Engineering Manager

Doghouse Recruitment; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Doghouse Recruitment is seeking an Engineering Manager for a software provider that connects IT systems with EDI and IoT capabilities. You will own delivery across the full stack from Java-based networking to Angular UIs, mentor a mixed backend/frontend team, and collaborate with Product Management to align roadmaps with customer value.

This role supports Germany and the Netherlands, with options to work onsite in Amsterdam or Tutzing, or remotely from anywhere in these countries.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software development, with at least 3+ years in an engineering leadership role managing product-focused engineering teams.
• A strong backend engineering background, ideally in Java, with depth to review designs and discuss networking, concurrency, and architecture.
• Frontend awareness (TypeScript, Angular) to support frontend engineers effectively.
• Familiarity with networking and integration space: HTTP/REST, asynchronous messaging (Kafka, AMQP, MQTT), and data integration protocols (AS2, EDI, GraphQL).
• Hands-on AI-augmented engineering mindset, using AI tools to improve team effectiveness.
• Proven stakeholder management skills to translate technical complexity into business value.
• Fluent in English; German or Dutch language skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery for your team's domain: planning, prioritisation, quality, and timely releases with Product Management.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a mixed backend/frontend team, supporting career growth and performance.
• Set and maintain high engineering standards across backend (Java, networking) and frontend (TypeScript, Angular).
• Collaborate with Product Managers and leadership to align roadmap with customer value and provide pushback when needed.
• Stay technically close to the codebase to challenge design decisions and represent the domain in cross-functional discussions.
• Shape how AI is used within the team to automate workflows and improve throughput.
• Foster agile practices and ensure smooth, predictable delivery processes.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Agile

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Tools

Java

Angular

TypeScript

HTTP/REST

Kafka

AMQP

MQTT

EDI

Job description

Engineering Manager | Up to 120k EUR (in NL this includes Holiday Allowance) | Onsite, Hybrid, or Remote

Client:

This software provider delivers an all-in-one integration platform designed to seamlessly connect disparate IT systems, applications, and business processes. By offering robust Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), and internet-of-things (IoT) bridging capabilities, the platform simplifies complex data mapping and automated workflows.

Position Overview:

This vacancy welcomes specialists based in Germany and the Netherlands. Whether you prefer working on-site at our offices in Tutzing or Amsterdam, or remotely from anywhere within these countries, we are happy to accommodate your working style.

As we continue to scale and consolidate our Data Platform, we are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager (m/f/x) to join our Product & Engineering department.

In this role, you will own delivery across the full stack, from Java-based networking infrastructure and integration services, to Angular-powered user interfaces. You will be as comfortable talking about Netty pipelines and load balancing strategies as you are reviewing a component architecture or coaching an engineer through a performance conversation.

We are a team that believes AI is a genuine engineering accelerant, not a gimmick. And we want our Engineering Manager to model that mindset and help their team develop it.

You’ll get to take ownership of:

• Leading, mentoring, and developing a mixed team of backend and frontend engineers, supporting career growth, performance management, and technical skill development.
• Owning end-to-end delivery for your team's domain: planning, prioritisation, quality, and timeliness of releases, working closely with Product Management.
• Setting and maintaining a high bar for engineering quality: driving code reviews, architectural decisions, and technical standards across both the backend (Java, networking) and frontend (TypeScript, Angular) layers.
• Collaborating with Product Managers and senior leadership to align roadmap priorities with real customer and business value, and to push back when needed.
• Staying technically close enough to the codebase to credibly challenge your engineers on design decisions, investigate complexity, and represent the domain in cross-functional discussions, without being in the weeds on a daily basis.
• Shaping how AI is used within your team-not just as an autocomplete tool, but as a genuine lever for automating workflows, accelerating problem-solving, and improving the quality and throughput of engineering work.
• Facilitating agile practices and ensuring smooth, predictable delivery processes across the team.

We’d love to meet someone with:

• 7+ years in software development, with at least 3+ years in an engineering leadership role managing product-focused engineering teams.
• A strong backend engineering background, ideally in Java, with sufficient depth to challenge technical decisions, review designs, and engage meaningfully with your engineers on topics like networking, concurrency, integration protocols, and system architecture.
• Enough frontend awareness (TypeScript, Angular or comparable) to understand the full picture and support your frontend engineers effectively, even if backend is your natural home.
• Familiarity with the networking and integration space: HTTP/REST, asynchronous messaging (Kafka, AMQP, MQTT), and data integration protocols (AS2, EDI, GraphQL)-the kind of problems the client's platform is built to solve.
• A genuine, hands-on attitude toward AI-augmented engineering: you use AI tools to increase your own effectiveness and actively encourage and coach your team to do the same.
• Proven stakeholder management skills-able to navigate between engineering, product, design and senior leadership, and to translate technical complexity into business language without losing precision.
• Fluent in English; German or Dutch language skills are a plus.

You can look forward to:

• Opportunity to work flexibly from home
• Modern offices in Germany and the Netherlands
• A personal Learning & Development budget
• Up to 30 days of remote work per year from any EU country
• Company Pension plan
• 30 vacation days a year
• 2 additional paid days off on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
• Location-specific benefits packages (your recruiter will be happy to provide more details during your first chat)