Engineering Manager @ AI Unicorn

Engineering Manager — Series D AI Unicorn (Berlin / Remote Germany)

€500M raised. $3B valuation. 1 billion+ conversations processed. And they're just getting started.

Our client is the AI platform redefining how enterprises talk to their customers. Booking.com, Allianz, IKEA, SAP, TUI — when they want to put AI at the front line of customer experience, they come here. Not for a chatbot. For a full-stack conversational AI platform that handles voice and text at enterprise scale, in production, today.

Backed by General Catalyst, Altimeter, and Durable Capital, they have the runway, the ambition, and the engineering culture to match. And right now, they're hiring Engineering Managers to help lead the teams building it.

What's the role?
You'll lead a team of backend and fullstack engineers working on the systems that power real-time AI conversations at scale. This isn't a coordination role or a ticket-management job — they want EMs who are deeply technical, who understand what their engineers are building, and who can make good decisions under uncertainty.

You'll own team health, delivery, technical direction within your domain, and the growth of the people in your team. You'll work closely with product, design, and other engineering leaders to shape not just what gets built, but how the team operates.

What they're looking for?
You started as a backend or fullstack engineer — you wrote production code, you understand distributed systems, you know what "good" looks like. At some point you moved into people leadership and found you were good at it.
You probably have:
7+ years as a software engineer (backend or fullstack)
3+ years leading engineering teams
Experience shipping in fast-moving product environments
The kind of technical credibility that means your team trusts your judgment
Strong communication — you can talk to engineers and to stakeholders without losing something in translation

You don't need to have worked in AI or conversational tech — but you should be excited about it.

What you get?
Market leading salary + 15% performance bonus + VSOPs (real equity, Series D company)
Working on AI that's actually in production, at real enterprise scale
A high-bar engineering culture with a rigorous interview process — they mean it
Berlin office or remote within Germany
The kind of brand and problem that makes this a genuinely compelling line on your CV for the next decade

Interested or know someone who might be? Reach out to Matthew Rees-Davis at Xcede — [email protected]