Engineering Manager - SRE & Infrastructure (all genders)

About Working at envelio

Too easy is boring! Together, we are on a mission to drive forward the energy transition. We love what we do, and we are unafraid to dive in. We believe in taking ownership of our work and in continuously growing and evolving. In short: own it, love it, grow with it.

We are a humble team of coffee and maté lovers with over 20 nationalities. With our geek humor, our love for emojis and random facts is only natural. Over 180 envelians are already on board. Dive in and thrive!

Your Role

As Engineering Manager SRE & Infrastructure (all genders) you will lead a deeply technical engineering squad of around 6 people. At its core, the team is responsible for the stable operation of the software our customers use, as well as the infrastructure used for internal services such as CI/CD pipelines. Together with your team, you drive operational excellence across the entire department and ensure that fires are put out immediately - or better yet, that they never start in the first place. You work in a management team together with other Engineering Managers, as well as the Engineering Director and VP Engineering

How You Make an Impact

• You coach, mentor and help your direct reports to grow as engineers through 1:1s, performance reviews and regular feedback
• You work closely with the squad, E2E Product Managers and further stakeholders and orchestrate the process of refining the product and technical roadmap
• You manage and coordinate internal feature requests and requirements, being capable of assessing technical feasibilities on a high level
• You steer and monitor the delivery of software in the squad in an agile working environment and enable your squad to deliver software of high value in an efficient and consistent way
• You evolve the squad by identifying and attracting talents during the recruiting process and shape the individual growth paths of your direct reports
• You incorporate your technical knowledge over code reviews and sparring on technical concepts
• You shape engineering practices by contributing your ideas in technical or organizational projects in the department

Your Profile

Perfection is a myth! We’re more interested in the human behind the screen, so think of these criteria as helpful directions — we're excited to see how your unique skills might fit in.

• You have a proven skillset to lead and manage a cross-functional group of Software Engineers and are comfortable to apply this for a wide range of engineer skill levels (from Junior to Staff Engineer)
• You have strong experience operating applications in the cloud on kubernetes and are familiar with all relevant domains, incl. distributed / containerized systems or microservices
• You work with best practices in Software Engineering and Squad management in an agile, product-oriented environment
• You are experienced in growing and forming a diverse team by recruiting and subsequent teambuilding
• You enjoy working in complex environments and tackling challenging technical problems – for example in a hybrid on-prem/on-cloud context
• You have excellent communication skills and are motivated to coach Engineers on their personal and professional growth path
• You are familiar with parts of our tech stack and are confident to work with it
• You are business-fluent in English (Level C1)

How we develop Software

• Agile working method with Kanban in cooperation of all squads
• Continuous integration / Continuous delivery
• Working in small batches with fast reviews
• Knowledge sharing sessions between developers
• “You Code it – You Own it” – Team responsibility for certain functional areas of the product
• Blameless post-mortems and culture of continuous improvement

Our Tech Stack

• Multi-cloud, hybrid on-prem setup with Kubernetes and Helm as the common denominator
• Application primarily written in Python and TypeScript
• Standard backing services like PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Redis
• Gitlab & Gitlab CI for managing the Software Delivery Lifecycle
• Terraform for Infrastructure as Code

Your Benefits

• Join us fully remote or at our lovely office in Cologne in a hybrid working mode
• Option for remote work from abroad (up to three months per year from anywhere in the EU or the USA)
• State of the art technology and modern tech stack
• Excellent hardware equipment (16-inch MacBooks, 2 screens at the office)
• 30 holidays + 3 corporate holidays
• Support for your health through sports membership cooperations
• Flexible use of a monthly mobility budget (e.g. Jobrad, public transport)
• Time and resources for individual growth
• envelio pension plan
• Regular company and team events