Engineering Manager - Rewards (f/m/d)

Purpose of Position

In the Rewards Tribe, we build the core capabilities that enable advertisers to define how they reward publishers and manage transactions at scale.
Operating at the heart of the business, we power critical flows through an event-driven architecture that ensures flexibility, reliability, and real-time processing.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to take ownership of an existing team and evolve it into two high-performing teams, supporting a strategic product roadmap while modernising our platform and technology stack.

This role is ideal for an experienced people leader who thrives in complex domains, enjoys scaling teams, and can balance delivery of business-critical initiatives with long-term technical evolution.

Key Tasks

As an Engineering Manager, your primary focus is people, delivery, and impact.

You will:

• Lead and grow a team of 9-10 engineers across Germany, Romania, and other engineering hubs
• Coach and mentor engineers, supporting both career growth and technical excellence
• Foster strong feedback loopsthat support continuous learning and improvement
• Create a safe, empowering environmentwhere decisions are delegated and ownership is clear
• Partner closely with Product Management to define team goals, priorities, and OKRs
• Own delivery commitments and continuously improve team effectiveness and predictability
• Collaborate with other tribes, platform teams, and enabling teams (Product, DevOps, UX, InfoSec, etc.)
• Support hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and individual development planning
• Represent your team toward stakeholders and contribute to engineering-wide strategy

Skills & Expertise

Required:

• 8+ years experience in software engineering
• 2+ years in an Engineering Manager or similar leadership role (Technical Leads transitioning into management are welcome)
• Experience building and scaling teams in distributed environments
• Strong coaching mindset with a passion for developing people
• Confidence operating in a financial or payments domain (e.g. billing, invoicing, payment flows, compliance)
• A solid technical foundation that allows you to:
  • Understand and discuss architecture and system design
  • Guide teams on testing, CI/CD, and engineering best practices
  • Consider long-term technical strategy, trade-offs, and system interactions
• A data-informed approach to decision-making, with a bias toward observability and learning
• A proactive mindset toward AI and emerging technologies, with the curiosity and willingness to experiment, learn, and leverage them to drive team efficiency and innovation

Beyond technical and leadership experience, we care deeply about:

• Clear, thoughtful communication—adapted to technical and non-technical audiences
• Pragmatic problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Curiosity about the business, customers, and the “why” behind the work
• A collaborative mindset and commitment to continuous improvement

Our Offer

• Flexi-Week and Work-Life Balance: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing, offering you a flexible four-day Flexi-Week at full pay and with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance. We also offer a variety of different paid special leaves.
• Remote Working Allowance: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs. In addition, we will support you in setting up your remote workspace appropriately.
• Flexi-Office: We offer an international culture and flexibility through our Flexi-Office and hybrid/remote work possibilities to work across Awin regions
• Meal Vouchers: You will be supported with a certain net sum to spend it on a variety of lunches.
• Health & Wellbeing: The insurance covers several types of health, vision and / or dental treatments for you and for up to one additional family member.
• Remote Working Furniture Package: After 3 months of employment, you will be eligible for a furniture package, which should enable you to set up a proper workplace at your remote working location
• Appreciation: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer program.

Established in 2000, Awin is proud of our dynamic, social and inclusive culture.

Like all businesses, we’ve had to adapt and nurture our culture in a virtual environment. Our virtual ‘Life @ Awin’ hub brings our colleagues from across the globe together for various social activities.

Diversity & Inclusion are paramount to us, and we proudly pursue and hire diverse team members. We champion uniqueness and authenticity; this is who we are at our core. Our network of affiliate partnerships are diverse and transparent, as are the employees powering our vision to build the world’s leading open partner ecosystem. We welcome all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. If you need support at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

Awin is part of the Axel Springer group. Learn more at axelspringer.com/en/, and explore the Axel Springer Essentials here: axelspringer.com/en/inside/the-essentials-what-we-have-adapted-and-why  

Apply now to begin the next stage of your career at a progressive company that supports both your professional and personal development.

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