Pliant Plastics Corporation

Engineering Manager – Onboarding

Pliant Plastics Corporation

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Germany

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

JavaKotlinMicroservicesPostgresSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

  • Actively contribute to the codebase in the early phase of the role, helping the team deliver high-quality solutions while setting a strong example for engineering standards and practices.
  • Own the delivery, health, and effectiveness of your engineering team. Provide clear direction, foster psychological safety, and support individual growth through regular feedback, performance reviews, and coaching.
  • Foster open communication, career development, and engineering excellence by championing best practices like test-driven bug fixing, automated testing, continuous integration and daily deployments to production.
  • Work closely with product managers, backend and frontend engineers, and non-technical teams to align on business goals, deliver high-quality features, and manage changes, bug fixes, and new initiatives.
  • Guide the team in technical discussions to find innovative solutions, steer timelines for releases, and ensure automation and operational excellence are front and center in scaling the Pliant platform for rapid growth.
  • Set and track quarterly team OKRs together with the product manager. Promote innovation, knowledge sharing, and ongoing enhancements to maintain a culture of excellence.
  • Embrace and live Pliant’s core values - Push It, Own It, Open Up, Be Kind, Have Fun, Be Pliant - while collaborating with peers on company-wide initiatives and fostering a positive team and department culture.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of software development experience with Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot
  • Strong background in distributed, testable, and maintainable backend systems
  • Deep understanding of REST APIs, relational databases (PostgreSQL), and microservices
  • Experience mentoring engineers, and driving best practices
  • Passion for people management and developing engineering teams
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to drive projects from concept to completion by leveraging your team’s skills.
Benefits
  • Attractive remuneration
  • Your choice of preferred OS, Windows or Mac
  • Flat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere
  • Opportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team with ambitious goals
  • Flexibility and possibility to work remotely
  • Company card with a monthly allowance for lunches, coffee, etc. with co-workers
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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaKotlinSpring BootREST APIsPostgreSQLmicroservicesautomated testingcontinuous integrationtest-driven developmentbackend systems
Soft Skills
people managementmentoringproblem-solvingcommunicationcoachingteam leadershippsychological safetyperformance reviewsinnovationcollaboration