Engineering Manager
IT | Prague HQThe Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a cross-functional team delivering full-stack, end-to-end product solutions within a specific business or technical domain. This role encompasses people management, delivery ownership, and technical oversight to ensure high-performance engineering aligned with product and organizational goals. The Engineering Manager is accountable for driving key execution and impact metrics, including engineering velocity, code quality, deployment frequency, team engagement (eNPS), cycle time reduction, and AI tooling adoption.
We have multiple domains where we are looking for amazing engineering leaders:
Customer Experience: Craft unforgettable user journeys and features that will leave our customers amazed.
Commercial and Innovation: Revolutionize retail by automating core functions from category management to dynamic pricing.
Operational Excellence - Automation: Dive into the future, working with cutting-edge robotics to redefine fulfillment center efficiency and reshape online grocery.
Supply Chain Excellence: Tackle one of the most intricate challenges in the industry. Collaborate with ML experts, develop advanced forecasting, and pioneer the future of supply chain automation.
What will be your key responsibilities:
Team Leadership & People Management: Responsible for team hiring, onboarding, development planning, performance management, coaching, and fostering a high-trust culture.
Delivery Management: Responsible for the timely and predictable delivery of engineering outputs across the full stack (frontend, backend, services, data, etc.).
Capacity and Resource Planning: Owns headcount planning, workload distribution during planning, grooming and bi-weekly cycles, and staffing to align capacity with delivery goals.
Technical Oversight: Together with technical lead and guild lead provides technical coaching, supports architectural decisions, and ensures adherence to engineering best practices and quality standards.
Technical understanding: Possesses a strong technical understanding across domains, enabling effective team leadership and motivation. Continuous learning and adoption of new technologies are crucial.
Collaboration: Works closely with Product Owners and Technical Leads to shape, prioritize, and deliver the product backlog.
Process and Tooling Optimization: Drives adoption of productivity tools, including AI development tooling or delivery workflows, and contributes to continuous improvement of engineering workflows. Is responsible for the adoption of “paved paths” setups of CI/CD and other instrumentation.
What experience should you have:
5+ years in engineering management roles, with experience leading cross-functional, product-focused engineering teams
Proficiency in one or more modern technologies (e.g., TypeScript, Java, Python, Go)
Ability to navigate across multiple tech domains (BE, FE, Mobile, QA) to guarantee orchestrated tech delivery.
Proven track record of scaling engineering teams, coaching talent, and improving delivery processes
Deep familiarity with agile methodologies, CI/CD, and quality assurance practices
Strong cross-functional collaboration experience with product, design, and data stakeholders
Experience with or interest in leveraging AI coding assistants and developer productivity tools
About Rohlik
Making customers happy in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Germany and Romania.