Engineering Manager - Team Lead (f/m/d)

Your mission:
As an Engineering Manager - Team Lead at JTL, you ensure that requirements reliably turn into working software. You create clarity around goals, risks, and priorities, and support your team in delivering sustainably and independently. You work closely with Product Management, Tech Leads, and Architecture – you are not responsible for product strategy or architectural decisions, but for operational delivery, team leadership, and transparency in day-to-day operations.  
 
At JTL, AI-assisted software development is part of our everyday work. Our teams use tools including GitHub Copilot, Claude, and ChatGPT. We don't expect "AI gurus", but we do expect openness to modern development tools and the ability to assess their use sensibly. 
 
In practice, this means: 
• You use AI assistants and agents for your daily work tasks, and you know when to critically question their output.
• You are familiar with agentic workflows: you assign multi-step tasks to AI tools, critically review the results, and iterate further.
• You actively follow new developments in AI-assisted software development and share your knowledge with the team. 

Your Responsibilities: 

• You lead development teams professionally and disciplinarily, supporting their technical and personal growth.
• You own the reliable delivery of your teams and ensure realistic planning, transparency, and early communication of risks.
• You organise and manage the operational development process – refinements, sprint and iteration planning, and ongoing prioritisation.
• You work with Product Management to ensure requirements are clear, actionable, and sufficiently prepared.
• You coordinate technical assessments, estimations, and dependencies together with Tech Leads and the team.
• You make operational decisions in day-to-day work – on bugs, short-notice requirements, or necessary scope adjustments.
• You identify bottlenecks, structural issues, and overload early and make them visible.
• You collaborate closely with other teams, Product Management, Architecture, and leadership.
• You provide clear reporting on progress, risks, and deviations from plan.

Your profile:
• You have experience leading or coordinating development teams – as a Team Lead, Engineering Manager, or in a comparable role.
• You bring several years of software development experience with solid technical understanding.
• You understand technical contexts and can communicate at eye level with developers, Tech Leads, and stakeholders.
• You can manage priorities sensibly under real constraints.
• You communicate in a structured way and deal pragmatically with change and uncertainty.
• You ideally have experience working with complex or legacy software systems and iterative software development.
• You are open to AI-assisted development tools and modern development processes.
• You have excellent German and English skills.

Why us?:
• Mobile Work: Almost all of our colleagues work remotely. If you prefer working from the office or simply want a change of scenery, you’re welcome to use any of our offices at any time. For workshops, training sessions, or trade fairs, we also enjoy meeting you in person!
• Flexible Working Hours: Thanks to our trust-based working hours, you can organize your workday in a way that suits you best. Whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, what matters is that you complete your tasks reliably and coordinate well with your team.
• Workation: Work where others go on vacation? No problem! You can work from abroad for up to 180 days per year, with only a few country-specific exceptions.
• Meal Allowance: Through Hrmony, you receive a monthly meal allowance of up to €115,05 net — perfect for a healthy and delicious lunch break while working remotely.
• Ergonomic Workspace: We support you with a flat-rate allowance so you can set up your ergonomic home office workspace according to your needs.
• Events: We love the “JTL spirit”! Despite working remotely, we celebrate our summer party and Christmas party together with the entire JTL Group and organize regular team events — creating a real sense of togetherness.
• Fitness & Sports Offers: Whether through the subsidized JobRad bike leasing program or discounted sports offers via EGYM Wellpass — staying fit is easy with us!
• Financial Benefits: We support you with an occupational pension plan and capital-forming benefits — optional and individually tailored.

If you’re excited about taking the next step in your career, we look forward to receiving your application! Apply directly here or via our website:https://www.jtl-software.de/jobs #LI-Remote