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Engineering Manager

Backend Developer • On-site • Full-time • 📍 Barcelona

You'll lead engineering for Wallapop's Buyer Tribe, guiding teams to deliver high-quality software while fostering a culture of growth and collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Lead engineering for a topic team to ship high-quality software on predictable schedules
  • Make sure that meetings are effective
  • Coach people & the organization
  • Provide vision, sense of purpose, and visibility to teams
  • Implement process improvements
  • Hold regular one-on-ones with engineers: set expectations, provide regular feedback & keep team members accountable (performance reviews)
  • Develop a strong two-way feedback loop, sharing organizational context
  • Support engineers and help them reach resolution when challenges arise
  • Craft a fulfilling and engaging work experience through regular career growth conversations
  • Iterate and improve engineering processes and technical culture
  • Participate in hiring and onboarding of engineers

Requirements

  • Experience leading engineering teams (ideally 2+ years)
  • Very strong verbal English communication skills (Spanish is a plus)
  • Comfortable with participatory management/servant leadership
  • Positive attitude, excellent problem-solving, and critical thinking
  • Quality-driven, attention to detail, and pragmatic
  • Excellent communication skills, adaptability, and eagerness to learn

Nice to have

  • Previous exposure to Tribes & Squads

Soft skills

Servant leadership and participatory managementBuilds a strong two-way feedback cultureAdaptability and eagerness to learnPositive attitude and pragmatic problem-solving

What we offer

  • Competitive phantom shares package for all employees
  • Generous individual learning budget of 2k per year
  • Group and individual English, Catalan & Spanish lessons as part of the working day
  • Private Health Insurance with Alan
  • Flexible working hours + intensive Fridays
  • Flexible remuneration to deduct from gross salary (kindergarten/food/transport check)
  • Gym & Wellness plan, including a physiotherapist in the office
  • Generous referral program & charity donation bonus for weddings & newborns
  • Wallapop Renta (tax income support)
  • Relocation package and visa sponsorship for international candidates

About the company

Wallapop is a Barcelona-based scale-up driven by the purpose to empower people to embrace a more conscious and human way of consumption. Backed by top investors such as Accel, Insight Partners & Naver Corp, it has reached a total valuation of €806 million and is embarking on an international journey to become the world's best unique goods trading platform.

Languages: Angol: Felsőfok (erős szóbeli kommunikáció), Spanyol: előny

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