Valencia Card Platform Engineering Manager (Frontend Lead)

DKB Code Factory GmbH; Valencia; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

DKB Code Factory GmbH in Valencia is seeking a hands-on frontend engineering leader to build and scale a six-engineer cross-platform team across web, iOS, and Android. You will hire, coach platform owners, shape frontend architecture, and set delivery discipline to enable premium card-management experiences.

You will partner with Product, Design and QA across Valencia and Berlin, drive measurable quality and secure delivery, and grow engineers through 1:1s, growth plans and performance reviews.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated people leadership of a software product team, including hiring, coaching, feedback and performance accountability.
• Strong engineering background in modern web frontend engineering, ideally with React, with evidence of staying technically close through architecture, design reviews and code reviews.
• Experience coordinating dependencies and technical contracts with backend/platform teams across locations.
• Proficiency with agile delivery tools and collaborative documentation workflows (Jira, Confluence, Figma).
• Professional English.

Responsibilities

• Build, hire and onboard a six-engineer cross-platform frontend team (web, iOS, Android) and create clear platform staffing and backup coverage.
• Define and operate the team’s engineering operating model: code-review standards, CI/CD, automated testing, accessibility, security, observability and release discipline.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, QA and backend owners (Valencia and Berlin) to sequence cross-channel delivery, agree API contracts and remove dependency risks.
• Delegate technical authority by nominating and coaching platform owners; ensure routine technical decisions are made within the team rather than being bottlenecked by the EM.
• Drive the delivery of the first card-management tranche to production and establish a predictable planning and release cadence.
• Set measurable quality thresholds (stability, escaped defects, automated coverage, accessibility) and lead incident learning and continuous improvement efforts.
• Develop engineers through regular 1:1s, feedback, growth plans and performance management; build bench strength and succession coverage for each active platform.

Skills

People leadership

Frontend engineering

React

Architecture reviews

Agile delivery tools

Jira

Confluence

Figma

English

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Figma

Job description

DKB Code Factory GmbH in Valencia is seeking a hands-on frontend engineering leader to build and scale a six-engineer cross-platform team across web, iOS, and Android. You will hire, coach platform owners, shape frontend architecture, and set delivery discipline to enable premium card-management experiences.

You will partner with Product, Design and QA across Valencia and Berlin, drive measurable quality and secure delivery, and grow engineers through 1:1s, growth plans and performance reviews.