Engineering Manager (f/m/d)

Job Description

Are you interested in joining one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies? Do you want to impact the wellbeing of millions of users?
If yes, join us to make an impact in a fast-paced and dynamic environment where you’ll play a key role in building high-performing engineering teams, driving technical excellence, and enabling sustainable growth.

Epassi’s purpose is to boost everyday well-being. We are a leading provider of employee benefit solutions across Europe. We were established in Finland in 2007, and in 2008 we were the first company to launch a mobile-payable employee benefit payment solution in Europe. Since then, we have consistently grown, diversified our products, and expanded into new markets.
Epassi has been awarded by the Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe on multiple occasions.

We are currently hiring an Engineering Manager to be based in Germany (Hamburg or Bremen preferred)

Your mission at Epassi
As an Engineering Manager, you will lead and coordinate an engineering team, ensuring alignment with company values and strategic goals. Your role is essential in driving technical excellence, fostering a motivated and collaborative team environment, and delivering high-quality projects on time. You will act as the key link between your team, cross-functional partners, and leadership, helping to shape the technical roadmap and contribute to Epassi’s ongoing success.

Your responsibilities will be:
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 6–10 software engineers across the employee lifecycle in cooperation with HR and the Head of Engineering.
• Drive a positive team culture aligned with Epassi’s values.
• Coordinate effective communication and collaboration within your team and across departments.
• Drive technical execution and delivery of product roadmap initiatives, ensuring quality, timeliness, and alignment with business objectives.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, best practices, and processes that scale with team growth.
• Remove blockers and create an environment where engineers can do their best work.
• Recruit, interview, and hire top engineering talent while building a diverse and inclusive team culture.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and other Engineering teams to define technical requirements and architectural approaches.
• Communicate progress, risks, and technical decisions to leadership and stakeholders.
• Balance technical debt with feature development, making strategic trade-offs aligned with business priorities.

You’ll be successful in this role if you:
• Demonstrate effective team leadership and development through motivation and clear communication.
• Take accountability for outcomes and know how to drive initiatives to completion.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and learning in your team.
• Maintain high-quality standards and technical excellence.
• Navigate agile processes efficiently, facilitating sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.
• Communicate company goals clearly and align team efforts accordingly.
• Manage and mitigate risks proactively while reporting transparently to management.

What you’ll be doing (daily):
• Leading disciplinary and developmental activities, including performance reviews and 1:1 meetings.
• Facilitating agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Reviewing code, architecture proposals, and technical designs with your team.
• Monitoring project progress and aligning technical roadmaps with Product Owners.
• Managing budgets and resource allocation.
• Reporting on team status, project outcomes, and identifying potential risks.
• Tracking team metrics and identifying opportunities for process improvements.
• Supporting and guiding the team through organizational changes.
• Collaborating with cross-functional roles to ensure quality, stability, and strategic alignment.
• Interviewing candidates and building relationships with potential hires.

What you should bring:
• Completed technical degree or equivalent qualification.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a hands-on development background, ideally with Java or frontend/mobile tech.
• Strong technical foundation in modern web technologies and software architecture.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience leading and motivating development teams.
• Demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain engineering talent.
• Strong background working within agile development frameworks.
• Experience managing distributed or remote teams is a plus.

Your language profile:
• Fluency in English is required for communication with international teams and stakeholders.
• Fluency in German is also required for effective collaboration within local teams and departments.

Your track record:
• Leadership: You lead by example, empower your team, and create an environment where everyone can contribute and grow.
• Communication: You excel at clear, transparent communication across all organizational levels.
• Analytical Thinking: You approach challenges systematically, make data-informed decisions, and solve problems efficiently.
• Agility: You embrace agile principles, enabling flexible, iterative delivery and continuous improvement.
• Mentoring: You invest in your team’s professional development and foster a learning culture.
• Collaboration: You work effectively with diverse stakeholders to align goals and resolve dependencies across teams.

Why You Should Join Us

• Be part of an ambitious growth journey and join a global community of driven, bold, entrepreneurial, yet humble Epassians in a company that is constantly evolving.
• Work with a clear purpose — boosting everyday wellbeing — and create a meaningful, positive impact on both individuals and society.
• Thrive in an open and inclusive culture with low hierarchy, where relationships are built on respect, camaraderie, and shared successes and challenges.
• Come as you are — we’ll bring out the best in you and support your personal and professional growth.
• Join a fast-growing tech company with a strong financial foundation, offering opportunities to grow and make an impact together with us.
• Benefit from an inspiring and supportive work environment where employee wellbeing is a true priority.
• Contribute to solidifying our position as the number one player in Europe’s employee benefit market and help shape the next wave of success.