Head of Engineering (fmd)

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 streamaligned 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

What we offer

• 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 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