Director of Engineering

Description

As Director of Engineering (m/f/d), you will co-lead together with your Director colleague our engineering team of around 240 people and actively shape the technological future of Appsfactory. We are looking for a person with a true leadership mindset who empowers teams to take responsibility independently. At the same time, you will advise our clients confidently and as equals, represent us in pitches, and translate complex business requirements into scalable, first-class IT architectures.

Your tasks:

• Technical consulting: You advise clients as equals – especially when introducing our methodical AIDLC approach (AI-Driven Development Lifecycle) – and convincingly present our approaches in pitches and workshops, inspiring people for innovative technological solutions.

• Project success & excellence: You support demanding large-scale projects from a technical perspective, ensure high quality and architecture standards, and create the framework conditions in which your team can do its best work.

• Leadership: You lead and develop your Tech Leads and engineering teams with empathy and a clear stance. You motivate them to take responsibility themselves and to continuously develop.

• Innovation: You develop future-proof technology strategies, evaluate new trends (e.g. Agentic AI) and bring them profitably into real client solutions.

• Business drive: You keep the overall goal in view – from forward-looking resource and capacity planning to aligning the engineering roadmap with the goals of our clients and Appsfactory.

Your profile:

• Education: Completed degree (Bachelor or Master) in computer science, software engineering or a comparable field. Alternative qualifications with a relevant IT background are equally welcome.

• Professional experience: Several years of well-founded experience in the tech and engineering environment. Ideally, you have previously worked as a software developer yourself and know the practice from your own experience.

• Agency & service provider DNA: You know the environment of a digital agency or IT service provider and bring experience in advising clients.

• Leadership experience: You have already successfully led larger engineering teams (>50 devs / tech leads / broadly skilled IT engineers) and know how to support them sustainably.

• Technical depth: You are confident in modern software architectures with clear focus areas in full-stack development (especially backend) as well as platform engineering. Basic mobile understanding and a good feel for effective UX round out your profile.

• Future-oriented: Topics such as Agentic AI and AI-supported development methods are not buzzwords for you, but tools that you can evaluate and use profitably.

• Personality: You act extremely proactively, reliably and dependably. You have strong self-management, communication and presentation skills.

• Language skills: German at native level (C2) and very good English (at least B2 level).

What we offer

What awaits you

• Exciting and varied projects for many global players

• High personal responsibility, short decision-making paths and direct collaboration with our CTO

• A comprehensive onboarding program with insight into all departments

• A high-performance work environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths

• Multicultural teams in which mutual respect is a matter of course

How you work

• Flexible working hours thanks to core hours from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

• 4–5 days per week onsite in one of our offices (during the 12-week induction period: 5 days on site)

• Travel to clients is possible and occasionally necessary

• 30 days of paid vacation and the option to work abroad for up to 10 days per year

• Modern offices with community areas and well-equipped kitchens for breaks and after-work events

Your development matters to us

• Transparent communication through regular all-hands meetings, 1:1s and annual feedback discussions

• Diverse training opportunities within our Af Academy

• Collaboration with an experienced team

• Participation in conferences and (in-house) workshops

Our further benefits

• Contribution to company pension plan (bAV)

• Exclusive shopping benefits & discounts via our employee portal (Corporate Benefits)

• Regular company events such as summer and Christmas parties, movie nights and newbie evenings

• We want you to stay fit: lease a bike of your choice through our bike leasing offer and use our EGYM Wellpass (after passing the probationary period)

You can find more information about working at Appsfactory on LinkedIn.

We look forward to getting to know you!

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications – regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation and identity.

If you are interested, we need the following documents (as PDF) and information from you:

• Current CV

• Cover letter

• Certificates

• Indication of your possible start date

• Salary expectations

Linda Franz

jobs@appsfactory.de

+49 (0) 160 90350034