Engineering Manager - AI-Driven Strategic Fleet Planning

Sixt-; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 vacation days + birthday off

Private health insurance for family

Coverflex allowance & daily meal money

Job summary

SIXT is seeking an Engineering Manager for Strategic Fleet Planning in Lisbon, leading an ambitious team building decision-support software on AWS. You will partner with Product, Data Science, and Business units to translate fleet strategy into shipped software and drive end-to-end delivery.

You will coach engineers across technical and AI maturity, own outcomes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams on high-impact initiatives, including AI adoption, security, and stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• Proven track record building and growing software teams.
• Hands-on production experience with Java or Golang on AWS.
• Experience with Postgres and event-driven systems (Kafka).
• Ability to assess AI-generated output for real engineering judgment.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and communicating with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of Strategic Fleet Planning software.
• Lead and grow a colocated engineering team in Portugal.
• Coach engineers on technical and AI maturity.
• Manage cross-cutting initiatives like AI adoption and security.
• Partner with Product, Data Science and Business stakeholders.
• Challenge low-value asks and co-own the backlog.

Skills

Leadership experience

Java / Golang on AWS

Postgres / Kafka

AI-driven engineering

Full-stack leadership

Stakeholder communication

Distributed collaboration

Tools

AWS

Postgres

Kafka

PHP/Oracle legacy

Job description

SIXT is seeking an Engineering Manager for Strategic Fleet Planning in Lisbon, leading an ambitious team building decision-support software on AWS. You will partner with Product, Data Science, and Business units to translate fleet strategy into shipped software and drive end-to-end delivery.

You will coach engineers across technical and AI maturity, own outcomes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams on high-impact initiatives, including AI adoption, security, and stakeholder alignment.