Engineering Manager

Topsort; Germany (OH); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team. This role involves setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and driving projects from ideation to deployment. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in software engineering, strong technical insights, and exceptional leadership abilities. Join a collaborative environment where bold choices and a sense of urgency drive success.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in software or data engineering, including at least 2 years in an engineering leadership role.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and deliver projects in production environments.
• Strong background in scalable backend systems, cloud infrastructure, machine learning, or frontend engineering.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse team of engineers and mentor them through code reviews.
• Set technical direction and architecture in collaboration with team.
• Drive projects from ideation to deployment.
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders.
• Champion high engineering standards.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Direction

Execution

Collaboration

Standards

Culture

Deep dive into details

Adaptability

Ownership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field

Tools

Go

Python

Rust

GCP

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Airflow

Spark

React

TypeScript

Job description

We're quickly growing and super excited for you to join us!

About Topsort

What It's Like to Work at Topsort

Our team is all about straightforward communication, embracing feedback without taking it personally, and fostering a super collaborative environment. It’s a sports team that’s hyper-focused on winning, collaborative internally, and competitive externally—never the other way around. We thrive on working in the open, lifting each other up, and getting things done with a sense of urgency. We're the kind of team that loves making bold choices, sharing extraordinary opinions, and maintaining a 100 mph pace. No endless meetings here—if it can be done today, we're all about getting it done today.

About The Role

We are looking for a passionate and versatile Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team. You will be at the heart of our core technology, guiding a team focused on areas like backend services, data systems, ML infrastructure, developer platforms, or product features.

This is a role for a leader who can thrive with open-ended challenges. You may come from any technical background—backend, infrastructure, data, ML, or full-stack—but you share a deep passion for building high-quality systems and steering teams toward impactful results. You’ll bring strong technical insight, exceptional people leadership, and a product-focused mindset to help your team succeed in our fast-moving, API-first environment.

What You'll Do

• Leadership: Lead a diverse team of engineers and mentor them through code reviews, technical design discussions, and career development.
• Technical Direction: Set technical direction and architecture in collaboration with your team and other leads.
• Execution: Drive projects from ideation to deployment, whether they are infrastructure, models, APIs, or platform features.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to turn goals into concrete plans.
• Standards: Champion high engineering standards, including testing, documentation, observability, and deployment practices.
• Culture: Foster a team culture of inclusion, autonomy, and continuous improvement.

What We're Looking For

• Experience: 7+ years of professional experience in software or data engineering, including at least 2 years in an engineering leadership role. You have a proven ability to lead technical teams and deliver projects in production environments.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
• Technical Background: Strong background in one or more areas, such as scalable backend systems (Go, Python, Rust, etc.), cloud infrastructure and DevOps (GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, etc.), machine learning or data platforms (Airflow, Spark, ML models in production), or frontend and product engineering (React, TypeScript, design systems).
• Communication: Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Ownership: A strong sense of ownership and a track record of building systems that scale and evolve over time.

What We Value

• Deep dive into details: Professionals who are not content with superficial answers and dive deeply into the details to uncover root causes and optimal solutions.
• Team first: A low need for individual recognition, always prioritizing collective results over personal credit.
• You thrive with ambiguity: Exceptional ability to tackle open-ended problems in unstructured environments, turning chaos into structured innovation.
• Adaptability: Willingness to learn, mentor, lead, and follow as the situation demands, fostering growth at all levels.
• Urgency: A disproportionate sense of urgency in execution, while keeping scalability and the creation of replicable processes in mind to ensure long-term success.
• Curiosity: Genuinely curious individuals who can quickly learn difficult concepts and apply them effectively.

If you're interested in building your career at Topsort, please apply with your resume and a cover letter.