Engineering Manager, Forto
Pricing
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Online platform for freight forwarding
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Online platform for freight forwarding
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Simplifying global commerce has been our mission from day one.
Role
Who you are
- We seek a versatile and motivated individual with a strong engineering background and demonstrated leadership skills for this role, able to balance people management, roadmap delivery, and software architecture aspects that are inherent to the job
- We expect you to deeply understand the technical details of what the team owns and builds. You will need to be highly adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity, as you will be balancing both technical and managerial aspects of software engineering
- Operating in an ever-changing environment, we expect you to excel at making informed decisions with limited information. If you are passionate about technology, and have the drive to lead and inspire a team, we'd love to hear from you
- 8+ years of deeply technical engineering experience, with 3+ years in a leadership/managerial role
- Experience with large-scale architectural patterns, event-driven microservices, well-designed APIs, and efficient algorithms
- Strong exposure to Agile methodologies
- Strong skills with some of the technologies we use: NodeJS, Javascript/Typescript, MongoDB, message queuing systems, Kubernetes/Docker, AWS/GCP
- Strong relationship builder and cross-team collaborator
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
- Experience in developing software for B2B businesses is a plus
- Start-up experience is a plus
What the job involves
- The Pricing team creates and manages pricing strategies, handles quotes, and provides essential tools for our specialists. They predict demand and adjust prices using AI, ensuring all rates are accurate throughout shipment. They also handle all customer promises and terms
- As the Engineering Manager (f/m/d) responsible for the Pricing team, you will ultimately be responsible for the team's technical vision and direction. You’ll partner with your product and design partners to set the strategic direction the team follows, being responsible for driving the delivery of the team’s roadmap
- You’ll also be responsible for building, growing, and managing a group of talented engineers reporting to you. Additionally, you’ll collaborate with other engineering leads in the organization, helping the organization to implement broader and more impactful projects
- You’ll be responsible for people management, roadmap delivery, and software architecture of your team
- People management: build a highly motivated and engaged cross-functional team. You’ll manage 6+ engineers and, on top of that, assess and review their performance, coaching and mentoring them when needed. You’ll help to create an environment that privileges autonomy, collaboration, and ownership
- Roadmap delivery: be the ultimate responsible for delivering the team’s roadmap, in collaboration with your product and design partners. You’ll proactively communicate priorities, development status, and any team challenges to your customers, stakeholders, and management
- Software architecture: oversee the entire technical landscape of your team, being responsible for prioritizing initiatives that evolve it, together with Staff engineers, focusing on technical excellence. You’ll guide the team on how to design the best technical solutions for the product challenges the team is up to solve. Lastly, you’ll guide the quality and testing strategy of your team
Our take
Logistics is developing into a paperless digitised industry. The market is expected to grow during the next few years, with digitisation continuing to be one of the key drivers supporting growth by reducing manual processes. Digital freight forwarding carries major benefits, including instant quotes, transparent pricing, comparison of rates and carriers, tracking, easy documentation and more.
Forto is a provider of digitised freight forwarding and supply chain solutions, offering a single platform for managing the journey of a shipping container from origin to destination - a task long-handled with pen, paper and post-it notes. With supply chains strained by shifting consumption patterns and a steep economic recovery, Forto's freight management system can be key for clients to maximise visibility and flexibility of shipments, empowering customers with clearer insights.
Forto's larger clients include online furniture retailer Home 24 and German supermarket chain Edeka. The company's 2022 funding was invested in international expansion, whilst a partnership with climate action tech startup Cozero cemented Forto's ambitions to reduce its carbon footprint across its operations.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2022
$250m
SERIES D
Jun 2021
$240m
SERIES C
Total funding: $616.1m
Company benefits
- Climate Action - Emission Offsetting, Donating Trees, Paperless Office
- Sport - Urban Sports Club Discount, Yoga Sessions, Back Trainings
- Mental Health Platform
- L&D Budget - Trainings & Library, Language Courses
- 2 Performance Cycles
- Visa/Relocation Support
- Onboarding Plan, Remote Onboarding
- Buddy Program
- Inspiring Offices, Flexible desks, Office Shuttles
- Free vegan snacks and drinks
- Regular Events
- Corporate Benefits
- FutureBens
- Pension Scheme
- Employee & Sales Referral Program
- JobRad
- Flexible working hours
- Remote Work, Home Office Equipment
Company values
- We are one
- We love what we do
- We think customer and act owner
- We nail it and scale it
- We focus on impact
Company HQ
Kollwitzkiez, Berlin, BE
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Leadership
Ferry Heilemann
(Board Observer)Co-founded a number of companies, including DailyDeal in 2009, Forto in 2016 and Pirate Impact in 2021.
Erik Muttersbach
(Managing Director)Experienced CTO with more than 10 years of experience building software. Founder of number of tech companies.
Michael Wax
(CEO)Co-founder and CRO of KONUX from 2014-2015, and a Founders Pledge member since 2020.
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