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Senior Manager Software Engineering

Job

  • Level
    Senior
  • Location
    Berlin
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Job Field
    IT, Software, DevOps
  • Employment Type
    Full Time
  • Contract Type
    Permanent employment

Job Summary

In this role, you lead engineering teams, develop efficient time prediction systems, and enhance operational KPIs by fostering close collaboration with product and analytics teams.

Job Technologies

Your role in the team

  • We are on the lookout for a Senior Manager Software Engineering - (Logistics, Time Estimations) to join the Seamless Domain on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences.
  • In our Logistics Team, you'll tackle high-impact challenges that make last-mile delivery efficient, affordable, and sustainable.
  • Your work will directly improve experiences for riders, end customers, and merchants across the globe.
  • Each enhancement you contribute will help Delivery Hero optimize delivery operations, supporting expansion into new areas like grocery and retail.
  • Our Domain makes sure customers experience delivery as predictable, explainable, and trustworthy across the entire order lifecycle.
  • We do this by predicting accurately based on all available data, setting expectations before order placement, managing deviations after order placement, and providing clear, calming order tracking that preserves trust when reality diverges from the plan.
  • Lead the teams responsible for the foundational components of our customer time predictions components.
  • Ensure the high reliability of multiple low-latency high-throughput systems that power time predictions.
  • This includes improving domain-level SLOs and SLAs, maintaining a well-trained on-call rotation and incident analysis and follow-up.
  • Collaborate with Product, Operations, and Analytics to ensure engineering has maximum impact on business KPIs.
  • Coordinate with stakeholders and across teams and work with other domain leaders in Logistics and in all Regional Brands to ensure seamless integrations.
  • Manage and mentor engineering managers and senior ICs across three squads.
  • Establish a strong delegation framework so decisions happen closest to the context.
  • Build a durable second layer of leadership and attract top engineering talent.
  • Shape the Long-term Domain Vision: Translate tribe-level objectives into a clear technical roadmap.
  • Balance feature development with reliability, cost efficiency, and modernization initiatives.

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Our expectations of you

Qualifications

  • You are familiar with Kotlin/JVM, Kubernetes, Redis, and programming language agnostic with a clear understanding of core concepts and paradigms, and can abstract this knowledge to multiple scenarios.
  • You are comfortable with both API-based (gRPC) and event-based communication (SNS/SQS, Kafka).

Experience

  • You are a knowledgeable technical guide, with a minimum of 2 years of experience leading squads through managers, who aligns with and supports product and business goals.
  • You have a minimum of 2 years of experience working closely enough with Machine Learning to understand the advantages and disadvantages of different models and architectures, key statistical concepts, experiment designs, training, inference, and monitoring of live-serving models in the context of low latency and high throughput.
  • You believe in cross-functional teams (Backend, Frontend/Mobile, Data Science, Operations, Analytics) and have experience managing dependencies across tasks and teams.
  • You have experience working with IaaC setups; most of our infrastructure runs on Kubernetes deployed with Helm and Terraform in AWS.

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What we offer

  • Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week.
  • We offer 27 days of holiday, with an additional day in the 2nd and 3rd year of service.
  • We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: €1,000 educational budget, language courses, parental support, and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.
  • Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy.
  • Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we'll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank, Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan.
  • The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts.
  • Wondering what relocating to Berlin is like? In this article, we've put together 10 things you should know about moving to Berlin and how Delivery Hero can support you.
  • You can also visit our relocation hub and check out more information about moving to Berlin.

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Benefits

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Topics You Will Work On

Job Locations

  • Location Berlin

    Germany

About Your Employer

Delivery Hero SE

Delivery Hero SE

What started as an ambitious idea is now the leading local delivery company. Delivery Hero is present in around 50 countries across four continents and is on a mission to deliver anything, straight to customers’ doors.

Description

  • Founding Year
    2011
  • Language
    English
  • Company Type
    Established Company
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Industry
    Trade

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Senior Manager Software Engineering

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Berlin
Working Model
Hybrid, Onsite
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