About RIO

Innovative Start-Up culture in a big corporation is impossible? It is possible! RIO is an innovative logistics brand in the TRATON GROUP. RIO develops a cloud-based supply chain platform for a more sustainable logistics ecosystem between shippers, carriers and suppliers. We deliver our customers seamlessly integrated process-as-a-service solutions.

We are a motivated team that works according to agile principles. RIO is colorful, different, dynamic. If this resonates with you, you’ve come to the right place.

Your tasks

You will lead the team’s growth and collaboration, foster a healthy and empowering culture, help individuals grow in their craft, and ensure we deliver great work through great people.

This is a hybrid role, requiring four on-site days per month.

• Team Leadership: You will take mentoring responsibility for one team and inspire them to achieve top performance. You will not only provide guidance but also actively participate in the software development lifecycle with hands-on coding and engineering.
• Coaching and Development: You are not just a leader, but also a mentor. You promote the individual development of your team members' technical, methodological, and personal competencies. You know how to unleash potential and help individuals surpass themselves.
• Continuous Improvement: You actively shape the continuous improvement process. The skills of your team as well as your own are close to your heart. You promote knowledge transfer and focus on constant development.
• Agile Product Development: Your passion is agile product development. You are responsible for changes and optimizations regarding the latest engineering practices, with a focus on domain-driven design.
• Technology Stack: You work with a comprehensive technology stack, including AWS, Kotlin, and TypeScript (https://rio-cloud.github.io/tech-radar/).
• Cross-functional Work: You and your team support the cross-functional YBIYRI team throughout the software lifecycle by contributing your expertise and experience.

Your skills

Leadership and Collaboration:

• You bring leadership experience and master coaching and moderation.
• You are enthusiastic about agile work and modern leadership principles.
• Your high social competence and convincing communication skills make you authentic.
• You can form, lead, and continuously improve teams, ensuring they reach their full potential and achieve outstanding results.

Technical Expertise:

• You understand CI/CD, TDD, and clean code inside out.
• You're skilled in Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and building scalable, event-driven systems
• You have experience in software engineering with knowledge in Kotlin, TypeScript, Spring Framework, and React.
• Driven by curiosity and learning, you explore new approaches, share learnings, and build deep expertise where it matters most for the team.
• You design code that's simple, expressive, and joyful to work with.
• You make data-informed decisions and are passionate about measurable impact.
• You are an excellent communicator (English required; German is a plus) and empathetic leader who earns trust and accountability.
• You use AI to accelerate your work without compromising quality or security.

What do we offer you?

• Flexible work location: With our RIOFlex model, it is possible to work up to 90% from home or even pursue your job for some time from abroad in the EU. Since team cohesion is very important to us, we prefer onboarding and events in onsite mode and want teams to meet face-to-face a few days per month.
• Flexible working hours: Work-life balance and work-life balance are not just fancy buzzwords for us, but a central part of our terms and conditions - that's why you can schedule your work independently in trust working hours.
• Company pension plan: Get the opportunity to invest in your future with our employer-financed company pension plan!
• At least 30 days of vacation: Depending on your contractual arrangements within the IG Metal tariff.
• International Team: We love and live diversity - and are proud to continuously increase the diversity of perspectives within the company. English as the company language is of course a matter of course here.
• Continuing education: Your personal and professional development is important to us - we encourage and challenge you with an annual training budget of 1.000 EUR. Additionally, you will receive a LinkedIn Learning licence from day 1.
• Team events: Look forward to regular team events (e.g. Weißwurst breakfast, barbecue) on our panoramic roof terrace in the Parkstadt Schwabing!
• Free choice of hardware: Decide for yourself whether you prefer to work with Windows or macOS - we will take care of the hardware of your choice.
• Corporate Benefits: Benefit from our company-wide Corporate Benefits Program, which provides you with attractive offers from renowned providers in the areas of technology, travel, fashion, living and much more.
• Bicycle Leasing: With our RIO Bicycle Leasing program, you can easily get your dream bike or e-bike. Whether for commuting to the office or for your free time – you’ll stay fit, protect the environment, and save money thanks to tax benefits and the included service package.
• "State-of-the-art" office concept: We enable collaborative work through various room settings, workshop areas and our modern kitchen (with Visacrem coffee machine ;-)). For the best possible work mode, each table is also height-adjustable and equipped with a curved monitor.