Engineering Manager

More than 20 years ago, zooplus was one of the first to bring the pet category into the world of eCommerce. Today, we stand strong as Europe's leading online pet platform, delivering moments of happiness to more than 9 million pet parents each year.

We're on a mission to create joy for pets and their parents, driven by our core values of
Care
,
Courage
,
Openness
, and
Simplicity
. At the heart of everything we do, they inspire us to grow, raise the bar for our customers and fuel a pet-first business.

Job Description
We are looking for a
Software Engineering Manager
to join the
Fronted Platform Team
within the Engineering and Operations function at zooplus. The role focuses on delivering a robust and scalable Frontend Platform, and drive support to other development teams to adopt and leverage the platform.

As an Engineering Manager at zooplus, you are at the heart of our mission to drive innovation and excellence within our Product Team. Drawing on your extensive background in delivering cutting-edge software products and leading diverse teams, you play a pivotal role in guiding your colleagues towards optimizing team effectiveness. But that's not all; you are also a mentor and champion of personal development, providing unwavering support throughout each individual's journey to success.

Your responsibilities for this role:

• You take ownership of ensuring the successful delivery of our Product Team's commitments, by setting clear goals and expectations.
• You have a strong commitment to maintaining a high standard of technical excellence by emphasizing best practices and industry trends.
• You create an inspiring environment with an open communication culture and an outstanding way of collaboration throughout the whole zooplus.
• You ensure that your teams are in line with zooplus's business and technology strategy, operating models, and guidelines.
• You contribute to the development of general strategic guidelines, organizational & technical frameworks, and the corresponding processes.
• You support your teams as an agile driver & coach of the software delivery process.
• You are responsible for growing qualified and motivated people in your teams to meet business & tech expectations.
• You actively participate in the recruitment and retention process, ensuring a healthy composition of the Product Team.
• You work with the Domain Engineering Manager to monitoring and optimize budget costs related to product expenses, such as AWS, licenses, externals, and personnel costs

Qualifications

• A minimum of 8 years of invaluable experience in Software Development.
• A profound understanding of software engineering and design fundamentals, complemented by hands-on design expertise
• You understand and ideally have hands-on experience with Typescript, NextJs & React server components, Monorepo, State management, Aurora DB (postgresql), Caching, and test automation tools like Playwright & Jest
• Strong understanding of modern DevOps and cloud-native technologies, including Jenkins for deployment, Kubernetes and Docker for container orchestration, Istio and Gloomesh for service mesh, AWS with CloudFront for scalable cloud delivery, and Git/Bitbucket for code management.
• If you are passionate about leading with purpose, driving technical excellence, and nurturing the potential of your team, we invite you to join us on our journey to redefine possibilities in the world of software engineering. Your expertise will be the catalyst that propels us forward
• A track record of successful people management and team leadership
• Expertise in agile methodologies and practices
• Experience working in an internationally distributed environment

Additional Information
With more than 1,000 passionate professionals located across 6 European offices, we believe our success comes from working together and leveraging our international strengths. Expect a hybrid work setup:
60% in-office, 40% remote
, collaborating with colleagues across locations.

Our benefits:
20% discount in our zooplus shop

Internal and external training

Team events

28 vacation days and days off on 24th and 31st of December

Corporate rates at a local gym chain (Body & Soul)

Company mobile phone for work and personal use

zooplus is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members.