Director of Engineering

Description

As Director of Engineering you will steer, together with your fellow Director, our engineering team of around 240 people and actively shape the technological future of Appsfactory. We are looking for a person with genuine leadership mentality who empowers teams to take responsibility independently. At the same time, you will advise our clients confidently and as equals, represent us in pitches and translate complex business requirements into scalable, first-class IT architectures.

Your tasks:

• Technical consulting: You advise clients as equals - in particular when introducing our methodical AIDLC approach (AI-Driven Development Lifecycle) - and represent our approaches convincingly in pitches and workshops, winning people over to innovative technological solutions.

• Project success & excellence: You support demanding large-scale projects from a technical perspective, ensure high quality and architecture standards and create the conditions in which your team can do its best work.

• Leadership: You lead and develop your Tech Leads and engineering teams with empathy and a clear stance. You motivate them to take responsibility themselves and to keep developing continuously.

• Innovation: You develop future-proof technology strategies, evaluate new trends (e.g. Agentic AI) and bring them profitably into real client solutions.

• Business drive: You keep the overall goal in view - from forward-looking resource and capacity planning to aligning the engineering roadmap with the goals of our clients and Appsfactory.

Your profile:

• Education: Completed degree (Bachelor or Master) in computer science, software engineering or a comparable field. Alternative qualifications with a relevant IT background are equally welcome.

• Professional experience: Several years of well-founded experience in the tech and engineering environment. Ideally, you have previously worked yourself as a software developer and know the practice from your own experience.

• Agency & service provider DNA: You know the environment of a digital agency or IT service provider and bring experience in advising clients.

• Leadership experience: You have already successfully led larger engineering teams (>50 developers / Tech Leads / broadly skilled IT engineers) and know how to support them sustainably.

• Technical depth: You move confidently in modern software architectures with clear focus on full-stack (in particular backend) as well as platform engineering. Basic mobile understanding and a good sense for successful UX round off your profile.

• Future-oriented: Topics such as Agentic AI and AI-supported development methods are not buzzwords for you, but tools you can evaluate and use profitably.

• Personality: You act extremely proactively, reliably and dependably. You have strong self-management, communication and presentation skills.

• Language skills: German at native level (Native / C2) and very good English (at least B2 level).

What we offer

What awaits you

• Exciting and varied projects for many global players

• High personal responsibility, short decision-making paths and direct collaboration with our CTO

• A comprehensive onboarding programme with insight into all departments

• High-performance working environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths

• Multicultural teams in which mutual respect is a matter of course

How you work

• Flexible working hours thanks to core working hours from 09:30 to 15:00

• 4 - 5 days per week onsite in one of our offices (during the 12-week induction: 5 days on site)

• Travel to clients is possible and occasionally necessary

• 30 days' paid holiday and the option to work abroad for up to 4 weeks per year

• Modern offices with community areas and well-equipped kitchens for breaks and after-work events

Your development matters to us

• Transparent communication through regular all-hands meetings, 1on1s and annual feedback discussions

• Diverse further training opportunities within our Af Academy

• Collaboration with an experienced team

• Participation in conferences and (in-house) workshops

These are our further benefits

• Contribution towards company pension provision

• Exclusive shopping advantages and discounts via our employee portal (Corporate Benefits)

• Regular company events such as summer and Christmas parties, movie nights and newbie evenings

• We want you to stay fit: borrow a bike of your choice via our bike leasing offer and use our EGYM Wellpass (after passing the probationary period)

You can find more information about working at Appsfactory on LinkedIn.

We look forward to getting to know you!

Linda Franz