Engineering Manager, User Platform (AI)

Location: Berlin, Germany; hybrid with three days of in-office collaboration and two optional work-from-home days

Company

hirify.global connects travelers with trusted activities and travel experiences around the world.

What you will do

• Lead hiring and performance management for an engineering team, setting a high talent bar and supporting career growth.
• Partner with the Product Manager to shape the roadmap, strategy, and technical direction for a new user platform.
• Define the traveler context layer, including identity resolution, semantic memory, predictive capabilities, and self-service interfaces.
• Drive technical excellence, system health, experimentation, and data-informed product decisions.
• Collaborate with search and ranking, lifecycle and paid channels, customer care, traveler experience, and other business stakeholders.
• Build a supportive, continuously improving engineering culture in a complex, international environment.

Requirements

• Seasoned engineering leadership experience with strong ownership of technical direction and team needs.
• Experience setting up new teams, platforms, data systems, and backend systems in evolving problem spaces.
• Ability to engage meaningfully across backend and frontend systems with a full-stack mindset.
• Experience applying AI technologies within product development.
• Strong people leadership, coaching, empowerment, and performance management skills without micromanagement.
• Strong product judgment and customer focus when guiding roadmaps and priorities.
• Passion for experimentation as a tool for discovery and decision-making.
• Strong collaboration skills in an international, cross-functional environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work in Berlin with three required office days—Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday—and two optional home-focus days.
• Work from anywhere in the world for 30 days per year.
• Annual personal growth budget, mentorship programs, and language reimbursement.
• Quarterly team events and yearly company-wide events.
• Monthly transportation and fitness budget, health and wellness benefits, and discounts on hirify.global activities for employees, friends, and family.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV or resume in English through the application form.
• Do not include a picture or age with the application.