Werkspot is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive environment for all employees.

We are on a mission to be the easiest and most reliable way to arrange home services, connecting homeowners with qualified service professionals. We operate the market-leading brands in France (Travaux.com) and the Netherlands (Werkspot.nl) and expanding in Italy (Instapro.it). Our Product, Technology & UX department consists of approximately 100 talented professionals, deeply passionate about creating beautiful digital marketplaces. Autonomous, safe and diverse teams are the cornerstone of our organization.

Travaux, Werkspot and Instapro are part of IAC / ANGI Home Services.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for an engineering manager who is motivated to guide, support and coach our engineers to make decisions within our teams. Thanks to your technical experience, you will help engineering teams learn new skills and choose the right tools and technologies to solve their product challenges. You will contribute your and your team's expertise in our technology vision.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage and grow high-performing inclusive teams (approx. 10 direct reports)
• Create growth plans for engineers and coach them to further develop technical and people skills
• Bring context and data to teams to help them understand the direction the company is taking
• Contribute to our technology strategy and help engineers make decisions in line with it
• Communicate about your teams’ learnings and achievements to the rest of the organisation
• Lead technical projects to be done next to product development.
• Join a team of engineering managers that love learning and sharing knowledge
• Participate in the Product, Technology and UX leadership group to learn together and improve our environment. For example, join task forces to define guidelines about remote working or cross-team collaboration.

Who you are

• You are open-minded, curious and embrace diversity
• You are a reliable, communicative and collaborative team player
• You are a fluent English speaker
• You are experienced in managing a team of engineers
• You are aware of technology trends and eager to explore other marketplace products
• You are eager to take responsibility and know-how to measure and increase employee satisfaction and team outcomes
• You have solid coaching and mentoring skills
• You have experience working in an agile environment as a software engineer

What we offer

• A great working environment in the center of Amsterdam (once we go back)
• Flexible working hours and remote working to accommodate personal needs
• A competitive salary
• Personal growth budget and time for attending training courses and conferences
• Relocation budget if coming from abroad (once it is safe)
• 25 days of annual leave
• Pension arrangement
• Lunch allowance, fruit, and coffee
• Commuting reimbursement
• Free fitness in our building
• Frequent and fun events with the entire company to celebrate learnings and achievements

Additional information

How we are organized:

Our Product, Technology and UX department currently consists of 4 tracks and approximately 100 professionals, from all over the world: Brazil, Canada, India, France, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Turkey, the UK, and the USA. Each track focuses on a slice of the user journey: you will be part of the Consumer Matching track. Within the tracks, multidisciplinary product development teams collaborate on achieving the goals that they set and commit to each quarter. We approach our decisions in an experiment-guided and agile way: we validate new directions using a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Our shared values:

We believe our success starts with sharing the same values when it comes to how we work. These values are the foundation of everything we do, and you’ll experience them daily. Our values are: Be stronger together; Aim high; Take ownership; Be transparent and respectful; Be open-minded and curious; Embrace diversity; Focus on our customers. The company culture in our organization is very open and inclusive; we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

Special note related to COVID-19

We will be onboarding remotely. Until the government (RIVM) is no longer advising us to work from home, we will be working remotely. We will do our best to make the onboarding as smooth as possible and help you get up-to-speed.

Is this for you?

Send your resume with a brief explanation of why you are highly motivated by this role. You are welcome to provide us with a link to some code you’ve written or project which showcases your work.

You can apply via the “Apply” button or by sending your information to Winfred Peereboom, Technology Director at Werkspot, Travaux, and Instapro. We’re looking forward to meeting you!