Director Engineering, Adtech & Marketplace

Location: Berlin, Germany; remote possible. Up to 20 days per year working from anywhere in the EU.

Company

hirify.global is a European e-pharmacy focused on digital healthcare and online pharmacy services.

What you will do

• Set the engineering direction across Retail Media and Marketplace, deciding where the platforms should converge or remain separate.
• Lead an organisation of approximately 40 engineers across 5–7 teams through two Engineering Managers.
• Develop managers and teams while creating clear ownership and autonomy.
• Own delivery, reliability, architecture, technical debt, and engineering maturity.
• Co-own roadmaps with Product and Commercial leadership and connect engineering priorities to take rate, advertiser ROAS, seller economics, and contribution margin.
• Lead relationships with external platforms, integrators, and agencies, including build/buy/partner decisions, integrations, SLAs, and vendor performance.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience leading multiple engineering teams through managers or leads.
• Experience leading organisations through significant change, such as merging domains, introducing new scope, or replacing a platform.
• Experience developing commercial B2B platforms such as marketplaces, retail media, adtech, payments, or seller and partner platforms.
• Experience with high-traffic and transactional systems.
• Strong technical judgment, commercial thinking, and the ability to connect engineering decisions to business outcomes.
• Strong English communication skills are essential.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work environment focused on purpose and employee contribution.
• Individual work-location arrangements when office presence is not required.
• Sports membership package through Urban Sports Club.
• Training and external development opportunities.
• 30 days of paid vacation per year plus an additional day on Rosenmontag.
• Corporate pension plan with external guidance and the option for up to 10 unpaid vacation days after one year.