Senior Engineering Manager

JUPUS

Senior Engineering Manager leading engineering squads at a fast-growing legal-tech company. Driving operational excellence and engineering process in a remote environment.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanySeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDjangoJavaScriptPostgresPythonVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own each squad's delivery cycle (planning, rituals, mid-cycle adjustments, and retrospectives) so cycles are predictable and improving
Ensure every initiative flows correctly through Discovery, Refinement, Delivery, Rollout, and Post-Delivery, with risk surfaced early through timely feasibility assessments and spikes
Drive estimation excellence: coach teams to produce realistic estimates, set milestones that emerge from them, and hold squads to committed dates
Track and improve technical KPIs: lead time, PR cycle time, change failure rate, defect density, and date predictability
Drive cross-squad coordination on shared initiatives, dependencies, and reusable components
Enforce our Product Development Process consistently across all three squads; kick-offs, refinement, technical and testing plans, and delivery rituals are non-negotiable
Ensure every squad member knows and follows the process. Gaps in adherence are a leadership failure, not an engineer failure
Continuously evaluate processes and retire those that no longer serve us
Manage, coach, and develop three engineering squads, owning their delivery health, team composition, and career development
Develop Engineering Leads so they own technical feasibility, refinement, estimation, and delivery excellence within their squad
Foster a culture of ownership, psychological safety, and high performance
Own onboarding for your squads
Champion agentic coding as the default way squads build, test, and refactor, with a "trust but verify" approach that concentrates human review where domain expertise, security, and product judgment matter most
Identify repetitive workflows and drive their automation
Track AI-native health signals such as onboarding ramp time, PR cycle time, and AI-assisted commit rate

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years in software engineering, with at least 2–3 years managing engineers and/or multiple squads
Strong understanding of modern web architectures close to our stack (Python/Django backends, JavaScript/Vue frontends, relational databases (PostgreSQL), and cloud infrastructure (AWS))
Working understanding of AI/LLM-powered products and agentic coding workflows, and a genuine point of view on how AI changes the way engineering teams operate
Deep fluency in agile and iterative delivery: sprint/cycle management, estimation, backlog refinement, and a clear grasp of discovery vs. delivery
Demonstrated ability to improve delivery predictability and engineering throughput through process and coaching, not just headcount
Experience coaching engineers and leads and running honest performance and career conversations
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making in fast-moving environments
Strong bias toward action, pragmatism, and shipping value incrementally
Fluent in English
Located within the CET -2/+2 time zone

Benefits

Comp & perks

Foundational Impact – Help define and scale how multiple squads operate and deliver during a high-growth phase
High Ownership – Own the delivery, quality, and growth of several squads with direct influence on engineering strategy
AI-Native by Default – Lead in an organization where every engineer ships with agentic coding, and help shape what that looks like
Growth Environment – Build modern engineering processes in a fast-moving, product-focused organization
Leadership Visibility – Flat hierarchy with direct access to the Head of Engineering and CTO
Fully Remote – Enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere within CET -2/+2
Top Equipment – State-of-the-art MacBook plus all the accessories you need
Wellbeing Perks – Urban Sports Club membership in Germany to support your healthy lifestyle

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonDjangoJavaScriptVuePostgreSQLAWSAI/LLM-powered productsagile deliverysprint managementbacklog refinement

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingcommunicationstakeholder managementdecision-makingpragmatismownershippsychological safetyhigh performanceaction-oriented