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