Engineering Manager (Berlin, hybrid)

Our hybrid working culture includes three office days per week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) at our Berlin headquarters. Looking ahead, we’re also growing London as our second location.

A little about us

• Redefining graphic design: Kittl is transforming how creators work with an intuitive platform that stands as a modern, competitive alternative to traditional design tools: Build the new Adobe of tomorrow

• Rapid growth: Millions of users within just two years of launch

• Diverse team: 120+ team members representing 30+ different countries

• Truly product-led company: Engineers, Product managers and designers are at the core of Kittl - shaping an engineering driven working culture

• Strong funding: Raised over $45M from world-renowned investors who have also backed companies like Slack, Dropbox, and Figma

Learn more: www.kittl.com/career

Your role at Kittl

As Engineering Manager, you’ll guide a talented group of engineers and help drive the evolution of Kittl’s product.

In this role, you’ll combine strong engineering expertise and proven leadership skills to shape technical direction, support your team’s growth, and collaborate closely with design, engineering and product leadership to deliver an exceptional creative experience.

While the primary focus of your role will be people management, we encourage EMs to stay close to code through reviews, pairing, and individual contributions as necessary to ensure your team's success.

What you’ll do

• Lead & mentor: Support the growth of a team of 3-6 engineers, providing guidance and feedback

• Drive efficiency & quality: Keep development smooth, scalable, and aligned with company goals

• Plan & prioritize: Manage priorities, roadmaps, and resources together with Product and Design leads

• Shape architecture: Ensure reliability, scalability, and code quality

• Hire & expand: Contribute to recruiting and building a strong engineering team

What you’ll need

• Experience: 6+ years in engineering, with at least 1 year of people management

• Technical depth: Strong software engineering background, able to guide architectural direction

• Engineering excellence: Track record of delivering high-quality, scalable software

• Product mindset: Strong product thinking to guide decisions and deliver meaningful user value

• Collaboration skills: You thrive in close collaboration with design leadership and product strategy, turning vision into impactful execution

• Ownership & drive: A self-starter who enjoys experimentation and challenging the status quo

Our core tech stack

TypeScript, python, node.js, react, next.js, postgres, pulumi, k8s

We are looking for someone

• Exceptionally driven to drive impact and challenge the status quo

• Who takes extreme ownership & gets things done

• Who goes above and beyond in their role

Interview process

• Recruiter interview (45 min)

• CTO interview (60 min)

• Product Manager interview (45 min)

• Stakeholder interviews (60 min + 20 min, back-to-back)

• Bar-raiser interview with CEO & Chief of Staff (45 min)

Benefits

• Maximise your impact: No matter if you’re leading a team or you stand out by your domain expertise - all we care about is supporting you to maximise your own impact

• Hackathons: Our quarterly hackathons provide an environment to experiment with new concepts, push boundaries, and potentially deliver the next big thing

• Kittl Week: Each year, our global team gathers together for a whole week, to work, celebrate, get inspired, and have fun

• Flexible working hours: Our core hours are 11am–5pm CET, leaving the rest of your schedule flexible to fit your style

• Remote work: Work up to 50 days (10 weeks) fully remote per year from anywhere in the world, as long as you maintain our core hours

• Learning & development: Our L&D budget supports your professional growth

• Mobility benefit: We fully cover your monthly BVG public transport ticket

• Health and fitness: Urban Sports Club membership discount

• Vacation: Up to 30 vacation days per year

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🌈 At Kittl, we embrace diversity and value every team member's unique background, identity, and experience. We're all about respect, honesty, and inclusivity. Together, we create a safe and supportive work environment where everyone thrives. Join us on this exciting journey of making our company and product even better!