Engineering Manager

<p>Are you ready to lead the team behind the driver experience at Europe's fastest-growing EV charging platform? We're looking for an Engineering Manager for our eMSP & Driver Services team — the people who make charging effortless for millions of drivers. This is a role for someone who builds great teams first and great software through them.</p><h2>About Us</h2><p>Virta is Europe's fastest-growing electric vehicle charging platform, operating in 36+ countries with 600,000+ charging stations. Headquartered in Helsinki, with offices in Berlin, Stockholm, Paris, Singapore, and Bucharest, we're shaping the future of e-mobility with a talented, multinational team. Virta is among the rare 65 companies that made the FT 1000 list four consecutive times.</p><h2>The Role</h2><p>As Engineering Manager for eMSP & Driver Services, you'll lead a team of nine engineers building everything a driver touches: our native iOS and Android apps, the white-label applications our eMSP customers run under their own brands, payments and billing — including payment terminal integrations for our customers — RFID and driver management, and roaming across charging networks. You'll own the team's delivery, health, and growth — partnering closely with Product to turn roadmaps into shipped, reliable software. This is a people leadership role with technical substance: you won't write production code daily, but you'll be expected to engage credibly in architecture and design discussions in a domain where reliability and user trust are everything.</p><h2>What You'll Do</h2><ul><li><p><strong>Lead and grow the team:</strong> Coach nine engineers across mobile and backend disciplines, run meaningful 1:1s, and drive career development through our structured competency framework.</p></li><li><p><strong>Own delivery:</strong> Plan and prioritize with Product, set realistic commitments, and build a track record of predictable execution — using evidence, not optimism.</p></li><li><p><strong>Own quality and operations:</strong> Your team runs what it builds. Drive production ownership, incident response readiness, and a healthy approach to L3 support.</p></li><li><p><strong>Safeguard the platform:</strong> Develop systems and controls that protect customers, transactions, and business operations against fraud, misuse, and emerging threats.</p></li><li><p><strong>Drive modernization:</strong> Lead your team through our ongoing decomposition from a PHP monolith toward domain-oriented TypeScript/NestJS services — balancing delivery with technical renewal.</p></li><li><p><strong>Hire and shape the team:</strong> Recruit, onboard, and make the performance calls — including the difficult ones — that keep the bar high.</p></li><li><p><strong>Partner across the organization:</strong> Collaborate with Product, Design, other engineering teams, and the commercial teams behind our white-label eMSP offering to keep the driver experience coherent end to end.</p></li></ul><h2>What We're Looking For</h2><ul><li><p>Proven experience as an Engineering Manager leading a product engineering team — hiring, developing, and managing performance of software engineers.</p></li><li><p>A software engineering background with enough technical depth to challenge and support design decisions, review trade-offs, and earn the team's trust.</p></li><li><p>A track record of predictable delivery in an agile environment — planning grounded in data, honest expectation-setting with stakeholders.</p></li><li><p>Experience leading teams that build consumer-facing products — mobile applications, payments, or similar — where reliability and user trust matter.</p></li><li><p>Demonstrated ability to develop engineers: growing juniors into independent contributors and seniors into technical leaders.</p></li><li><p>Excellent communication skills in English.</p></li><li><p>Willingness to work onsite on a regular basis (hybrid working).</p></li><li><p>Residency and working rights in Finland.</p>></ul><h2>Nice to Have</h2><ul><li><p>Experience in the EV charging, energy, mobility, or IoT sectors — familiarity with OCPI or roaming concepts is a plus.</p></li><li><p>Hands-on background in native mobile development (iOS/Android), TypeScript/NestJS, PHP, or leading teams through legacy modernization.</p>></li><li><p>Experience with white-label or multi-tenant products, or payment systems at scale.</p>></li><li><p>Experience leading teams in a multinational, distributed organization.</p>></li><li><p>Experience in both e-commerce and POS payments.</p>></ul><h2>Why Join Us</h2><ul><li><p>Lead a team whose work is visible to millions of drivers across Europe.</p></li><li><p>Real ownership — your team runs its services end to end, and your leadership directly shapes how they grow.</p></li><li><p>A leadership culture that values honesty over hype: realistic commitments, evidence-based decisions, and direct communication.</p></li><li><p>International, passionate team spread across our European offices and beyond.</p></li><li><p>Hybrid work with autonomy and flexibility.</p></li></ul><h2>Ready to lead what's next?</h2><p>Submit your application and help us build the team behind the future of electric mobility. <strong>We will start processing applications in mid-August</strong>, but don't wait — apply now and enjoy your summer.</p><p>Join us and be part of the EV revolution!</p>