Engineering Manager - 100% Remote (from Anywhere In Europe) (m/f/d) - Remote Eligible

Engineering Manager

We are actively searching for a highly skilled and experienced Engineering Manager to join our growing team.

With a minimum of 5 years of proven expertise, you will play a crucial role in shaping our future projects.

As an integral part of our collaborative work environment, the successful candidate will work closely with the product manager and product designer to ensure the delivery of top-tier products. Exceptional communication skills is a must and having a proactive approach is essential for maintaining smooth project operations and fostering effective collaboration with other teams and stakeholders. We definitely need payment, accounting or tax experience. Please do not apply if you are not familiar in this area.

If you are ready for a challenging and rewarding opportunity, keep reading :)

Who is Digistore24?

We are one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe.

What drives us? We shape the digital future! Our mission is to empower people with our software and expertise to share their knowledge online, enabling them to fulfill their dream of an own business. As a result, millions of people gain access to information that helps them reach their goals. To keep pace with our growth, we aim to expand our teams sustainably. We emphasize working with experts and strong personalities who share our values – regardless of their location.

Your New Dream Job At Digistore24

• Drive the separation of the Analytics Code Base and structure from the current Money and Analytics team
• Create a team that is autonomous and deliverers world class value for your customers
• Hands-on contributor and a sparring partner to your team
• Team leadership and development: lead and develop a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Project Management: ensure timely and successful delivery of software development projects, aligning with company objectives and quality standards.
• Process Improvement: continuously evaluate and improve engineering processes and practices to enhance team efficiency and product quality.
• Collaboration and Coordination: work closely with other departments, especially product management and design, to ensure alignment of engineering efforts with company goals.
• Coaching: mentor and guide the engineering team, setting clear goals and expectations, and facilitating professional growth and development.
• Resource Management: allocate resources effectively, including staffing and budgeting, to meet project timelines and objectives.
• Project Oversight: oversee all aspects of software development, from planning to execution, ensuring projects are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
• Technical Guidance: provide technical guidance and oversight, ensuring the use of best practices and adherence to technical standards.
• Performance Evaluation: conduct regular performance reviews and manage team dynamics to maintain a high-performing engineering team.
• Recruitment and Training: play a key role in hiring and onboarding new team members, and in organizing training and development activities.

Your Benefits At Digistore24

• Work in our partner's coworking spaces or in your home office, as long as you can guarantee uninterrupted internet access
• Regular further education
• The stability of an extremely successful German high-tech company that is funded by its successful product and not by investors
• Outcome focused teams and a culture of direct feedback
• Modern equipment: Thinkpad or MacBook
• International, collaborative team with strong cohesion
• Spectacular team events in various European countries
• Autonomy from day one
• Work in your team on a first-name basis, without a dress code, and at eye level
• Flexible working hours from Mondays to Fridays

Requirements

Your superpowers

• Mastery on best practices and forward looking
• Strategic business thinking: you don't need to know every detail of how to solve a problem, because you understand the business case behind it and you can make pragmatic decisions.
• Code refactoring expertise: simplify code and reduce complexity
• AI is your best friend: leverage the power of AI to promote the success of your team and product
• Problem-solving mentality: you take ownership of a task and will do whatever is necessary to finish it.
• Master of great code quality: you understand code quality outside of frameworks.
• Extensive technology stack (min. 5 years):
• Test-driven development with unit and integration test (Jest, Jasmin & cypress)
• Extensive experience in Elasticsearch
• Previous experience in PHP with Symfony
• Experience in working with async communication tools (example: messaging queue)
• Good to have Docker and K8s
• Proven proficiency with Angular and VueJs
• Expert in Typescript
• Solid architecture knowledge
• Communication skills: you are fluent in both written and spoken English to communicate with our international team.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience

This Position Is Not For You If…

• You have less than 5 years of experience in leadership and people management
• Your strategic thinking and technological vision is not your highest passion
• Effective communication and collaboration is not in your blood
• You are not willing to participate in industry conferences and networking events to stay on top of technological advancements and best practices
• You need constant help to find you way in someone else's code
• You hate maintaining a service use in other platform (constraining your refactoring possibilities and forcing you to document changes correctly)
• You are not a team player
• You are not proactive and like going the extra mile
• You are not comfortable learning new technologies and challenging your comfort zone
• You are not able to take ownership of your tasks

Our values

Please take a really close look at the values. Are you ready to live them?