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The RoleAs the Engineering Manager for Zenjob's Mobile & Martech Platform Team, you will be at the forefront of enabling our Product & Engineering (P&E) teams to build and evolve the platform that powers all client-facing experiences for our workers. This includes our Mobile apps, our website, and key Martech integrations.Your mission is to make this platform accessible and effective for engineers across the organization while maintaining high technical standards. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll drive technical direction, foster team development, and strengthen cross-functional alignment. is on the mission to become the digital staffing platform delivering companies best staffing experience with the highest flexibility and reliability, and workers the best choice and fair pay for side jobs. Our service is available in over 39 cities in Germany. Our growth financing round of $50 million (€45 million) from February 2022 is helping us to scale our platform and add new data-based automation features for our rapidly growing customer baseWhat You'll DoTechnical Leadership
- Drive the evolution of our client-facing platform to ensure it's accessible, flexible, and simple for all P&E teams to contribute.
- Define and uphold high standards for code quality, technical design, and performance, especially around React and React Native development.
- Work with Product Managers to influence and prioritize the team's technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with business needs.
- Hire, mentor, and support engineers while fostering an inclusive environment that encourages learning, growth, and open collaboration.
- Ensure the team's goals align with Zenjob's broader business objectives, supporting a results-driven mindset.
- Ensure the platform's documentation, tools, and processes support smooth cross-functional contributions from other teams.
- Partner with the Marketing team to enhance integrations with tools like Adjust, Braze and many others.
- Build strong connections with other teams to reduce technical silos, unify development workflows, and share best practices.
- Drive efforts to make the Mobile platform self-service by developing tools, automation, and clear processes that empower teams to contribute independently.
- Be a point of contact for teams leveraging the platform, offering support and guidance where needed.
- Technically Proficient: You're a frontend expert with solid experience in React and/or React Native (bonus points for deep expertise in both), and you have a strong appreciation for clean, maintainable code.
- Experienced Engineering Manager: You've spent a couple of years leading engineering teams, ideally with a focus on frontend or mobile platforms. You understand the balance between technical leadership and team management and are comfortable guiding your team to achieve both quality and efficiency.
- Outcome-Focused: You ensure that engineering efforts are aligned with business impact, prioritizing projects that support tangible outcomes.
- Effective Communicator: You have strong verbal and written communication skills in English, ensuring clarity and alignment across teams and stakeholders.
- A supportive, open, and fun team that will have your back from day 1.
- Twenty-eight days of vacation (increases based on tenure to up to 30 days), 1-day special leave paid for charity work, five days of paid educational leave, and the option of unpaid leave.
- Hybrid work setup combining office & remote work (3 days from office, 2 days home), flexible working hours, bring your dog policy.
- Ongoing focus on your personal development (annual development budget of EUR 1000, mentoring opportunities, continuous career conversations)
- Mental Health support via Likeminded
- Monthly 30 EUR subsidy on Urban Sports Club, 25% discount on FitX gym membership
- Monthly 40 EUR credit for NAVIT- a sustainable mobility solution spanning public transport bike-sharing.
- Tax-free meal allowance (saving EUR ~50 net per month!)
- Quarterly team get togethers, budget for employees birthdays, winter & summer parties plus regular cultural talks & events