Engineering Manager - Technology Platform (f/m/d)*
YOUR MISSION:
As an Engineering Manager in Technology Platform (f/m/d) at Parloa, you will guide the evolution of our cloud infrastructure and empower engineering teams to leverage it effectively. Your role combines technical leadership with people management as you build and support a team of cloud infrastructure specialists. You will foster a culture of reliability, security, and operational excellence while ensuring our infrastructure scales with our business needs.
IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:
- Build, mentor, and develop a collaborative infrastructure team that embodies operational excellence
- Lead the strategic vision for our cloud infrastructure, focusing on scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency
- Establish infrastructure patterns and golden paths that enable engineering teams to deploy and operate services autonomously
- Partner with engineering leaders to understand their technical requirements and ensure our infrastructure meets their needs
- Implement robust observability, monitoring, and incident response processes to maintain service reliability
- Coordinate the implementation of security and compliance standards within our infrastructure
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement through automation, metrics, and knowledge sharing
- Balance strategic infrastructure initiatives with immediate operational needs
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:
- Experience managing DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering teams in a collaborative environment
- Solid technical background in cloud infrastructure (preferably Azure/AWS/GCP) and modern deployment practices
- Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Argo CD), and observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Experience with networking concepts, security configurations, and identity management solutions
- Experience implementing secure-by-design principles and compliance frameworks
- Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Demonstrated success in balancing technical debt with business-driven feature development
- Ability to attract, develop, and retain diverse engineering talent
- Experience with incident management and on-call processes
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
- Join a diverse team of 40+ nationalities with flat hierarchies and a collaborative company culture.
- Opportunity to build and scale your career at the intersection of customer-facing roles and engineering in a dynamic startup on its journey to become an international leader in SaaS platforms for Conversational AI.
- Deutschland ticket, Urban Sports Club, Job Rad, Nilo Health, weekly sponsored office lunches
- Competitive compensation and equity package.
- Flexible working hours, 28 vacation days and workation opportunities.
- Access to a training and development budget for continuous professional growth.
- Regular team events, game nights, and other social activities.
- Work from a home and/or our beautiful office(s) in the heart of Berlin or Munich with adjustable desks, social areas, fresh fruits, cereals, and drinks.
Your recruiting process at Parloa:
Recruiter video call → Meet your manager → Expert interviews → Interview with CTO
Why Parloa?
Parloa is one of the fastest growing startups in the world of Generative AI and customer service. Parloa’s voice-first GenAI platform for contact centers is built on the best AI technology to automate customer service with natural-sounding conversations for outstanding experiences on all communication channels. Leveraging natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning, Parloa creates intelligent phone and chat solutions for businesses that turn contact centers into value centers by boosting customer service efficiency. The Parloa platform resolves the majority of customer queries quickly and automatically, allowing human agents to focus on complex issues and relationships. Parloa was founded in 2018 by Malte Kosub and Stefan Ostwald and today employs over 250 people in Berlin, Munich, and New York.
When you join Parloa, you become part of a dynamic and innovative team made up of over 34 nationalities that’s revolutionizing an entire industry. We’re passionate about growing together and creating opportunities for personal and professional development. With our recent $66 million Series B investment, we’re expanding globally and looking for talented individuals to join us on this exciting journey.
Do you have questions about Parloa, the role, or our team before you apply? Please feel free to get in touch with our Hiring Team.
Parloa is committed to upholding the highest data protection standards for our clients' and employees' data. All our employees are instrumental in ensuring the utmost care, GDPR, and ISO compliance, including ISO 27001, in handling sensitive information.
* We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability status, socioeconomic background and other characteristics.