Engineering Manager

At HEINEKEN, we are on a journey to become the best‑connected brewer in the world, with Digital Commerce playing a central role in this ambition. Digital Commerce is responsible for designing, developing and scaling the IT solutions that serve our customers better, faster and smarter across the entire Route‑to‑Consumer ecosystem. After successfully building our software engineering organization, we are now entering the next stage of our evolution by accelerating the growth of Digital Commerce. We deliver digital products that directly support company revenue while elevating customer experience. Join us in shaping the technological capabilities that power HEINEKEN’s global Commerce strategy. Would you like to meet the Team, see our office and much more? Visit our website: Heineken (heineken-dt.pl).

The Engineering Manager Developer Enablement is responsible for leading and developing a team of software and or solution engineers to deliver high-quality technology solutions, used by other engineering teams within Digital Commerce. This role combines technical expertise with people management, requiring the ability to mentor engineers, guide strategic engineering decisions, and ensure timely delivery of Capabilities while fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture. The Engineering Manager Developer Enablement will work with product and engineering leaders across digital commerce to implement solutions that solve problems for multiple teams, decreasing the amount of time it takes to realize value. 

Your responsibilities would include:

• recruiting, onboarding, and retaining top engineering talent while providing regular coaching, feedback, and career development opportunities to build a high-performing and engaged team with clear growth paths and low attrition rates

• defining project scope, timelines, and resource allocation while managing dependencies and risks to ensure consistent on-time delivery of projects that meet quality standards and business requirements 

• guiding technical decisions, code review practices, and architectural choices to maintain system quality and scalability and ensure robust, maintainable codebases aligned with long-term platform goals 

• conducting regular one-on-ones, setting clear performance expectations, providing constructive feedback, and managing performance improvement plans when necessary to ensure team members consistently meet or exceed performance standards 

• partnering with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize work, and align on delivery timelines to enable smooth project execution and shared ownership of outcomes 

• evaluating and refining team processes, development workflows, and tooling to increase efficiency, reduce friction, and improve development velocity, code quality, and team satisfaction 

• contributing to long-term technical strategy, identifying technical debt, and balancing feature development with infrastructure investments to maintain a sustainable technical foundation supporting future growth 

• establishing on-call procedures, leading incident response efforts, and driving post-mortem processes to improve system stability, reduce downtime, and promote continuous learning from failures 

• managing team budgets, vendor relationships, and resource allocation to maximize efficiency and return on investment while operating within budgetary constraints 

• fostering an inclusive and psychologically safe environment where team members feel valued, heard, and empowered to do their best work.

You are a good candidate if you have: 

• 7+ years in software engineering roles, with a minimum of 4 years of demonstrated leadership experience

• previous experience managing highly technical engineering teams

• systems level thinking to solve problems through technical architecture 

• excellent communication skills with the ability to translate an abstract concept into concrete relatable examples 

• automation first approach 

• a strong commitment to delivering solutions that are available, reliable, maintainable, secure, private, and resilient, even under extreme load 

• bachelor’s degree in computer science, Mathematics, or other Engineering 

• English proficiency at an advanced level (C1 or higher).

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