Engineering Manager, General Classifieds & Platform Growth

Marktplaats; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Marktplaats in Amsterdam is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the General Classifieds team within the Horizontal Crew. You will shape platform evolution, subscriptions and commercial growth while guiding engineers across multiple teams.

You bring deep engineering expertise, servant-leadership, and a track record of delivering product-driven, cross-functional outcomes in a fast-moving marketplace environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years leading an engineering team in a cross-functional, product-driven environment.
• Strong engineering background with credibility at crew level beyond own team.
• Servant-leadership style with the confidence to get into the details when needed.
• Thrives in evolving environments, comfortable with ambiguity, and acts with speed.
• A proactive, can-do mindset with a strong sense of ownership.
• Collaborative by nature, able to build trust and challenge constructively.

Responsibilities

• Lead your engineering team: ownership of delivery, team health, ways of working and the career development of your engineers.
• Foster a safe, inclusive and high-performing culture where engineers have ownership and grow.
• Work closely with your Product Manager to align the team's work with crew and company objectives.
• Lead the team through a significant technical agenda, including work on subscriptions and platform integrations central to the crew's strategy.
• Maintain a healthy balance between short-term execution and long-term sustainability.
• Proactively address bottlenecks, risks and inefficiencies.
• Act as a senior engineering voice across the horizontal crew.
• Drive the adoption of engineering practices and standards across teams, in partnership with architects and engineering leads.
• Own the identification and resolution of cross-team engineering risks, inconsistencies and technical gaps.
• In times of change, help provide clarity and stability across the crew.
• Partner closely with the Group Engineering Manager on organizational and delivery decisions.
• Be a sounding board on crew direction, team setup and engineering culture.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Team leadership

Cross-functional work

Product-driven

Servant leadership

Ownership mindset

Job description

Marktplaats in Amsterdam is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the General Classifieds team within the Horizontal Crew. You will shape platform evolution, subscriptions and commercial growth while guiding engineers across multiple teams.

You bring deep engineering expertise, servant-leadership, and a track record of delivering product-driven, cross-functional outcomes in a fast-moving marketplace environment.