Engineering Manager (All Genders)

With over 25 years’ experience, plus the same enormous passion and ambition we had on day-one, we’re trailblazers in the pet e-commerce industry. Our solutions make over 12 million customers genuinely happier – and that’s something we really care about. We work together to continually adapt; embracing change and the challenges it brings so that we can keep doing better. Join us and discover a place where your potential meets your passion for pets. That’s the power of plus.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join Invoicing team in the Finance domain. You will lead a cross-functional product team of highly skilled software engineers, balancing people leadership, delivery accountability, and technical stewardship. You create an environment where teams do their best work, deliver reliably, and continuously improve, while staying aligned with business and technology goals.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and grow people: Coach, mentor, and develop engineers through regular feedback, 1:1s, and clear growth plans; hire and retain a strong, balanced team.
• Own delivery: Take accountability for the team’s commitments by setting clear goals, managing risks, and ensuring consistent, high-quality outcomes.
• Champion technical excellence: Guide architectural decisions, promote best practices, and ensure solutions are robust, maintainable, and fit for purpose.
• Remove obstacles: Act as a servant leader, clearing blockers and improving team effectiveness.
• Collaborate and influence: Work closely with Product Owners and stakeholders, contributing to shared standards, processes, and long-term technical direction.
• Stay hands-on when needed: Step into technical discussions or delivery support to help the team succeed.
• Change & Transformation: Lead AI driven transformation initiatives

• 8+ years of experience in software development, including hands-on engineering roles.
• Proven track record of leading, developing, and supporting software engineers in a people management role.
• Strong engineering and system design fundamentals, with the ability to guide architecture and technical decision-making.
• Able to work effectively with product, design, and other stakeholders in a cross-functional, distributed environment.
• Comfortable owning results, prioritising effectively, and balancing short-term delivery with long-term sustainability.
• Strong proficiency in Java and/or Kotlin with a solid understanding of DevOps practices.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, openness to feedback, and the ability to make thoughtful, sometimes bold decisions.
• Proven ability to lead change in quickly evolving environment
• Experience leveraging AI tools to enhance team productivity and development speed

Headquartered in Munich, with offices across Madrid, Krakow, Wroclaw, London and Vienna, we collaborate because we genuinely love working together - so you’ll be at the heart of an incredible, multinational team. We trust each other to get the job done, which means you’ll benefit from hybrid working, spending 60% of your time in the office and 40% at home. There’s an option to work for 20 days abroad in approved countries too.

Add to that development opportunities that help you to shape your own career path, excellent training and support, wellbeing offers, subsidised transport or bike leasing, plus 20% discount across all our products, and you’ll begin to get a sense of what sets us apart. Find out more about the specific benefits at your local office in our blog posts.

At zooplus, we believe in equal opportunity and support everyone to fulfil their potential. We recognise the power of listening and learning from each other and embrace diversity and inclusion of all.

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