Engineering Manager (m/f/x)

About Us

Job Description

• We are seeking an Engineering Manager to join our Data and Cloud Platform team. This team plays a central enabling role at KONUX: it provides the data and cloud foundations used by our product engineering teams
• also supporting Revenue, Operations
• other business functions in accessing, analysing
• You will lead and grow a high-performing cross-functional team owning a broad platform scope, including:
• Data processing frameworks and scalable data platform capabilities
• Cloud infrastructure, cost management, and observability
• Platform security concepts, tenant configuration, and device management
• Process automation, CI/CD pipelines, and developer enablement
• In this role, you will set clear priorities, align technical strategy with company goals
• help the team make sound trade-offs across reliability, scalability, security, data quality, cost
• delivery speed. You will combine strong people leadership with hands-on technical judgement: you should be able to assess technical designs, understand implementation risks, guide engineers towards pragmatic solutions
• contribute directly to the codebase or technical delivery where needed. You will also act as an important communication bridge between Engineering, Product, Revenue, Operations
• leadership, ensuring complex technical topics are clearly understood by both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Your Impact
• Team Leadership
• Effectively lead your cross-functional team consisting of 8 Fullstack, DevOps, and Data Engineers, as well as Technical Service Engineers, fostering collaboration, growth and development
• Conduct regular 1:1 meetings to provide coaching and support individual career development
• Manage performance reviews and pay adjustments according to the company framework
• Support hiring, onboarding, feedback, conflict resolution, and performance management
• Technical Delivery
• Own the architecture and technical strategy for the Data and Cloud Platform and collaborate with key stakeholders to align with the product roadmap and the needs of Revenue and Operations
• Translate company and technical goals into actionable plans for your team and ensure clear priorities and focus
• Treat the platform as a product: understand internal users, prioritise high-leverage improvements, and balance reliability, scalability, security, cost, and delivery speed
• Contribute directly to technical delivery where needed, leading by example on data and software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and automation of operational processes
• Assess technical designs hands-on, identify risks and trade-offs, and guide engineers towards pragmatic, maintainable solutions
• Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, risks, priorities, and delivery constraints clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Financial Management
• Own the annual team budget, managing both staff and operational expenses
• Control and optimise costs across pre-production and production environments
• To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have
• Software, DevOps, Data Engineering, or other STEM background, with a minimum of 8+ years of experience and 2+ years in an engineering leadership role, ideally incl. people-management
• Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, conflict resolution, hiring, performance management, and building a healthy team culture
• Ability to assess technical designs hands-on, identify risks and trade-offs, and guide engineers towards pragmatic, maintainable solutions
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to align engineers, business stakeholders, and leadership around complex technical topics
• Solid hands-on experience in: Python, PySpark (ETLs), Cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS and Databricks), building a scalable data platform accelerating product teams and other functions
• Experience in working with IoT devices and process automation is advantageous
• Why Join Us:
• 💸 Competitive salary (100k to 130k EUR p.a. depending on experience and seniority)
• 📉 Equity (all permanent KONUX employees have equity!)
• 📖 Dedicated Learning & Development budget of 3.600€ p.a.
• 🏠 Comprehensive relocation support if this opportunity at KONUX requires you to move
• 👨💻 Hybrid working model: Meet your colleagues in the office minimum 2 days per week
• 🏢 Modern workspace with cool rooftop with mountain view
• 💻 Flexible working conditions, home office equipment and free choice between a Windows or Apple laptop
• ❤️🩹 Health benefits supporting your physical and mental well-being, e.g wellpass/gym membership and mental health app license
• 🍒Fruits, snacks and beverages for energy and our very own Oma cooking in office every Thursday
• 👴 Company pension scheme
• 🙌 Access to Corporate Benefits and Future Bens
• 🌴 27 vacation days (+1 day on every work anniversary for 3 years)
• 💁 Volunteering activities (2 additional days off)
• 🍻 Company and team events
• 🐶 We are a pet-friendly company, so your four-legged friend can join you in office!