Engineering Manager - CS Tech (AI)

Location: Hybrid role based in Lisbon, Portugal, with a minimum of 2 days per week in the Lisbon Hub. Candidates must already be based in Portugal; visa sponsorship and relocation support are not available.

Company

hirify.global is a growing marketplace for buying and selling special objects, auctioning more than 100,000 curated items weekly and serving customers across 80+ categories.

What you will do

• Lead and grow an engineering team, building ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Set technical direction and system ownership for the Fulfilment domain, ensuring scalable and maintainable architecture.
• Improve the customer service and post-order experience by reducing friction and increasing reliability for buyers and sellers.
• Partner with Product and UX to translate business priorities into technical strategy and customer-centric solutions.
• Establish engineering standards, delivery improvements, and measurable quality metrics.
• Balance immediate delivery needs with strategic platform improvements in a changing scale-up environment.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of experience coaching and developing engineers, managing performance, and supporting career progression.
• Experience working in product teams with Product, UX, and business stakeholders.
• Confidence guiding architectural trade-offs and decisions about complex systems.
• Ability to own problems through resolution and move solutions forward through ambiguity.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with influence across teams and seniority levels.
• Already based in Portugal and able to work from the Lisbon Hub at least 2 days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience in marketplaces, e-commerce, or scale-ups.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with engineering teams across Amsterdam and Lisbon in a hybrid environment.
• Collaborate across product, design, data, and commercial teams with an emphasis on clarity, ownership, and measurable impact.
• Annual gross base salary based on level, competencies, and experience, plus a meal allowance.
• Health insurance from day one, including dental coverage; work-from-home allowance and commuting coverage.
• Learning and development initiatives, mentorship programmes, development plans, additional leave, and location-dependent benefits.
• Inclusive, queer-friendly environment with a diverse workforce of 800+ employees.

Hiring process

• Apply with an English CV and cover letter.
• AI tools may support application review, while final hiring decisions are made by the recruitment team.