Engineering Manager
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Job Description
At Catawiki every day brings the extraordinary! Whether its a or we encounter exceptional objects every day.
Were a oneofakind marketplace for buying and selling special objects! Each week we offer over 75000 unique items in auction carefully curated by our passionate inhouse experts.
Having sold over 20 million unique objects to date were on a mission to become the worlds most popular destination for special objects. As a growing diverse and sustainable scaleup we proudly live by our core values:
- Taking ownership and driving impact
- Being open to change and feedback
- Being passionate about our mission and our customers.
If these values resonate with you wed love to explore how you can join us on this exciting journey!
So whats the job
As an Engineering Manager you will lead one agile engineering team for one of our Verticals: Fulfillment Demand or Supply and your role will consist of three parts:
- Bringing the vertical forward and shaping the strategy for vertical tech foundations in order to modernize the tech stack and enable faster delivery of product improvements.
- Supporting the professional growth and development of the engineers: hiring coaching empowering growing and assessing/promoting them.
- Shaping how the team can deliver on its mission and vision. The most important aspects are:
- Provide leadership and guidance to the engineers in code quality and maintainability contributing to the design and architecture of the teams domain.
- Partner with the Product and UX peers to detail the teams roadmap and deliver product initiatives with customercentricity principles in mind.
- Together with the engineers on the team shape the tech foundations for the teams domain to enable the delivery of new product features in a fast and highquality manner.
- Establish quality metrics to track and analyze the effectiveness of the teams software delivery processes
How we roll Our Stack
As the biggest marketplace for special items Catawiki operates in a market which brings a lot of unusual challenges and opportunities. You will be developing testing and scaling our microservices written in Ruby to handle the high volume served by the platform every single day. We do this by using Infrastructure as Code principles collaborative peerreviews delivering code to production multiple times a day A/B testing various assumptions sometimes making mistakes learning from them and iterating quickly.
A little about you
We are looking for people who like to make a big impact. We love people who want to make a contribution to further building out our engineering culture and who want to have some fun with their colleagues along the way. Next to this you have:
- Experience in a managerial role with a proven track record of growing engineers
- Handson experience in software development
- Proven track record of leading a team to deliver product initiatives aligned with the business objectives
- Proven track record of partnering with Product and UX peers to design and deliver products
- Experience leading crossfunctional teams with stakeholders in a matrix organization
If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles
Why Youll Love Working with Us
- Create a Visible Impact by working at scale in a global organisation that serves millions of customers across 80 categories. In our flat structure every role has a broad scope that directly impacts both our customers and the business.
- Learn and Grow with Us through our Learning & Development initiatives which include clear development plans and mentorship programmes designed to support your career progression.
- A Culture of Connection defines us. Were a passionate diverse and collaborative team of 800 Catawikains and 60 nationalities all coming together to build a oneofakind marketplace. We foster an inclusive and queerfriendly work environment committed to making every Catawikian feel welcomed and empowered. Whatever your story we encourage you to bring your unique perspective to our team.
- Celebrate Lifes Moments with us at Catawiki. When you join us youll receive a 100 Catavoucher and on each birthday youll get a 50 Catavoucher to celebrate. Enjoy an extra day off each year to Pursue Your Passion. We also recognise significant work anniversaries (3 5 8 10 years) with additional time off plus extra leave for lifes big moments like marriage engagements or moving house.
Please note that benefits can vary by location. For specific information regarding whats available in your country please consult your recruiter.
Our Offices and Way of Working
Our vibrant offices in Amsterdam Paris and Lisbon are designed to inspire and connect. Most Catawikians are within commuting distance of one of our offices and enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid work model. This means we typically ask you to be in the office 2 out of 5 days roughly 40% of your working time to collaborate and connect with your colleagues. Of course if the job description specifies that the role is 100% remotesuch as for certain expert or sales positionsthen that arrangement will apply.
Interested
Apply directly with an English CV and cover letter by submitting your information at the bottom of this page. By submitting your application you agree to .
If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Employment Type
Full Time
