Key Skills

Job Description

Role: Engineering Manager Location: Amsterdam, NL Role Summary: We are looking for an experienced Engineering Delivery Lead to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering critical digital products and production journeys across backend services web platforms and native applications The role requires strong delivery leadership in a large established technology environment with the ability to operate effectively across both legacy and modern architectures Key Responsibilities: Lead end-to-end engineering delivery across backend services web applications and native mobile applications Coordinate delivery across legacy platforms modern applications APIs microservices cloud services and enterprise integrations Own delivery planning prioritization milestones risks dependencies and release coordination across multiple engineering workstreams Identify and manage technical and cross team dependencies ensuring blockers and delivery risks are surfaced and resolved early Guide crosssite engineering teams working on business critical and production facing customer journeys Partner with engineering architecture product QA DevOpsSRE security operations and business stakeholders to drive reliable delivery Support production readiness release governance operational stability incident Followup and continuous improvement Coordinate teams distributed across locations and time zones maintaining clear ownership communication and delivery accountability Onboard and integrate contractors or partner resources into established engineering teams development practices tooling and governance Promote consistent Agile engineering practices CICD automated testing observability secure delivery and highquality technical documentation Balance modernization initiatives with ongoing delivery and support requirements for existing systems Required Experience amp Skills: Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering across backend services web and native applications Strong experience working within large established enterprise technology environments Demonstrated ability to deliver across a mixed landscape of legacy and modern systems Strong understanding of APIs microservices enterprise integrations cloud platforms CICD and modern software delivery practices Experience managing complex technical dependencies across multiple applications platforms and teams Experience supporting high availability business critical production services and customer journeys Demonstrated success coordinating distributed or crosssite engineering teams Experience integrating contractors partners or external engineering resources into existing delivery organizations Strong delivery management skills covering planning estimation RAID management release management stakeholder communication and governance Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering and business teams Preferred Experience: Experience with application modernization and legacy transformation programs Exposure to cloud native architectures and enterprise scale digital platforms Experience with DevOpsSRE practices production monitoring observability and operational support Familiarity with Agile delivery engineering metrics quality controls and continuous improvement practices Skills: Mandatory Skills : Benefits Management, Project Planning, Pursuit/ Proposal Management, Risk/Crisis Management, Stakeholder Management Good to Have Skills : Program Management

Core Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery across backend services, web platforms, and native applications, coordinating plans, dependencies, risks, and releases across legacy and modern systems. Guide distributed engineering teams and partner with product, architecture, QA, DevOps/SRE, security, operations, and business stakeholders to support reliable production services and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Requires proven leadership delivering backend, web, and native applications in large enterprise environments spanning legacy and modern architectures. Candidates should have strong delivery, planning, risk, release, and stakeholder management experience, along with knowledge of APIs, microservices, cloud platforms, CI/CD, production services, and distributed teams.