Catawiki

EngineeringManager

Lisbon, Portugal Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Engineering Manager at Catawiki. Skills: people leadership, technical leadership, system ownership. Lead cross-functional team. Improve post-order journey”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Technical decision-making confidence; guide teams through architectural trade-offs; complex system challenges; Ownership mindset; tackle problems end-to-end; drive solutions forward

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

software engineering foundation, Proven people leadership experience, Experience working in cross-functional product teams, Technical decision-making confidence, Ownership mindset, stakeholder management and communication skills

Nice to Have

Marketplace experience, e-commerce experience, scale-up experience, logistics experience, shipping experience, post-order flows experience

What You'll Do.

Lead cross-functional team

Improve post-order journey

Build strong engineering team

Shape technical foundations

Own technical direction

Guide architectural decisions

Shape auction journey

Deliver reliable experiences

Lead high-performing team

Create culture of ownership

Drive technical direction

Ensure scalable architecture

Improve customer experience

Reduce shipping friction

Partner closely with Product

Translate business priorities

Deliver customer-centric solutions

Enable faster delivery

Establish engineering standards

Introduce quality metrics

Balance delivery needs

Balance platform improvements

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with engineering teams; Collaborate with product; Collaborate with UX; Collaborate with business stakeholders; Collaborate with design teams; Collaborate with data teams; Collaborate with commercial teams; Influence across teams; Influence seniority levels

Communication Scope

stakeholder management; communication skills

Full Job Description

At Catawiki, every day brings the extraordinary! Whether it’s Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 Car, a Woolly Mammoth’s Skeleton, Lady Gaga's Jumpsuit or Usain Bolt’s running shoe, we encounter exceptional objects every day. We’re a one-of-a-kind marketplace for buying and selling special objects. Each week, more than 100,000 unique items are auctioned, all carefully curated by our passionate in-house experts. Having sold over 25 million unique objects, our mission is to become the world’s most popular destination for special objects. As a growing, diverse and sustainable scale-up, we proudly live by three core values. If these values resonate with you, we’d love to explore how you can join us. Taking ownership and driving impact Being open to change and feedback Being passionate about our mission and our customers. Your Mission As an Engineering Manager in our Fulfilment domain, you will lead a cross-functional team focused on improving the post-order journey - especially the shipping and delivery experience for our buyers and sellers. Shipping is one of the most critical and friction-prone parts of our marketplace. Your mission is to build a strong, empowered engineering team and shape the technical foundations that make our fulfilment experience reliable, scalable and customer-centric. You won’t be coding full-time, but you will own the technical direction, guide architectural decisions, and ensure we build systems that enable faster, safer product delivery. At the same time, you’ll grow engineers into high performers and future leaders. This is a high-impact role at the heart of our marketplace experience. What You’ll Do Your work as an Engineering Manager will shape how Catawiki evolves the auction journey, helping the team deliver reliable, thoughtful, and high-impact experiences for bidders and buyers, leading and growing a high-performing engineering team, creating a culture of ownership, accountability and continuous improvement. Drive technical direction and sy

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