More than 20 years ago, zooplus was one of the first to bring the pet category into the world of eCommerce. Today, we stand strong as Europe’s leading online pet platform, delivering moments of happiness to more than 9 million pet parents each year.

We're on a mission to create joy for pets and their parents, driven by our core values of Care, Courage, Openness, and Simplicity. At the heart of everything we do, they inspire us to grow, raise the bar for our customers and fuel a pet-first business.

As an Engineering Manager, you work with the Product Team (round 6 Software Engineers and Product Owner). Product Teams are grouped in a department called Source and Supply. Building on your experience of delivering software products and leading people, you coach your team on how to optimize a team’s effectiveness. You are assisting individuals in building a strategy for their personal development and supporting them in the execution.   

Job description   

• You take ownership of ensuring the successful delivery of our Product Team's commitments, by setting clear goals and expectations. 

• You have a strong commitment to maintaining a high standard of technical excellence by emphasizing best practices and industry trends. 

• You create an inspiring environment with an open communication culture and an outstanding way of collaboration throughout the whole zooplus. 

• You ensure that your teams are in line with zooplus's business and technology strategy, operating models, and guidelines.   

• You contribute to the development of general strategic guidelines, organizational & technical frameworks, and the corresponding processes.  

• You support your teams as an agile driver & coach of the software delivery process. 

• You are responsible for growing qualified and motivated people in your teams to meet business & tech expectations. 

• You actively participate in the recruitment and retention process, ensuring a healthy composition of the Product Team. 

• You work with the Domain Engineering Manager to monitoring and optimize budget costs related to product expenses, such as AWS, licenses, externals, and personnel costs  

• Not less than 8 years of overall experience in Software Development. 

• Strong software engineering & design fundamentals with good hands-on design  

• Experience in people management / leading team. 

• Expertise in agile methodologies /practices. 

• Experience of working in an internationally distributed environment. 

With more than 1,000 passionate professionals located across 6 European offices, we believe our success comes from working together and leveraging our international strengths. Expect a hybrid work setup: 60% in-office, 40% remote, collaborating with colleagues across locations.

Our benefits:
🐾 20% discount in our zooplus shop
📖 Internal and external training
🎈 Team events
#LI-Hybrid
✈️ Two extra vacation days and days off on 24th and 31st of December
🩺 Private medical care and life insurance
🍽️ Multicafeteria system including Multisport card

Want to know more? Learn more about zooplus here, and check out our LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube to get a glimpse into the zooplus culture.

zooplus is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members.