Software Engineering Manager

At Storyous, we help entrepreneurs do what they do best – take care of their customers. Our technology simplifies the operation of cafés, restaurants, and bars, allowing owners to focus on what matters most. We are part of the international fintech group Teya, but in Czechia, we operate as a smaller team with our own culture, energy, and ideas.

As an Engineering Manager on the Storyous team, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the systems that power our customer onboarding and verification across Europe. You’ll lead a team of backend engineers.

This role blends hands-on technical guidance with strong people leadership. You’ll help your team navigate complex engineering challenges, mentor them through their career growth, and foster a culture of technical excellence. You’ll also partner closely with stakeholders in product, compliance, and engineering to deliver features that strike the right balance between security, usability, and automation.

We’re looking for someone curious, thoughtful, and pragmatic—someone who’s excited to solve problems and passionate about building systems that scale quickly and accurately.

Your Mission

• Lead a feature team of backend, frontend and mobile engineers

• Manage team performance, development, and career growth through regular feedback, coaching, and structured reviews.

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners in product, compliance, and engineering to deliver features that enhance onboarding efficiency while maintaining regulatory integrity.

• Drive high standards for clean architecture, security, automation, and maintainability across the codebase.

• Own team delivery, system reliability, and continuous improvement of development processes.

• Contribute to roadmap definition.

• Mentor engineers on advanced technical and architectural decisions, empowering them to solve complex challenges independently.

• Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and capacity planning to scale the team effectively.

  Your Story

• 3–5 years of experience managing engineers, including performance and career development.

• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, ideally full stack with Node.js, PHP, Kotlin, or similar technologies.

• Experience in systems design, especially in high-throughput, secure, or regulated environments.

• Familiarity with automation-first development principles and reducing manual, error-prone processes.

• Strong communication skills, able to articulate technical trade-offs to diverse audiences.

• Comfortable with Agile development methodologies and managing delivery in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.

• A pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset with a bias for action and ownership.

Our benefits

• 26 days of vacation, work from home, sick days

• Benefit Plus Cafeteria

• Frequent team events and activities in and outside the office.

• Opportunity to travel to different offices across Europe.

• Fruit in the office and special coffee every day.

• Friendly, comfortable, and informal office environment.

• Flexible working hours, if it suits you and your team.