Engineering Manager, Head of Personalization

Who are we

At Nosto were on a mission to make every impression relevant. Were a global leader in the booming e-commerce space and work with amazing customers like FIGS Muji Kylie Cosmetics and ONeill. Every day we process data for thousands of merchants and tens of millions of shoppers.

Using behavioral data deep store integrations machine learning and automated workflows the Nosto Commerce Experience Platform helps retailers deliver personalized commerce experiences at scale. We serve more than 64 billion personalized experiences annually with traffic peaks reaching millions of requests per minute.

As an Engineering Manager at Nosto youll help solve one of the biggest challenges in retail today: delivering authentic relevant shopping experiences that drive results. We believe in listening closely to customers and achieving big things by making steady progress every day.

What youll be working on

Youll lead the Personalization engineering team and stay deeply involved in the technical work. The Personalization team is responsible for some of the flagship areas of the Nosto platform such as Product Recommendations and our Agentic AI features like Ask Huginn. This is a genuinely hands-on role: youll spend a meaningful part of your time building reviewing and shipping alongside the team while also steering direction and delivery.

The team is experienced and long-tenured with strong domain knowledge and a pragmatic way of working. Your scope will touch infrastructure backend and frontend development. You wont be alone in that though youll work closely with platform and specialist teams such as Data & AI Product Design Site Reliability and Core Frontend to hit your goals.

Youll partner with Product Management Customer Success and Technical Solution Managers to ensure we deliver clear customer value. We operate with low hierarchy and low politics and we expect leaders to drive change when something can be improved. You will report to the Global Head of Technology.

What youll be doing

• Leading a team of 6 engineers
• Acting as a hands-on engineering manager: designing coding and reviewing with the team
• Providing technical leadership and helping set high standards for engineering quality
• Owning end-to-end technical delivery for key projects from architecture and planning through execution and production rollout
• Collaborating with stakeholders and other teams on cross-functional initiatives

What we expect

• Strong Java experience is a must
• Ability to lead senior independent people with trust and clarity
• Pragmatic self-driven approach with a continuous improvement mindset
• 10 years of hands-on development experience with strong senior-level backend competence
• Experience running and operating systems in production
• Fluent spoken and written English

What we appreciate

• Strong experience with Vue or React (TypeScript/JavaScript) is preferred
• Familiarity with AI/ML solutions CI/CD pipelines data engineering stacks logging and monitoring
• Experience with AWS or other public cloud providers is a plus
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field

What we offer

• Apple Devices
• Ergonomic and centrally located offices with flexible working hours and remote working options
• Opportunities to meet and collaborate with awesome team members from all over the world
• An extra day off on your birthday
• Mental Health App benefit
• Paid time off to do good for the community around you
• About five weeks of vacation and other benefits depending on the location

Nosto Supports Workplace Diversity

We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know.