JustPlay

Senior Engineering Manager

JustPlay

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Berlin • 🇩🇪 Germany

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformKotlin

About the role

  • Lead and grow multiple engineering teams, including: Rewarding Systems, Fraud, Customer Experience, Cashout, and Platform/DevEx.
  • Mentor senior engineers and emerging leaders, providing clear growth paths and feedback.
  • Own hiring and team structure decisions in partnership with our Talent team.
  • Promote a culture of ownership, inclusion, and technical excellence.
  • Define the technical direction for your teams while contributing to a broader engineering strategy.
  • Ensure timely and high-quality delivery of cross-domain projects.
  • Oversee system scalability, reliability, and performance.
  • Identify and manage technical debt, balancing it against feature delivery.
  • Understand service costs and drive technical efficiency.
  • Introduce and expand AI-powered tools that improve developer productivity and quality.
  • Partner with Product and Design to align roadmaps with company goals.
  • Improve how teams plan, estimate, and execute work.
  • Define and measure KPIs for team health, delivery speed, and quality.
  • Help evolve engineering org structure, processes, and rituals.
  • Work with leadership to continuously improve how engineering supports company growth.
  • Leverage AI-based insights for planning, analytics, and quality assurance to enhance team efficiency.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
  • Proven track record leading multiple engineering teams in a product-led company.
  • Strong technical background in backend systems, APIs and cloud infrastructure.
  • Experience scaling teams and building high-performance engineering cultures.
  • Experience leading transformational initiatives and driving measurable improvements.
  • History of owning OKRs and contributing to company-level objectives.
  • Proven experience establishing, measuring, and improving DORA4 metrics.
  • Proficiency in at least one JVM language, Kotlin preferred.
  • Strong architecture and system design skills across distributed systems.
  • Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and modern infrastructure practices (IaC, CI/CD, observability, reliability engineering).
  • Deep understanding of platform and infrastructure challenges in high-scale environments.
  • Proven experience implementing or leveraging AI tools to enhance engineering efficiency (analytics, coding, planning, QA).
  • Strong background in architecture design and technical decision-making.
  • Skilled in leading through influence and aligning multiple teams around shared goals.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments.
  • Strong problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making abilities.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead teams through change, growth, and modernization.
Benefits
  • Flexible working hours and options for digital nomads, occasional office visitors, or regular office-goers
  • Opportunity to join our Virtual Share Option Program (VSOP) and share in the success of an already profitable company
  • Free personal coaching through our partner nilo.health to support our team members to live fulfilled lives at home and at work
  • A competitive personal development budget of up to 2000€/year for training, conferences, workshops, etc., and free language courses with Chatterbug
  • 25 vacation days, free Gympass gold subscription, free monthly Deutschland-Ticket, and a monthly €50 tax-free internet contribution
  • Doesn’t matter if you are a MacBook or Windows user; we will provide you with the technical gear you need to succeed
  • Includes visa support for those who need it
  • Ergonomic setup, free daily lunch, and a dog-friendly environment.
  • Join a diverse team, with over 30 nationalities working from 20 different locations

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
software engineeringbackend systemsAPIscloud infrastructureJVM languageKotlinarchitecture designsystem designDORA4 metricsAI tools
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationproblem-solvingprioritizationdecision-makingcollaborationinfluenceteam alignmentchange management