Engineering Manager - iOS & Android teams (f/m/d)
WireGermany1 day ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering, Information Technology
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Who We Are
Wire is the leading end-to-end encrypted communication platform, trusted by businesses, critical infrastructure providers, and governments worldwide. We prioritize privacy as a fundamental right, delivering the most secure communication experience across various industries. Our cutting-edge encryption technology and robust security measures have made us a trusted partner in the technology, finance, healthcare, and government sectors. If you're passionate about redefining secure communication and want to be part of an innovative team, join us as an Engineering Manager .
Together, let's build a world where privacy and security shape the future of communication.
GENERAL INFORMATION
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the iOS and Android teams across the organization.
Day-to-day product development happens within cross-functional feature teams (“Product Scopes”).
In parallel, this role operates at the discipline level.
A discipline represents a shared engineering group centered around a specific technical area, bringing together engineers working on the same technology across multiple Product Scopes.
The iOS and Android disciplines are responsible for strengthening the foundations of our mobile apps by driving common standards, technical direction, and long-term initiatives.
With dedicated resources for Discipline work, you will be leading concrete initiatives to improve the overall quality and reliability of our mobile apps, ensuring they can scale with the company’s growth by leveraging relevant technologies and practices to bring consistency and efficiency across the board.
Responsibilities
You are responsible for the people, technical direction, and engineering excellence of Android and iOS disciplines: supporting engineers in their growth, fostering collaboration across feature teams, and enabling the delivery of high-quality mobile experiences.
CONTACT
Have we caught your interest? Apply here! We look forward to hearing from you!
About Us
We're building a secure, easy-to-use, and feature-rich communication tool with the latest technologies. We don't just create software — we're also impacting national and international committees. Our research and development occur at our Berlin headquarters and other locations in Europe and the USA, where we embrace diversity and adhere to the strictest data protection standards. We see regulations as a foundation supporting our commitment to secure our customer's communication.
Wire is the leading end-to-end encrypted communication platform, trusted by businesses, critical infrastructure providers, and governments worldwide. We prioritize privacy as a fundamental right, delivering the most secure communication experience across various industries. Our cutting-edge encryption technology and robust security measures have made us a trusted partner in the technology, finance, healthcare, and government sectors. If you're passionate about redefining secure communication and want to be part of an innovative team, join us as an Engineering Manager .
Together, let's build a world where privacy and security shape the future of communication.
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Employment Type: Permanent
- Previous working experience: 5+ years of professional experience in Engineering Management
- Working hours: 40hrs/week
- Working Location: Germany or Remote in Europe
- Reports to: Director of Engineering
- Desired start date: As soon as possible
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the iOS and Android teams across the organization.
Day-to-day product development happens within cross-functional feature teams (“Product Scopes”).
In parallel, this role operates at the discipline level.
A discipline represents a shared engineering group centered around a specific technical area, bringing together engineers working on the same technology across multiple Product Scopes.
The iOS and Android disciplines are responsible for strengthening the foundations of our mobile apps by driving common standards, technical direction, and long-term initiatives.
With dedicated resources for Discipline work, you will be leading concrete initiatives to improve the overall quality and reliability of our mobile apps, ensuring they can scale with the company’s growth by leveraging relevant technologies and practices to bring consistency and efficiency across the board.
Responsibilities
You are responsible for the people, technical direction, and engineering excellence of Android and iOS disciplines: supporting engineers in their growth, fostering collaboration across feature teams, and enabling the delivery of high-quality mobile experiences.
- Owns career development, performance reviews, compensation, and coaching of your team members as their line manager
- Ensure engineers are supported, healthy, and growing in both skills and responsibilities.
- Remain accountable for the overall quality, reliability, and evolution of iOS and Android platforms.
- Maintain a clear technical vision and ensure consistency across the product.
- Define and uphold platform standards, tooling, and best practices.
- Partner with Mobile Staff Engineers to drive technical strategy, architectural evolution, and core improvements (e.g., testing frameworks, shared infrastructure, technical debt reduction).
- Support long-term engineering initiatives that span multiple Scopes.
- Own the release pipeline for the platform.
- Work closely with the dedicated QAs to ensure all feature branches from Scopes are integrated, tested, and released with high quality.
- Define, monitor, and improve Platform technical and operational KPIs.
- 5+ years of professional experience in Engineering Management, leading high-performing teams and delivering impactful results.
- 7+ years of proven expertise in designing, building, and scaling mobile applications, with deep knowledge of mobile development principles.
- Demonstrated strength in People Management, with the ability to inspire a shared vision, drive team motivation, and lead organizational change.
- Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills, able to analyze complex issues and propose effective solutions.
- Skilled in writing clear, well-documented procedures and expressing ideas confidently and effectively in English. French and German, or any additional language, is a plus.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities, enabling seamless collaboration across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Experience in building secure applications and end-to-end encryption is a plus.
- Join a market-proven (>1,000 customers) company and drive Wire to become the worldwide market leader.
- Enjoy a yearly education budget of 1000 EUR to strengthen personal capabilities.
- With an Urban Sports Club subscription, stay balanced and mentally and physically healthy!
- Work from a beautiful office in the heart of Berlin or choose a mix of working from anywhere vs. spending selected days together in our office to connect on a personal level
- Enjoy fresh breakfast in the office, daily fruits, snacks, free soft drinks, and the world's best Barista coffee machine.
- Wire is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or race.
CONTACT
Have we caught your interest? Apply here! We look forward to hearing from you!
About Us
We're building a secure, easy-to-use, and feature-rich communication tool with the latest technologies. We don't just create software — we're also impacting national and international committees. Our research and development occur at our Berlin headquarters and other locations in Europe and the USA, where we embrace diversity and adhere to the strictest data protection standards. We see regulations as a foundation supporting our commitment to secure our customer's communication.
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