Engineering Manager

🌍 Uniplaces: Building a Trusted Global Brand for Students

At Uniplaces, we’re on a mission to empower student mobility by making it easier to find accommodation. Backed by top-tier investors like Atomico, Octopus Investments, Shilling Capital Partners, and Caixa Capital, we’re solving real-life challenges to help students worldwide — faster and better.

We are an internationally-minded company with a talented team and global ambitions. Our decisions are driven by our core values - Passion, Impact, Trust, and Team Spirit - which we strive to create an environment where everyone feels accountable and empowered to achiever their full potential.

About the Product Team 💡

We’re a technology-driven startup, and our online platform is at the heart of everything we do. It’s how we deliver the best possible experience to both students and landlords. That’s why the Product Team is absolutely core to Uniplaces’ success.

Our engineering culture is built on high-quality architecture, domain-driven design, and long-term technical thinking. We believe great managers stay close to the code, lead by example, and empower teams to make sound technical decisions.

The Product Team brings together engineers, product designers, and product managers who work closely to turn ambitious ideas into reality. Collaboration is central to how we operate: everyone has a voice, whether you’re working with code, data, scripts, or infrastructure.

Join Us as an Engineering Manager! ⚙️

• In this role, you will lead and grow a remote engineering team through hands-on technical leadership, coaching, and continuous feedback. You’ll stay close to the codebase by reviewing pull requests, designing solutions, and occasionally implementing critical pieces yourself.

• You will drive architectural decisions and technical direction across backend and frontend systems. By acting as a multiplier for the team, you will unblock complex technical problems and raise the overall engineering bar, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions.

• You will continuously improve engineering processes to balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability, helping the team work efficiently while maintaining technical excellence.

• You will work closely with Product to define priorities, scope initiatives, and deliver meaningful product impact. Clear and structured communication across engineering, product, and operations will be essential to align teams and achieve shared goals.

• You will help build a culture of transparency, ownership, and trust, avoiding micromanagement while maintaining strong technical standards. You’ll share your opinions openly, encourage healthy debate, listen carefully, and adapt when needed, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.

Requirements

🌟 What makes the ideal candidate?

• Software Engineering Background: Strong background as a software engineer before moving into management, giving you deep technical understanding and credibility with your team.

• Hands-on Leadership: Proven experience as a hands-on Engineering Manager or Tech Lead, combining people leadership with technical ownership to drive both team growth and technical excellence.

• Technical Decision-Making: Comfortable making and defending architectural decisions, and guiding teams through complex systems while maintaining high standards of quality and maintainability.

• Product-Driven Mindset: Focused on solving real user problems and delivering long-term value, aligning engineering efforts with product priorities and customer impact.

• Leadership Style: You lead by example, empower the team, and avoid micromanagement while fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.

• Communication & Organisation: Excellent communication and organisational skills, ensuring clarity in technical discussions, alignment with product, and smooth team operations.

• Technical Expertise: Experience with parts of our stack, including:

  • PHP (Symfony)

  • Golang

  • Node.js

  • Next.js / Ember

  • AWS (EC2, ECS, ECR, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, and more)

  • Domain-Driven Design and Hexagonal Architecture

🥇 Why You’ll Love This Job:

• Remote & Flexible: Enjoy a full-remote role across Europe, giving you the freedom to work from wherever you are while collaborating with a distributed team.

• Fast-Paced Product Company: Join a company with real scale and real users, where your contributions have tangible impact on our platform and student experiences.

• High-Quality Team: Work with experienced, collaborative, and high-performing engineering teams that value technical excellence and knowledge sharing.

• Autonomy & Ownership: Take full ownership of your initiatives, shape architecture, lead new projects, and turn ideas into production systems.

• Leadership & Technical Impact: This role offers the unique combination of leadership responsibilities and deep technical involvement, allowing you to influence both people and technology.

• Competitive Compensation & Growth.

If you’re looking for a unique experience in a multicultural and international environment, with the opportunity to grow in your career and make a meaningful impact on the business, along with a supportive team that values your skills and offers pathways for development, then apply to become a Engineering Manager today!

📩 Ready to Join Us? If this sounds like the opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply and let us know why you’re the perfect fit for this role.

📄 Please submit your CV in English.