Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

• You’ll be the dedicated people leader for our engineers across all seniority levels – actively developing our high-performing, driven team, sharpening how we work, and making sure great people stay and grow
• Lead and develop our engineering team. Run regular 1:1s, give direct and actionable feedback and own career development across the full seniority spectrum – from an early junior finding their footing to an aspiring staff engineer. This is the core of the role
• Improve delivery, processes, and purposeful AI adoption. Adopt our existing processes, challenge and support the senior engineers in operational excellence, and identify where AI genuinely improves how we work and what we ship (e.g., reducing rework, sharpening code review, accelerating problem-solving)
• Hands‑on‑guidance. Maintain enough proximity to the codebase and technical discussions to support junior engineers on code quality and contribute meaningfully to technical discussions with the senior engineers (while not having to be the decision‑maker)
• Eliminate silos. You treat Product and Engineering as a single team, not two functions that coordinate. You bring engineers closer to product and product closer to engineering in how the team plans, decides, and ships, working hand in hand with Product, Design, and UX Research. You ensure context is shared and no critical knowledge sits with just one person
• Hiring. You’ll be deeply involved in engineering hiring: You help close current open roles, assess technical talent, and keep raising the bar as the team grows
• Our Tech Stack: Frontend: Typescript, Vue 3, Tailwind, Netlify, GH Actions; Backend: Typescript, AWS, NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, REST, Websockets, Terraform, GH Actions

Benefits

• Make your own decisions: You know how you work best. Our software is up to date and so should be your equipment – which you can choose by yourself, just like your working hours and your balance between home office and our modern office
• Family & Friends: Some count their colleagues as family - at koppla we respect yours. With us, you can expect a family-friendly corporate culture, like-minded colleagues and a start-up flair that is perfectly compatible with children
• Office Dogs: We are always happy to meet new dogs - but our Office Dogs Oskar, Baby and Sammy are even happier to make new friends! They will even share the available toys and snacks in the office
• Employee Investment: All our employees have a fixed training budget for further training in the subject of their choice. In addition, you will receive a 30% contibution to the company pension scheme (BAV).
• Breakfast & Drinks: Stay Hydrated & Stop being Hangry! We provide breakfast and drinks - from mate and coffee to muesli and fruits. At the weekly team lunch we slide into the weekend together and oh, there’s always a free spot in our calendar for the next office party
• Become Climate Neutral: As part of our ESG Policy, we compensate all emissions caused by your mobility, whether business or private. So that you can commute in good conscience between our office, construction site visits and your appointments
• Site Visits: Whether it’s marketing, customer success or tech, with us you’ll be close! Through regular site visits and customer events, you will get into contact with our users and get to know the industry first hand

Qualifications

• Builder of strong engineers. Your former reports got promoted, took on broader scope, or grew into roles that better matched their strengths
• Solid engineering foundation. You were a senior IC before moving into management and can credibly assess technical quality, review code with a critical eye, and contribute in architectural discussions – even if the final call sits with someone else
• Proactive and high‑energy operator. You bring a naturally organized workstyle and the drive to push a wide range of topics forward at once, from helping a junior write their first solid code to sharpening how your seniors work, without adding bureaucracy
• Prior engineering management experience in a startup. You’ve managed engineers as an engineering manager (or similar) before, preferably in a Seed/Series A/B or similar environment. You don’t need process or hierarchy to get people moving in the right direction
• You’re an experienced hands‑on people manager with a strong engineering background and a people‑first mindset who gets more energy from developing others than from solving things yourself
• Clear communicator. You are fluent in written and spoken English. You communicate clearly across engineering, product, and leadership teams and create alignment through strong written and verbal communication. You are comfortable having clear, honest, and sometimes difficult conversations when needed