At Apaleo, we’re revolutionizing the hospitality industry with our AI-first property management platform. We empower hotels to build modern tech stacks and agentic meshs that elevate guest experiences and streamline operations through seamless integrations with hundreds of apps and agents via the Apaleo Store.

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead, grow, and inspire our teams as we continue building the future of hospitality technology.

What You’ll Be Up To

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll drive people leadership, delivery, strategy, technical excellence, and operational health across your teams. Your core responsibilities:

Build, mentor, and retain a healthy, high-performing engineering team.
Own predictable, high-quality delivery while maintaining a sustainable pace.
Collaborate with Product, Design, Tech Leads, and Staff+ engineers on roadmap and long-term technical strategy.
Ensure strong engineering standards, operational readiness, and a blameless incident culture.
Develop and consequently refining an AI-driven development pipeline.
Improve engineering KPIs (DORA).
Communicate clearly across teams and leadership, shaping culture and aligning priorities.
Lead hiring, onboarding, team composition, and long-term talent development, while still being hands-on.

What You’ll Bring

Experienced software engineer, including several years in engineering leadership.
Strong technical foundation; backend experience (C#/.NET) and cloud knowledge (AWS or other comparable providers like Azure) are necessary.
Experience with distributed systems, DevOps practices, and modern infrastructure tooling (Terraform, Docker). Bonus: experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka).
A pragmatic, ownership-driven mindset with a passion for healthy teams and long-term quality.
Passion and experience in AI-driven SDLC.

What We Offer

Culture & Growth

A Diverse & International Team: Work alongside passionate professionals from over 20 nationalities, bringing unique cultural perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences to shape the future of hospitality tech.
Growth & Development: As we scale, so do your opportunities. You’ll benefit from 360° feedback reviews, a dedicated learning budget, and plenty of chances to take on more responsibility. Our evolving career framework ensures you have increasing opportunities to learn new skills, advance your career, and make an impact.
Autonomy & Ownership: Great ideas can come from anywhere. We empower you to take responsibility, make decisions, and contribute directly in an environment built on trust, transparency, and collaboration.
Shape the Future of Hospitality Tech: Be part of a fast-growing scale-up transforming the hospitality industry. From day one, your work drives real impact and you’ll have the freedom to bring your ideas to life.
Competitive & Fair Compensation: We believe great work deserves great pay. Our salaries are competitive and guided by benchmarking data to ensure fairness across all roles and teams. We make sure to recognize and reward performance and contribution.

Perks & Lifestyle

Flexible & Remote Work Options: We focus on results, not clocking hours. You can work from home, the office or in a hybrid setup, with flexibility to adapt your schedule as long as it makes sense for your role, your team and our business.
Free Public Transport: Travel across Germany with ease using our fully covered Deutschland Ticket.
Team Connection: Strong connections fuel collaboration. We celebrate and connect through regular team dinners, company meetups, Oktoberfest celebrations, Christmas parties, and other offsite events.
Paid Time Off: Enjoy 30 days of vacation to fully disconnect, recharge, and return inspired.
Health & Wellbeing: Prioritize your health with access to hundreds of gyms, fitness studios, and wellness options through our EGYM Wellpass membership.
Learning & Development: Growth is part of our culture. You’ll receive an annual €1,000+ budget to invest in the skills, courses and certifications that move you forward

How you make an impact joining Apaleo: Joining Apaleo means more than just taking on a role it’s about driving real change in the hospitality industry. Your contributions will directly shape our innovative platform, influence company-wide decisions, and help redefine the future of hospitality tech. At Apaleo, your voice matters, your ideas are valued, and your impact is tangible. Be part of a team where your work fuels progress, collaboration sparks innovation, and growth is a shared journey.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Your personal data will be handled with the utmost care and in compliance with GDPR and relevant data protection regulations. We celebrate differences and believe that diversity enriches our team and drives innovation.