Engineering Manager - On Platform
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As the Engineering Manager for our On-Platform team, you'll take ownership of one of our most critical product surfaces: the document page. This is where millions of students interact with our core experience every day. You'll lead a high-performing team at the intersection of product, engineering, and AI - shaping how users discover, engage with, and benefit from our content at scale.
This is a high-impact role where you'll combine product thinking, technical depth, and people leadership to drive meaningful improvements. You'll work in a fast-paced, data-driven environment, experimenting, learning, and iterating quickly - while helping your team do their best work.
What you'll be doing in this role:
- Lead and grow a cross-functional team of engineers through coaching, mentorship, and clear direction
- Own the performance, reliability, and evolution of the document page - one of our highest-traffic product areas
- Partner closely with Product and Design to define strategy, priorities, and user-centric solutions
- Use data and user insights to identify opportunities, optimise journeys, and drive measurable impact
- Bring AI into the core of how your team works and builds - improving both workflows and product capabilities
- Navigate changing priorities and help the team make smart trade-offs with clarity and confidence
- Collaborate with Engineering Managers and leadership to align on strategy and resolve dependencies
- Ensure engineering has a strong voice in product decisions, balancing speed, quality, and long-term scalability
- Stay close to the technical work, contributing to deep discussions and guiding architectural decisions
Requirements
Do you have experience in TypeScript?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * 6+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading and managing engineers
- Experience working in product-led environments with a strong focus on user impact and metrics
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and collaborate effectively with Product and Design
- Experience building or optimising high-traffic web platforms (SEO knowledge is a strong plus)
- Solid technical background in backend or full-stack development (distributed systems experience is a plus)
- Familiarity with modern web technologies such as TypeScript, Laravel, and SSR frameworks like Next.js
- Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g. LLMs) in engineering or product workflows
- A builder mindset with a track record of improving systems, processes, or team effectiveness
- Strong communication skills and the ability to align diverse stakeholders
- A pragmatic, hands-on leadership style with a bias for action, ownership, and continuous improvement
Other things that will make you the ideal candidate for us:
- You're currently a resident in the Netherlands, a commutable distance from our office in Amsterdam
- You're someone who will enjoy coming to our office at least twice per week!
Benefits & conditions
- Awesome office in the centre of Amsterdam - with a garden!
- Hybrid working policy - we'd love to see you in our office 2 days per week!
- Free office lunch - prepared by Chef Valentijn - coffee, tea and snacks
- 24 holiday days - plus, options to buy leave and take 4 weeks working abroad
- A Work From Home set-up budget of up to 800 Euros
- Learning & Development budget of 2,500 Euros per year
- Free in-house Dutch lessons for those who want to learn
- Travel Card (NS Business), depending on where you're living
- Pension scheme - we match your 2% contribution
- Look to the future with our SAR equity scheme
- Company boat trips and an open in-office bar on a Friday!
- OneFit sports subscription discount
- Your choice of Mac or Linux tech
- An epic annual company trip
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