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About the Role

As an Engineering Manager, you will manage skilled and creative Platform Engineers (5-6). The mission of the Platform & DevEx team is to build a world-class Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and exceptional developer experience for both our internal engineering teams and external integration partners. You will be a hands-on leader who grows high-performing teams & individuals, ensures goal attainment, and aligns technical excellence with business goals.

Responsibilities

Manage engineering teams, providing leadership, mentorship, salary & performance reviews, and support their success and professional growth
Partner closely with engineering leadership to shape the engineering culture and align platform strategies with broader business goals. Champion the "Platform as a Product" mindset
Drive the strategy and implementation of tools and processes that empower developers. Focus on our internal developer portal (Backstage), seamless API Gateways (Tyk), and optimizing the golden paths for software delivery
Act as an advocate for internal and external developers, conducting product discovery, and gathering feedback to continuously iterate and improve our PayOS ecosystem

Requirements

Proven track record of hiring & managing teams that have shipped and operated developer tools, APIs, or internal developer platforms (IDP)
Multiple years of hands-on experience in software or platform engineering
Deep understanding of developer experience (DevEx) principles and treating platforms as products
Ability to thrive in a fast-changing, high-paced environment
Clear and persuasive writing and in-person communication in English, German is an advantage
Successfully worked with tools like Backstage, API Gateways, or cloud-native CI/CD ecosystems
Familiarity with DORA metrics and Team Topologies

Skills

Backstage
API Gateways
cloud-native CI/CD ecosystems
DORA metrics
Team Topologies

Location

Deutschland

Work Type

Hybrid
Flexible working hours

Experience Level

Multiple years of hands-on experience

Benefits

Deutschland ticket, subsidized subscription
1.000 euro annual learning and development budget + internal training platforms
Discounts on travel, fashion, technology, and more through our corporate benefits
REWE discount card for discounts for REWE group retailers
JobRad, affordable bicycle leasing!
Company pension plan
Insurance Services

About the Company

Paymenttools is on a mission to transform the payment landscape for retailers in Europe.
With more than 4,4 billion visitors per year in our more than 15,000 REWE Group stores and travel agencies in 21 countries we know exactly what consumers and merchants need when exchanging goods for money.
We strongly believe in making payments seamless and invisible, linking them with value added services within the framework of a reliable identity service.
Our mantra: #wesolvepayn.
We blend cutting-edge technology with stringent security to protect sensitive payment data while nurturing innovation in a cloud-native tech environment.

Equal Opportunity

We explicitly encourage applicants within groups that are underrepresented in tech spaces as of today.
We value all kinds of backgrounds and walks of life.