Your mission
As the Engineering Manager for the newly formed Growth Squad you will lead a strategically vital team focused on accelerating the productled growth of deskbird Europes fastestevolving workplace experience platform. Youll empower your squad foster efficient delivery processes and stay handson in building key features across the frontend backend and cloud infrastructure. Your time will be split approximately 50/50 between leading and developing your team and contributing directly to technical solutions.
In this role you will
- Accelerate the growth of deskbird by empowering users to discover and purchase products independently reducing reliance on Sales and Customer Experience.
- Lead and mentor the 4 engineers in the Growth Squad by facilitating team meetings driving continuous improvement and conducting regular 1:1s performance reviews and personal development conversations. Youll work closely with a Product Manager and a Designer who are embedded in the squad but report to the Product department.
- Actively contribute fullstack solutions across the Angular frontend backend and GCP infrastructure directly impacting our 100000 monthly active users.
- Foster a culture of endtoend ownership from rapid experimentation to building scalable measurable solutions.
- Use prototypes to quickly test ideas and validate solutions then build robust scalable systems for longterm impact.
- Collaborate crossfunctionally with product management UX and other engineering squads to align on growth strategies and technical best practices.
What you need to be successful
- 5 years of experience in fullstack web application development (Angular and preferred).
- Proven experience leading engineers and projects as a Tech Lead Engineering Manager or in a similar role.
- Strong enduser focus with a clear bias toward experimentation measurement and iterative development.
- Ability to judge when to move fast with prototypes and when to invest in longterm scalable engineering.
- Excellent communicator fluent in English (both written and spoken) with strong stakeholder alignment skills.
- Solid understanding of the latest developments in AI code generation with handson experience using stateoftheart tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot; ideally also Cursor or Windsurf).
- The following are a plus:
- Background or experience in productled growth initiatives (e.g. selfservice onboarding trials upselling).
- Experience working with GCP/Firebase.
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Whats in it for you
- Accelerate your career growth:Join Europes leading workplace management software company and unlock rapid professional development.
- Companywide summit: Connect with the entire team at our annual summit held in dynamic locations across Europe.Check out the video from our last company summit.
- Bursts:Collaborate with your team facetoface through our inperson meeting support.
- Home office equipment: As a remotefirst company we support your home office setup with financial assistance to ensure you have everything you need.
- Coworking budget:Work from modern coworking spaces near you with our coworking budget.
- Learning and development:Invest in your future with a yearly development budget for coaching certifications and conferences.
- Cuttingedge technologies & autonomy: Enjoy high levels of autonomy access to the latest tech and a dynamic international work environment.
About us
At deskbird we empower companies worldwide to navigate the complexities of hybrid work. Our peoplecentric software enables employees to easily coordinate office schedules book desks and collaborate more effectively. For admins we provide powerful insights and analytics to optimise office operations. As one of the fastestgrowing SaaS startups we are a remotefirst team of diverse talent from 22 nationalities with vibrant hubs in St. Gallen Munich Bucharest Sofia and Belgrade.
If our mission and this role resonate with you we encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every single requirement. At deskbird we value the unique perspectives and contributions that each individual brings. We believe in the potential for growth and the impact we can achieve together. Whether you see yourself as an 80% fit or more your passion and enthusiasm are what truly matter. Take that step lets uncover your potential and shape the future together.
We are an equalopportunity employer and celebrate diversity recognising that diverse perspectives and backgrounds enrich our teams and strengthen our organisation. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race ethnicity religion colour place of birth sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age marital status military service status or disability status.
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Manager