Software Engineering Manager (d/f/m)

Short Facts Join us on our journey:  To drive the smart and sustainable energy future, we are looking for a Software Engineering Manager (d/f/m) to oversee strategic tech initiatives from development through to successful execution.  Location: Munich, Germany Employment Type: Full-Time, indefinite term Salary Range: € 115.000 - 135.000 per year gross depending on the seniority level Office-first work setup Language Requirement: C1 Level English Your Responsibilities Technical leadership Set direction and strategy for your team while ensuring individual contributors own the design and delivery of their work. Be a technically deep sounding board: engage directly in design discussions, review proposals, and give specific, high quality feedback that sharpens your engineers' decisions. Establish a culture of engineering excellence and ownership with a high bar for quality, reliability, and speed. AI Champion AI assisted engineering and set the standard for how tools like Claude are used in daily development. Define and drive the team's AI strategy: identify where AI creates real leverage in our products and workflows, and turn that into measurable outcomes. People Coach and grow your engineers, owning their technical development, performance, and career progression. Work closely with recruiters and the leadership team to attract and hire high potential candidates. Organization and delivery Find knowledge and skill gaps on the team and actively close them through coaching, hiring, and structural changes. Improve processes to increase speed and effectiveness of delivery, without adding bureaucracy. Partner with executives and leads on decision making, program management, and execution. Track complex dependencies across internal and external teams and keep delivery on course. Shape the company's culture Your Profile Mandatory Requirements Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related tech field 5+ years working experience in software development and 2+ years of leadership experience, ideally in backend development and cloud platforms Extensive experience in leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineering teams Strong proficiency in backend development: object-oriented programming (e.g. Python), cloud (e.g. AWS), virtualization and containerization (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes), IaC (e.g. CDK), workflow orchestration (e.g. WS step functions), Observability (e.g. Datadog, Loki, Prometheus, Tempo, Grafana) A leadership style built on ownership: you enable engineers to own design and delivery rather than owning it for them. Hands on experience with AI coding tools such as Claude, and a clear point of view on integrating them into engineering workflows. Experience in strategic technical cross team coordination and leadership Ability to identify and track complex dependencies across multiple internal and external teams Skills to Set You Apart Energy Trading Experience A track…