Manager Software Engineering (f/m)

Phoenix Contact; Województwo wielkopolskie; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Phoenix Contact is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the clipx ENGINEER team, drive feature development, and maintain software quality. You will conduct regular 1-on-1s, identify skill gaps, and align growth opportunities with project goals.

You will collaborate with project management, product marketing, and partners, participate in staffing and hiring, and mentor seniors in leadership and communication while upholding high software engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or closely related field.
• Several years of software engineering experience as an individual contributor.
• Very good communication skills and English proficiency (CEFR C1).
• Familiarity with software testing, QA, distributed source control, CI/CD, and refactoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team developing new features and maintaining clipx ENGINEER.
• Conduct regular 1-on-1 meetings with direct reports.
• Identify skill gaps and provide training and growth opportunities.
• Set annual goals and evaluate performance.
• Staff projects with PM and product marketing, keeping them on track.
• Collaborate with internal and external partner teams.
• Mentor seniors in leadership, communication, and collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Software Engineering

English Proficiency

CI/CD

QA

Version Control

OOP (C# / TS)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science / related field

Master’s degree (nice to have)

Equivalent industry experience

Tools

C#

TypeScript

Job description

• Leading the team that develops new features for and maintains clipx ENGINEER
• Conducting regular 1-on-1 meetings with all direct reports
• Continually developing the team further by identifying skill gaps, personal interests, and providing training and growth opportunities
• Setting annual goals and evaluating performance
• Partnering with project management and product marketing to staff projects and keeping them on track
• Working with internal and external partner teams
• Contributing to strategic personnel planning and hiring
• Serving as hiring manager in close collaboration with recruiters and the HR business partner
• Mentoring of team members, in particular Seniors, in non-technical areas such as leadership, communication, and collaboration
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, applied computer science, software engineering, a closely related field, or equivalent industry experience
• Several years of industry experience in software engineering as an individual contributor
• Familiarity with common software engineering principles (e.g., software testing and QA, distributed source control and branch management, CI/CD, code signing, refactoring)
• Very good communication skills
• Excellent written and spoken English (at least CEFR level C1)

Nice to have:

• Degree or graduate certificate in leadership, management, engineering management, or business administration
• Master’s degree in computer science, applied computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field
• Experience with both class-based and prototype-based object-oriented programming (C# and TypeScript preferred) as well as web application and web service development
• Prior experience as a people manager or tech lead
• Working knowledge of management styles and when to apply them
• Experience with several software development models, in particular waterfall, V, and agile
• Familiarity with relevant regulations and laws such as the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Working fluency in German (CEFR level B2)