[Interim] Engineering Manager

Amsterdam - Netherlands

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job description

Job Title: Engineering Manager Interim

Location: Amsterdam on site

Engagement: Full-time ASAP until end of the year

Contract duration: End of the year (possible extension to permanent contract)

Start date: ASAP

About the Client

Our client is an international fashion retailer strengthening engineering leadership to scale reliable customer-centric technology across online and in-store channels.

Role Overview

As Interim Engineering Manager you will provide experienced leadership across backend and frontend engineering teams. The role is purely managerial and strategic (no hands-on coding) and focused on planning delivery communication and execution under pressure.

You will act as the bridge between engineering product and customer-facing stakeholders ensuring technology initiatives directly support onboarding in-store experiences and overall customer journey improvements.

This role requires strong technical credibility as you will operate in close proximity to senior digital leadership with deep technical backgrounds.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate backend and frontend engineering teams to deliver agreed priorities; own planning design alignment delivery cadence and dependency management
Ensure engineering output aligns with business priorities and customer experience goals; support onboarding of new initiatives teams and customer-facing capabilities
Act as the primary engineering communication point for product CX and business stakeholders; maintain transparency on timelines trade-offs and delivery impact
Provide technical oversight and direction without hands-on development; partner closely with architects product owners and tech leads on roadmap alignment
Identify risks bottlenecks and delivery issues early; escalate pragmatically to protect outcomes
Create clarity and calm in high-pressure fast-moving environments

Required Experience & Profile

Proven experience as an Engineering Manager (or similar) in a modern software environment
Strong understanding of both backend and frontend systems and delivery challenges
Comfortable operating at senior level with technically strong stakeholders
Excellent communication skills able to translate technical topics to business language
Experience stabilising teams onboarding workstreams and driving execution quickly
Pragmatic delivery-focused and comfortable making decisions with incomplete context
No expectation of hands-on coding but strong technical judgment is essential

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