Grafton Recruitment

About the Company
A company focussing on CMS-solutions is seeking an Engineering Manager (gn) to lead a high-performing, globally distributed web development team responsible for defining and executing the technical strategy for semantics and search. The role focuses on advancing and maintaining core content capabilities, including taxonomies, ontologies, tagging, and search. You will partner with cross-functional teams to align technical direction with business goals and deliver scalable, high-performance solutions supporting a major website and its user experiences.
About the Role
Engineering Manager (gn) – Semantics, Taxonomies &amp; Search
Temporary Assignment:
8-12 months
Location:
Berlin preferred, but mostly remote. Once in a while meetings in Berlin
In this role, you will work closely with senior stakeholders to understand business strategy and goals, and collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure architecture, tech stack, and development strategy deliver measurable impact for both site visitors and internal users.
Responsibilities
<ul>
<li>Lead and develop a globally distributed web development team, fostering high performance, collaboration, and continuous improvement; mentor team members across levels</li>
<li>Define and drive the team roadmap with a focus on content structures (taxonomies, ontologies, tagging) and search optimization (including backend and storage). Accountable for co-creating the roadmap with Product and Design and ensuring execution</li>
<li>Collaborate with Product, Design, Research, Infrastructure, and Security to translate business needs into technical solutions and integrate platform capabilities (APIs, entities, etc.) into the web experience</li>
<li>Own the technical approach for integrating and scaling content management features (e.g., taxonomies and search) on a public-facing website, ensuring performance, security, and scalability</li>
<li>Guide solution design, implementation, testing, and deployment; ensure best practices in architecture, coding, and quality</li>
<li>Support growth of junior and senior engineers through hands-on leadership and continuous feedback</li>
<li>Oversee day-to-day web development operations, balancing maintenance and feature delivery while ensuring global coverage</li>
<li>Partner with Product Management to prioritize and execute the roadmap, balancing user impact and business objectives; communicate progress, risks, and blockers clearly</li>
</ul>
Qualifications
<ul>
<li>3+ years of experience leading development teams, delivering complex, high-impact technical solutions, with leading responsibility of at least 10 FTE</li>
<li>Strong frontend-technologies and AI-knowledge</li>
</ul>
Required Skills
<ul>
<li>Strong proficiency in web technologies (e.g., JavaScript, React, Node.js) and familiarity with headless CMS platforms (preferably Contentful).</li>
<li>Experience optimizing performance and scalability, including complex content structures and large datasets.</li>
<li>Ability to balance innovation with near-term impact while building team capability and capacity.</li>
<li>Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, aligning technical execution with business goals.</li>
<li>Proven mentoring and coaching track record, promoting technical excellence and continuous learning in distributed teams.</li>
<li>People management experience (performance reviews, check-ins, calibration).</li>
</ul>
Preferred Skills
<ul>
<li>Experience with API-first platforms and optimizing front-end systems consuming complex API data.</li>
<li>Familiarity with search technologies such as Elasticsearch or Solr.</li>
<li>Knowledge of data privacy and security best practices for web systems.</li>
<li>Understanding of content organization/metadata systems (taxonomies, ontologies) and their integration into web platforms.</li>
<li>PostgreSQL experience, including schema design and performance optimization for scalable, reliable, data-driven applications.</li>
</ul>
Benefits
<ul>
<li>International, distributed engineering environment with cross-functional collaboration</li>
<li>High autonomy and strong stakeholder exposure</li>
<li>Opportunity to shape technical strategy for semantics/search and core content capabilities</li>
<li>Modern tech stack and focus on engineering best practices (quality, performance, scalability)</li>
<li>Learning and development support through continuous feedback and mentoring culture</li>
</ul>
Salary
€90,000 – €130,000 (gross annual salary, depending on experience)

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