Engineering Manager (50% Hands on Development) Location: Munich (2 days a week in office) Core Tech: Backend: Java, Spring Boot Compensation: €100-110k €40-45k of stocks A fast-scaling tech company in the travel space is looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a backend team focused on advancing a high-traffic search engine with machine-learning-driven ranking. You’ll work closely with engineers, data scientists, and product to build fast, reliable systems that impact millions of users worldwide. What You’ll Do: Lead a team of backend engineers (direct reports), data scientists, QA, and a PM. Own backend systems powering search, recommendations, and ML integration. Contribute 40–50% of your time to hands-on feature development (Java/Kotlin). Drive architectural decisions, delivery speed, and system scalability. Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to define and deliver on roadmaps and OKRs. Tech Stack: Java 17/21, Kotlin, Spring Boot AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, Terraform PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Redshift Jenkins, Git, Grafana, Looker You Should Have: Senior-level experience as a backend engineer (Java, cloud-native systems) Experience leading cross-functional teams (informal leadership okay) in a high-scale environment Strong architectural skills, code quality mindset, and passion for user experience Familiarity with AWS and Elasticsearch is a plus Perks: Impact millions of users annually Learning budget, dedicated study days, and career development support Hybrid work, international team, and flexibility to work remotely across offices 28 vacation days Bavarian holidays unpaid time off options Travel perks and discounted accommodation benefits