Engineering Manager - Tracking Experience

HEY THERE

As the Engineering Manager for our Tracking Experience squad, you’ll lead the team at the core of the Yazio journey: the daily diary where millions of users log their food and habits. Together with your Product Manager, you’ll form a true leadership duo that co-owns the squad’s strategy, roadmap, and long-term system health.

You’ll be accountable for two things above all:

• A healthy, motivated engineering team that grows and performs over time.

• A squad that reliably ships impactful product work without burning out people or the platform.

This role is 100% remote and open to candidates based in Germany, Spain, Portugal, or the U.K.

YOUR MISSION

Your mission is to build the team and the technical foundation that makes nutrition tracking feel effortless, reliable, and fast – every single day. You won’t just “run delivery”; you’ll use technical strategy, data, and strong partnership with your PM to shape what the squad works on and how.

In practice, you will:

• Co-own vision, strategy, and outcomes with your Product Manager
  Challenge the “why”, shape the “how”, and align on a single plan for the squad. You use metrics (e.g., daily tracking rate, funnel drop-offs, experiment results) to drive decisions, not just ticket lists.

• Build and grow a resilient engineering team
  Create a culture of psychological safety with a high bar for ownership and collaboration. You run effective 1:1s, give direct feedback, and create clear growth paths for your engineers.

• Balance speed with sustainable architecture (KMP-first)
  Own feasibility and sustainability risk for the squad. You make explicit trade-offs between rapid experiments and long-term health of our Kotlin Multiplatform codebase, treating tech debt as a portfolio tied to velocity, stability, and quality.

• Create predictable, focused execution
  Set up lean rituals, clarify ownership, and remove blockers so the team can deliver at a steady, sustainable pace – especially in high-pressure periods like New Year.

• Champion an AI- and automation-first mindset
  Encourage the squad to use AI and tooling to speed up development, improve testing and quality, and make better decisions, while staying grounded in user and business impact.

• Influence beyond your squad
  Work closely with other squads and the Mobile Platform team to manage dependencies, align on shared initiatives, and improve how we build mobile at Yazio overall.

YOUR PROFILE

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager who acts as a technical strategist for a mobile product squad – not a delivery coordinator. You turn ambiguity into clear, executable plans and care equally about product impact, technical health, and team well-being.

Must-haves

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager in a product-led environment, leading cross-functional teams (PM, design, engineering) that regularly ship user-facing features.

• Strong mobile background in Android or iOS (ideally Android), with enough technical depth to discuss architecture, trade-offs, and Kotlin Multiplatform with senior engineers.

• Product & business mindset: comfortable with metrics, experiments, and funnels; you can explain technical options in terms of retention, conversion, and velocity, not just complexity.

• Calm under pressure and high ambiguity: you’ve handled shifting priorities, tech-debt pressure, and tight timelines while keeping expectations realistic and protecting the team from burnout.

• People leadership & coaching: you’ve grown mid/senior engineers, given clear and sometimes tough feedback, and built an environment of high trust with a high bar for ownership.

• Organizational influence beyond your squad: you proactively manage dependencies, build alignment with other teams and stakeholders, and know when to escalate or say “no” to protect sustainability.

• Excellent communication in English, written and verbal, and the ability to present a clear, unified story together with your Product Manager to stakeholders and leadership.
  

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform or similar shared-mobile architectures.

• Background in consumer subscription products or health / wellness apps.

• Experience working with both Android and iOS platforms and their teams.

• Hands-on use of AI tools in engineering workflows (e.g. coding, testing, analysis).

OUR CORE TECH STACK

• Kotlin Multiplatform (Up to the ViewModel)

• Compose

• SwiftUI

• Dagger / Anvil

WHY US?

• An exciting product with millions of users in over 150 countries, driven by our mission to transform the world through healthy eating

• A remote-first setup: work 100% from home, join a co-working space, or work abroad for several weeks per year

• 30 vacation days to relax and recharge, plus 5 child sick days if your little one needs you

• A focus-driven culture that values efficiency over long hours - no overtime expectations, and if it happens, you get that time back!

• A high-impact environment where your work drives real change - short decision-making processes and no micromanagement

• A team culture where ambition and balance go hand in hand, supported by strong connections - from our fully covered company retreat to team meetups and virtual coffee breaks

• Tools and support to do your best work: MacBook, monitor, and €1,000 annual learning budget, plus regular feedback and career development

• A truly international team with English as our company language and a shared commitment to growth and well-being - supported by Sunday Supplements and Nilo Health

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

At YAZIO, we believe that diversity fuels innovation. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone, regardless of gender identity, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, or ability, feels valued and empowered. We celebrate different perspectives and actively encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.

READY TO JOIN US?

Excited to take YAZIO to the next level and help people worldwide lead healthier lives? We’d love to hear from you! Please send us:

• Your CV in English

• A few lines (or a short video if you prefer) about who you are and why you want to work at YAZIO

• Any additional materials that showcase your work (e.g., LinkedIn profile, portfolio)