating when priorities conflict and making clear decisions even inchallengingcircumstances

Technology and Operations

• Overall responsibility for the architecture, scalability and reliability of our hosting platforms (SCP, NCP, CCP)
• Ensuring availability, performance and operational reliability across multiple data center locations
• Defining and enforcing technical standards, development processes and quality guidelines
• Identifying opportunities for optimization and continuously improving existing development processes

Interpretingbusiness goals into an actionable technical roadmap and transparently communicating progress

Working as part of the leadership team todevelopproduct and corporate strategy

Responsibility for the engineering budget with a focus on optimizing costs, efficiency, and quality

Close collaboration with Product, Operations, Customer Support and Marketing to align technical decisions with business requirements and customer value

#WANTED

First things first: You lead people

• Proven leadership experience, particularly in leading managers and cross-functional engineering teams
• Strong ability toidentify potential anddeveloppeople (both in their technical and leadership careers)
• Experience incritically questioning existing structures without underminingthe people who built them
• Experience in handling conflicts—de-escalation and mediation between differing interests

Technical and Professional:

• Completed technical training or a degree in computer science or a comparable field
• Several years of experience in software or systems development, ideally in a hosting, cloud, or infrastructure environment
• Deep understanding of modern architecture and agile development methods, and confidence in handling modern development processesExperience modernizing legacy systems into contemporary architectures, with an understanding that technical change only succeeds when the people behind it are on board

Personal and entrepreneurial:

• Strong analytical and conceptual skills combined with a solution- and outcome-oriented mindset
• Ability to clearly communicate technical complexities and make viable decisions
• Self-directed, structured way of working, along with entrepreneurial thinking and a hands-on mentality
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills

#WHAT WE OFFER

We are more than just a workplace. Therefore, we offer our employees many benefits (which partly depend on your position and location): good transport connections and flexible working hours. Period. Not to mention further training, a mentoring program, free parking, a mobile phone and notebook, snacks and drinks, company cars, employee events, a fun corner, ...

Founded in 2008, the company has been part of the international Anexia Group since 2016 and, as an Internet Service Provider, serves over 75,000 business and residential customers worldwide. Our main strength lies in the provision of web hosting, virtual and dedicated servers, and support of the same through management services. We also offer our customers a large selection of Top Level Domains.

Worldwide, we serve over 200,000 satisfied customers with 400,000 domains.

Our quality has won several awards - picking up a 'Very good' from CHIP computer magazine.

Part of the Anexia Group with over 400 employees and 6 office locations worldwide.