Software Engineering Lead at Riverty Group GmbH

What you should bring to the team: 

• Experience in team leadership, with a strong track record of managing diverse teams, ideally including software engineers and QAs. 
• While a technical background is preferred, what's most important is your ability to mentor, coach, and inspire your team. 
• You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, and fluency in English.
• You are committed to fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and inclusivity within the team. 
• Experience with recruitment and onboarding processes to build a high-performing team. 
• You are also familiar with agile methodologies and best practices in software development and quality assurance. 

(Y)our Mission:

Our solutions contribute to flexible and customer-friendly payment alternatives. We allow consumers to choose when and how to pay, guaranteeing merchants a steady and predictable cashflow. Our products make us proud, but not content, and we have high ambitions for our existing and upcoming products. We are strongly committed to building the future of FinTech — human-centric and sustainable, with investments to back it up.  You will be part of a new and quickly growing product & tech organization, having the opportunity to shape our new teams and build the next revolutionary products.   

Your key responsibilities:

As a Software Engineering Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in driving the success of a team composed of both software engineers and QAs. You'll lead by example, ensuring technical excellence while fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous growth across your diverse team. You will:
 

• Lead, inspire, and motivate a diverse team of IT professionals and promote a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Provide guidance and direction in technical aspects, mentorship, and coaching to team members, supporting continuous learning and professional growth.
• Own the recruitment and onboarding of new IT talents within their area of responsibility / their team.
• Support relevant Stakeholders (e.g., the Product Owner or Manager) in maintaining consistency, performance, transparency, predictability, resiliency, and other team setup-related matters.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to foster the engineering/excellence culture and collaboration within and across teams.
• Facilitate discussions and conflict resolution.

Inclusive and valuing culture

At Riverty, you can be who you are. We strive to create an inclusive environment and an appreciative culture, enhanced by our employee networks.

Health & Wellbeing

Your physical and mental health is important to us. Take advantage of our various preventive care and support services.

Professional and Personal Development

Take advantage of our numerous training and development opportunities. Benefit, for example, from training courses offered by Bertelsmann University, language courses or leadership trainings

Monetary Benefits & Discounts

Know that you're appreciated with plenty of employee benefits & discounts just for you. 

Flexibility

Our diverse working models empower you to customize your work to perfectly align with your preferences. Benefit from mobile office, flexible working hours and part-time models.