STACKIT Database - PostgreSQL - Engineering Manager (m/f/d)

Your Profile

• Leadership Mindset: Proven experience in leading engineering teams to collective success by fostering psychological safety and setting a clear architectural vision.
• Database Proficiency: Experience with databases like PostgreSQL, MariaDB or MS SQL Server, especially in areas like high availability, replication, performance optimization and database design.
• Software Engineering: Proven track record in software engineering and architecture in distributed systems - from code to cloud-native deployment.
• Cloud-Native Proficiency: Highly familiar with cloud environments (e.g. Kubernetes, Operator patterns) and building infrastructure-controlling APIs.
• Automation & Observability: Secure use of a wide range of automation tools as well as profound knowledge in building modern monitoring landscapes.
• Analytical & Strategic: Excellent problem-solving skills for complex performance bottlenecks and the ability to align technical roadmaps with business goals.
• Communication: Fluent in English, enabling you to lead and collaborate effectively within our international, agile environment.

A modern, well-equipped workplace awaits you at Plaza Catalunya — right in the heart of Barcelona.
 

As part of our commitment to a positive and supportive work environment, our company offers a range of attractive additional benefits. These include restaurant vouchers, transportation benefits, health insurance, and fitness vouchers. Through our discount platform, you can also enjoy monthly discounts and benefits in a wide variety of categories, from services to clothing to accommodation.

Working closely with international departments, we develop customer-oriented solutions in flexible, small teams.

Our employees are very important to us. You will become part of an appreciative and open corporate culture with flat hierarchies.

We offer you diverse and exciting career opportunities in a dynamic work environment that stands for development and progress. 

We believe in giving our employees the flexibility they need to do their best work. Our most popular model is the hybrid model, which gives employees the option to work remotely up to 12 days per month. In-office time is focused on collaboration.

Your Tasks

• Technical Leadership : You own the "How" for our PostgreSQL Flex Service across product teams with more than 10 team members. As a player-coach, you lead by example by guiding architectural decisions and by not hesitating to touch the codebase and configuration when strategic challenges arise.
• Product Development & Architecture: In partnership with the Product Owner, you shape the future of our Managed Database Services. You design robust, scalable, and highly available Postgres solutions within a cloud ecosystem.
• -Automation & DBaaS Innovation: You drive our "Self-Service" model. You lead the automation of deployment, patching, and scaling processes via REST APIs, ensuring a seamless experience for our customers.
• People & Culture: You mentor engineers toward technical excellence, foster a positive collaborative culture, and take a lead role in recruiting and developing a world-class engineering team.
• Operational Excellence (SRE): Embracing "You build it, you run it," you implement SRE practices to ensure maximum reliability, performance tuning, and data integrity throughout the entire service lifecycle.
• Strategic Collaboration: You bridge the gap between engineering and business stakeholders, contributing your expertise to working groups like the Architecture Board.