Engineering Manager

The future looks like you

With over 1,300 stores in 17 European countries and more than 25,000 employees, C&A is one of Europe’s leading fashion retailers. Every day, C&A welcomes millions of visitors to its stores in Europe and to its online shop. C&A offers quality and long-lasting fashion at affordable prices for the many. We are building on more than 180 years of experience in the fashion industry and continuously modernizing the company to become an omnichannel fashion retailer.

Our Digital & Consumer domain is one of eight tech domains within C&A and is shaped around 150 IT- and design peers. We are developing creative and innovative in-house digital solutions for our three customer-centric platforms: our iOS and Android applications, as well as the C&A web shop. If you have a passion for developing and leading high-performing teams, have a strong technical background, and the ability to deliver innovative solutions, join us as an Engineering Manager!

Your responsibilities

• Leading, coaching, and developing one or more cross-functional engineering teams to drive goals and objectives
• Establishing and maintaining a positive and productive work environment that fosters teamwork, creativity, and collaboration
• Fostering engineering and operational excellence within your team(s), as well as identifying training opportunities and career development strategies
• Building engineering capabilities within the team to ensure engineering and operational best practices
• Pairing with the Product Manager and Product Designer on the steering of the team’s roadmap
• Managing Engineers, as well as hiring and retaining talents
• Staying up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends, and evaluating their potential impact on the company's products and services

What you bring

• Relevant Engineering Management experience, or in a similar technical leadership role
• Leading with humility and empathy, mentoring others, as well as possessing the ability to effectively delegate
• Strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to present complex technical information in a clear, and concise manner to a variety of audiences
• Ability to split large features into smaller deliverables to deliver value as early and as often as possible. Great passion for technology and software development

Great to have

• Experience in designing and implementing microservices in a complex ecosystem (Java, Kotlin, SpringBoot, AWS)
• Experience with frontend technologies (Typescript, React, Tailwind)
• Experience with message brokers and databases (RabbitMQ, Kafka, PostgreSQL)
• Experience with effective ways to leverage GenAI in software delivery

What we offer

This is an opportunity for you to join us on a truly exciting transformation journey, where you’ll be able to leave footprints that last and contribute significantly to our vision. As well as knowing that you played a key part in the evolution of one of Europe’s most recognizable retail brands, you will also enjoy:

• Countless learning and development opportunities via our C&A academy
• Access to a Partner Discount Scheme
• An employee discount of 20% in C&A stores
• 30 days' vacation
• Corporate pension scheme
• Mental health and wellness program
• An exciting job in an international and inspirational working environment
• A positive working atmosphere and a talented team with an open feedback culture

C&A fosters equal opportunity for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are led by a gender-balanced board that is committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization where everyone can become their best self.
We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected characteristic. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds. We encourage people belonging to underrepresented groups to apply.
Even if you don't check every box, but see yourself contributing, please apply and help us build an inclusive community.