Software Engineering Manager (m/f/d)

You are a builder at heart who enjoys turning ideas into products, rethinking existing solutions, and challenging the status quo. As a Software Engineering Manager, you combine technical depth with strong leadership and stay close to the technology while helping engineers grow and teams deliver results.

In our matrix organisation, you lead Software Engineers across different domains and contribute hands-on to solutions within your own area, across the organisation, and for our brands. You take ownership proactively, including for complex or uncomfortable topics, and help turn ideas and decisions into concrete outcomes.

We believe in the future of journalism as a business model and invest in forward-looking technologies. Our five essentials are the values that connect us and our compass in our commitment to freedom.

Responsibilities

lead and develop engineers while staying close to the technology and setting clear expectations; contribute hands-on and help turn ideas into products and solutions; work with Product and Business teams to shape solutions that create measurable impact; take ownership of complex topics and drive them forward, even when responsibilities are not obvious; challenge existing solutions and decisions, propose concrete alternatives, and help implement them; use data, KPIs, and experimentation to understand what works and improve what does not; help improve how engineering works across teams and domains

Requirements

proven management experience combined with a strong software engineering background; lead by example attitude and a hands-on mindset demonstrated through building products, projects, or startups in the past; the ability to think across Engineering, Product, and Business and connect technical decisions with outcomes; a pragmatic and outcome-oriented approach, balancing technical quality with product and business needs; confidence in taking ownership and addressing complex or uncomfortable topics when necessary; clear communication and the ability to give and receive direct, constructive feedback; experience using data and KPIs to challenge assumptions and support decisions