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About the Role

Lead engineering for one of Moss's product tribes, managing 15-20 engineers directly. This role requires both strong people leadership and technical judgment, involving hiring, development, performance management, system architecture challenges, and collaboration with product and design leadership.

Responsibilities

Accountable for tribe-wide delivery outcomes and velocity.
Manage hiring, onboarding, expectations, feedback, development, compensation, and promotion recommendations for direct reports.
Provide technical judgment across squads, understanding the tribe's systems and their place in the wider architecture.
Challenge estimates and technical proposals from engineers.
Provide input on roadmaps and planning from a feasibility perspective.
Collaborate with the Product Tribe Lead on solutions and trade-offs.
Define and refine the tribe's operating rhythm for planning, estimation, tracking, and reporting.
Manage capacity by assigning engineers to impactful work and facilitating movement between squads.
Align with peer Heads of Engineering and platform/architecture owners to resolve shared-architecture questions.

Requirements

4-6+ years in engineering management with direct management of engineers.
Previous experience at a senior or staff level engineer.
Strong systems design skills, including the ability to assess architecture, identify potential issues, and propose alternatives.
Ability to differentiate between short and long estimates and explain the reasoning.
Comfort acting as a technical peer to product leadership, shaping roadmaps and scope through feasibility arguments.
Experience building practices for managing 15-20 direct reports, including clear expectations, regular feedback, and visible delivery.
Ability to reason quickly about new technical domains and contribute effectively.
Experience in an environment with mature engineering practices (code review, testing, incident handling, planning, estimation).
Experience with a Tech Lead / Engineering Manager split, either as a manager or a Tech Lead.

Skills

People leadership
System architecture
Technical judgment
Hiring
Performance management
Roadmap shaping
Estimation
Code review
Testing
Incident handling
Planning

Location

Berlin

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
Management

Benefits

Top-of-market compensation package, including equity.
Vibrant offices fostering collaboration and connection.
Weekly breakfasts and Friday demos.
20 days “work from abroad”.
600EUR/GBP Learning & Development Budget.
Other local benefits.

About the Company

Moss is the Finance AI platform for Europe's mid-sized businesses, providing real-time visibility and control over spend.
Automates card issuing, invoice management, and expenses to simplify financial workflows.
Founded in Berlin, used by over 10,000 businesses.
Raised €220+ million to date.
Operates in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and other EU markets.
Closed a €35 million Series C in August 2026, achieving a €1 billion valuation and becoming a European fintech unicorn.
Backed by investors including Valar Ventures, Tiger Global, Global Founders Capital, Cherry Ventures, and A-Star.
A team of 300+ people from 50+ nationalities across 5 offices in Europe.
Hires, rewards, and grows people based on Moss DNA: playing to win, obsessing over quality, winning as One Moss.

Equal Opportunity

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