Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Drive engineering delivery, quality, speed, and team enhancement in an AI-driven engineering environment.

• Develop engineers through impactful one-on-one meetings, performance discussions, and career growth opportunities.

• Oversee hiring standards and conduct interviews for new hires.

• Collaborate with Product to define the roadmap, negotiate project scope, and minimize unnecessary fluctuations.

• Elevate the team's AI engineering proficiency and enhance agent workflows.

• Assist in evolving the engineering framework towards autonomous agent fleets with suitable guardrails and harnesses.

• Remain technically engaged for approximately one day each week through code reviews and selected engineering tasks.

• Interact with freight forwarders and airlines, involving engineers in customer engagements.

• Set and uphold standards for specifications, architecture, reviews, and delivered work.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in managing engineers, including hiring, developing talent, conducting honest performance evaluations, and ensuring predictable delivery.

• Background in backend engineering.

• Strong instincts in architecture.

• Adequate technical knowledge to maintain the respect of engineers regarding their technical capabilities.

• A demonstrated history of successful project delivery with specific shipped work and timelines.

• Experience in building teams, evaluating potential candidates, successfully closing hires, and effectively onboarding within the first 90 days.

• Genuine interest in AI-driven engineering and a readiness to utilize AI tools directly.

• Sound judgment and a willingness to make and take responsibility for decisions based on incomplete information.

• Low ego and receptiveness to feedback.

• Proficiency in English as a working language, close to native fluency.

• Nice to have: experience with Python 3, Flask, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, Kubernetes on GCP, Vue.js, managing distributed teams across multiple countries, or implementing innovative working methods.

• Must reside in one of the approved hiring countries.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity in cargo.one; this position is eligible for equity.

• Company-provided Claude Code and other necessary AI tools for the role.

• One-time €650 budget for home office setup.

• Option to choose between a MacBook or Dell laptop, delivered prior to the start date.

• Access to co-working spaces through Desana.

• 24 paid vacation days in addition to public holidays observed in the country.

• Special leave provisions.

• Two company-wide offsite events each year.

• Team outings.

• Permanent full-time position.

• Support for visa processing in Germany.