Engineering Manager: Scale High-Performing SaaS Teams

Doghouse Recruitment; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 72,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunity

Pension scheme

Initial 12-month contract

Job summary

Doghouse Recruitment is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager for a growing SaaS organization in Utrecht. The role focuses on guiding an international team of engineers through a phase of scaling, balancing hands-on technical work with leadership, and partnering with the tech lead to set direction.

You will shape the engineering organization by fostering ownership, improving delivery, and enabling autonomous, cross-functional teams in a fast-moving SaaS environment in Utrecht.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
• 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
• Hands-on mindset (approximately 50% management / 50% technical).
• Strong communication skills in English and the ability to connect technology, product and business.

Responsibilities

• Coaching and developing a team of 4-6 engineers.
• Improving delivery processes and collaboration with Product.
• Establishing clear ownership and effective ways of working.
• Supporting organizational change and continuous improvement.

Skills

Software engineering

Engineering management

Hands-on leadership

English communication

C#/.NET

Azure

DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

C#/.NET

Job description

Doghouse Recruitment is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager for a growing SaaS organization in Utrecht. The role focuses on guiding an international team of engineers through a phase of scaling, balancing hands-on technical work with leadership, and partnering with the tech lead to set direction.

You will shape the engineering organization by fostering ownership, improving delivery, and enabling autonomous, cross-functional teams in a fast-moving SaaS environment in Utrecht.