Your mission

You are part of the Product & Technology leadership team, reporting directly to the CTPO, and fully accountable for engineering execution across the organisation
You own delivery predictability end-to-end, ensuring realistic commitments, high-quality outcomes, and continuous improvement
You establish and continuously evolve the engineering operating system, covering planning, development, release, operations, and incident management
You balance speed, stability, and technical risk, owning platform reliability, security, and architectural integrity
You lead, mentor, and scale engineering leadership, enabling teams to operate with clear ownership, accountability, and autonomy
You support the transition towards value stream–aligned teams and build resilient leadership structures
You partner closely with Product and Data leadership to shape priorities, timelines, dependencies, and trade-offs
You create transparency through meaningful signals and metrics, clearly communicating progress, risks, and constraints to leadership

Your profile

Senior experience leading engineering organisations through growth, scale, or increased complexity, with clear ownership of delivery and operational excellence
Proven ability to lead and develop engineering leaders, not just individual contributors
Strong architectural judgment in evolving, production-grade web platforms, with a deep understanding of reliability, risk, and system behaviour
Calm, clear, and honest leadership style, comfortable making and defending trade-offs under pressure
Pragmatic technical mindset: frameworks and languages matter less than sound judgment and system thinking (Ruby on Rails and React experience is a plus)
Bias towards “boring technology” while open to evaluating and driving new approaches, including AI-enabled tooling and workflows
Fluent in English; German is a bonus.
You live in Berlin
Strong alignment with our mission and motivation to help build strong neighbourhoods across Germany

A meaningful role with purpose – we create a great product that delivers real value to local communities
Working in a cheerful and experienced team that actively exchanges knowledge and learns from one another
A high level of responsibility and ample opportunities to actively contribute and make an impact
Your nebenan.de SpenditCard – you receive an additional €35 per month to spend on benefits of your choice
30 days of paid vacation per year, plus the option for workation models and a sabbatical
A strengths-based development culture (we work with the Gallup StrengthsFinder)
A workplace in Berlin-Kreuzberg and regular events such as Lunch Roulette, Lunch & Learn, and Yoga
A hybrid working model combining office and remote work days

Jobs at Good Hood GmbH / nebenan.de

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