AUTODOC is the largest and fastest growing auto parts ecommerce platform in Europe.

Present across 27 countries with around 5,000 employees, AUTODOC generated revenue of over €1.3 billion in 2023, supplying more than 7.4 million active customers with its 5.8 million vehicle parts and accessories for car, truck, and motorcycle brands.

Curious minds, adventurous experts and tech-savvy professionals - one team, one billion euros revenue. Catch the ride!

You will join the Autodoc Corporate IT Software Engineering Organization, dedicated to supporting the business with innovative technology-driven solutions and enhancing supply chain systems.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a team responsible for the development, deployment, monitoring, and operation of warehouse services. You will guide the evolution of Autodoc’s platform toward a scalable microservice architecture, ensuring high reliability, strong performance, and improved business efficiency.

In this role, you will combine technical leadership with people management: mentoring engineers, driving engineering best practices, and ensuring the successful delivery of backend services used in the warehouse environment. You will also promote the use of modern engineering practices and AI-powered development tools to accelerate delivery, improve productivity, and maintain high-quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Development – Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement while supporting career growth and skill development.
• Technical Leadership & Architecture – Guide the design and evolution of scalable backend systems and microservices supporting warehouse operations.
• Delivery & Execution – Ensure timely and reliable software delivery by coordinating development activities and managing priorities with agile and project planning methodologies.
• Platform Modernization – Drive the migration of platforms to a modern microservices architecture using technologies such as PHP, Node.js, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, Docker, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Engineering Excellence – Promote best practices including test-driven development, automated testing, code reviews, and SOLID-based software design.
• Operational Reliability – Maintain service stability through monitoring, alerting, and incident management using tools such as New Relic and Grafana.
• Developer Productivity & AI Adoption – Promote the use of AI-powered development tools to improve code quality, efficiency, and development workflows.

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering
• 2+ years experience leading and mentoring engineers in a technical team environment
• Experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems and microservices architectures
• Proven leadership and management skills with the ability to optimize team performance and development
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to guide teams and work cross-functionally
• Proven ability to engage in negotiations, manage stakeholder expectations, and deliver on commitments.
• Highly motivated and detail-oriented individual.
• Strong knowledge of PHP ecosystem, Node.js, Javascript and backend development practices
• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, including working with large data volumes
• Proven technical leadership skills with the ability to breakdown functional requirements into technical specifications
• Experience with message queues such as RabbitMQ
• Experience working with cloud environments and containerized architectures (Google Cloud Platform, Docker)
• Solid understanding of architecture and design principles including SOLID, OOP, and service-oriented design
• Knowledge of API design and integration (REST, SOAP)
• Experience implementing quality assurance practices such as automated testing and test-driven development
• Experience using AI-powered development tools (coding assistants, AI-based debugging or documentation tools) to improve engineering productivity
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• English proficiency: Intermediate (B1) or higher

Will be as a plus:

• Experience with PHP 7+ and frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony, or FuelPHP
• Experience working in high-scale e-commerce or logistics environments

What do we offer?

• Stable employment in the fast-growing international company
• International career in a multicultural environment with lots of opportunities to grow
• Annual vacation of 28 calendar days and 1 additional day off on your birthday
• Mental Wellbeing Program – providing you and your immediate family members with free and confidential mental and physical health support services for a wide range of personal and work-related issues.
• Opportunities for advancement, further trainings (over 650 courses on soft and hard skills on our e-learning platform) and coaching
• Free English and German language classes
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work
• Referral Program with attractive incentives
• Gym in the office and recreation room with games.

Join us today and let’s create a success story together!