Engineering Manager (f/m/x)

Your Mission This is a company built for growth. At exmox, you’ll work on real systems on a big scale. We build high-performing consumer products used by millions of users, operating in a highly competitive, global mobile gaming ecosystem. Our products are data-driven by design - powered by event-driven architectures, complex business logic, and fast feedback loops. Decisions are informed by data, experimentation, and measurable impact, not gut feeling. We’re scaling fast and building one of the most exciting innovations in mobile gaming: a rewarded user engagement and user acquisition platform. We help mobile game publishers not only acquire new users, but also keep players engaged through rewarding experiences. That means distributed systems, evolving architectures, and problems that don’t have textbook answers. As Engineering Manager (f/m/x), you lead from the front setting the pace for technical excellence, ownership, and delivery. You build and grow a strong team, raise the bar through coaching and clear expectations, and create an environment where great engineers thrive.You stay close to the technology and drive key technical decisions: architecture, system design, and critical implementation work when it matters. You work tightly with Product, Data, and Design to turn ambitious goals into execution that’s fast, scalable, and reliable. This role is for someone who wants to build high-performing teams and systems, taking pride in shipping results that perform reliably at scale. If you’re energized by complex systems, high traffic, data-driven decisions, and tackling challenging problems, we want to hear from you. What You’ll Own Team leadership & culture You lead a cross-functional engineering team, providing both disciplinary and technical leadership. You mentor engineers, support their development, and help shape team structure and growth. You foster a strong engineering culture focused on quality, ownership, and continuous improvement, championing agile practices and efficient delivery processes. Hands-on engineering & technical direction You actively contribute to system design, critical code paths, and technical problem solving. You translate product and business requirements into clear technical direction, guiding your team to deliver high-quality solutions across backend, frontend, and infrastructure. Reliability, performance & scalability You own the reliability, security, and performance of services running on a globally distributed cloud platform (AWS, Kubernetes). You monitor and optimize services and infrastructure with a focus on scalability, cost efficiency, and operational excellence, while driving expansion into new regions and evolving architectures as the platform scales. Cross-functional collaboration & delivery You collaborate closely with Product, Design, Data Engineering, and BI teams to deliver solutions aligned with business goals. You encourage teamwork and shared ownership to consistently meet project milestones while maintaining technical excellence. What You Bring Proven engineering & leadership experience Several years of experience building and shipping production systems as a software engineer, with demonstrated success leading engineers and owning both delivery and team development. Hands-on technical expertise Comfort staying close to technical details while operating at a system and product level. Experience across backend, frontend, and infrastructure, with hands-on experience building and operating cloud-based services in production. Practical experience with modern web and service technologies such as Python, Golang, JavaScript, FastAPI, and Vue.js. Distributed systems & data-driven mindset Experience running distributed systems at scale in production and working in data-driven product teams that leverage metrics and experimentation to guide decisions. Collaboration & problem-solving Strong collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Ability to bring structure to ambiguous problems and turn them into concrete solutions. Comfortable working in fast-changing environments and solving problems without textbook answers. Motivation & ownership You are motivated to build high-quality systems while growing strong, effective engineering teams. Nice to have Experience with mobile technologies such as Flutter or React Native Experience working in consumer products or gaming-related environments What You Can Expect Ambitious people, real ownership. Work with driven people who challenge each other openly and take full ownership of meaningful parts of the business. A company that prioritizes growth, performance, and impact. Comfort isn’t the goal here, progress is. We set a high bar and focus on delivering real results. A highly ambitious environment with a clear goal. Building the next European tech challenger is not just an idea, it is our mission. Everything we do is driven by the ambition to compete at the highest level and win. Direct exposure to leadership and real decision-making. You’ll work closely with experienced leaders, contribute to strategic discussions, and see how decisions shape the business in real time. Perks that help you focus on what matters. Transport subsidy, learning budget, wellness and gym, workation, bi-weekly team lunches, and more. The perks are great, but the real reason people join and stay is the challenge, the ownership, and the drive to win together. Please note: this is not a remote only position, we offer you a flexible hybrid model here in Hamburg, Germany - working from home on Mondays & Fridays, coming to the office on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday!