Engineering Manager, Runtime Platform & Cloud Foundations

N26; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium N26 account subscriptions

Annual leave increase with service

Job summary

N26 is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Cloud Foundations team within Platform Engineering. You will own the strategy and execution for foundational cloud capabilities, including multi-account AWS management, Terraform-based tooling, and secure-by-default architectures to empower product teams.

You will coach engineers, align stakeholders across Security, Architecture and Product, and drive a culture of operational excellence, automation, and developer velocity.

Qualifications

• Solid grasp of self-service platform design, observability, automation and secure-by-default architecture.
• Strong coaching and performance management skills to build high-performing teams.
• Excellent communication and influence to drive platform alignment across Security, Architecture and Product.
• Fluent professional English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the long-term roadmap for the Cloud Foundations segment, turning cloud capabilities into self-service products.
• Enable engineering teams to autonomously provision infrastructure, manage secrets, and deploy workloads securely via APIs and tooling.
• Oversee core platform capabilities including multi-account AWS management, Terraform frameworks, and privileged access control.
• Build a high-performing, inclusive team with a culture of technical excellence and shared ownership.
• Elevate operational maturity through automation, observability, resiliency, and secure-by-default architecture.

Skills

Platform Engineering Principles

People Leadership

Stakeholder Alignment

Fluent English

AWS Cloud Architecture

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Job description

N26 is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Cloud Foundations team within Platform Engineering. You will own the strategy and execution for foundational cloud capabilities, including multi-account AWS management, Terraform-based tooling, and secure-by-default architectures to empower product teams.

You will coach engineers, align stakeholders across Security, Architecture and Product, and drive a culture of operational excellence, automation, and developer velocity.